Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Lake Arrowhead, CA

Do not follow Edison Road This is a narrow, and intermediate trail for ATVs. Do no recommend unless you have experience, someone to spot you and high clearance Jeep or aftermarket suspension. Follow Green Valley Lake Rd to Crab Flats Rd. The campsite is spacious although, not private from each site. The camp host visit twice a day and keep the place clean. This place is primarily for dirt biking. The mosquitoes were terrible from morning to nighttime. The campground is about an hour south of Big Bear and 25 minutes from Lake Arrowhead. There are fire rings, table, trash cans and 2 bathrooms with vault toilets.

Great park.  New clean.  Staff is very helpful and friendly.  No wood fires but they do offer gas fire pits in the community area.  Nice bathrooms as well.  Incredible views.  Spots are a little tight if you have a bigger unit.  Skypark is right across the street for mountain bikes.  Lake Arrowhead is close for supplies or food.  Great WiFi if you need to get work done or the kids have online school.Only downside is  the people driving in from the highway to look around not great for the kids riding bikes around.  It would be nice to have someone turning them away At the entrance so it’s safer for the kids to ride around.

To be honest, this site wasn't our first choice. We booked late because it was a last minute trip and couldn't find other availability closer to big bear. That being said, I was pleasantly surprised and will be going back in a month. The site was fairly large. We fit four tents in our one space and could have easily added more. There were plenty of trees in the area for shade or hanging a hammock. Bathrooms were relatively clean (for a campsite) and water was easily accessed. Lake arrowhead isn't a public lake so it's a bit of a drive to do any water activities, but there was a close offroad trail. Not my first choice in the area, but a good back up when big bears all booked.

After years of venturing into and around Lake Arrowhead (often a mere stop on my way to Big Bear/Fawnskin) I finally started exploring off the beaten path by accident last year and holy cow! This area is amazingly gorgeous and a lot of what it has to offer gets lost on the people who always do what I did: follow the crowd into town, walk the pier, the park, and the shops, and head home. Shame on me for not exploring more sooner. The area has so much to offer and can be so very well loved and enjoyed when ventured off the “beaten path” during what most argued was ‘terrible weather’ for the day. This place is a spot of beauty and I encourage everyone to get out and explore all the wonders it has to offer! Now this is the first long stop on our trip in the mountains, and most time we find ourselves lingering to enjoy.

The campground overall is really pretty and in a great location in Lake Arrowhead. However, we made the mistake of booking site 005, which is right on a ridge... it was SO windy. Stay away from any site in that vicinity, there are a few that are bad. It was freezing and we had a hard time with the smoke from our fire blowing in our faces all night. Also the site is on a hill, so our tents were slanted all night and it made for a miserable night. I do think the campground overall is really nice. There are bathrooms (but there is no light inside which is scary at night) with flush toilets. I did not see showers near us. There are 2 loop hiking trails that start inside the campground, we went on one and it was really nice and easy. Overall, nice campground and I would come here again, but definitely booking a site on the other side of the campground from spot 005.