Spicer Reservoir Campground

The family campground is a first-come first-serve space with 50 or 60 sites, and lots of spots to primitively camp off the road. Bathrooms were clean, lots of water spigots, and reservoir access was super close! Only downside is how close together most of the sites are — I could hear a neighbor snoring all night! I’d pick site 49 if I could snag it next time. Great swimming and hiking around Elephant Rock and Union Res too. An easy weekend away!

We camped at Spicer on Labor Day weekend with our 28’ toy hauler (no OHV allowed on site). The campsites have a variety of trees/rocks and many are fairly private. We got one close to the walking trail down to the lake, which took just a couple minutes. The lake is nice but better for fishing than swimming/paddle boarding/kayaking. We did find swimming at the river leading to the lake, and it was only a short hike down. Utica is also a quick 10-15 minute drive and perfect for the activities mentioned.

The camp hosts were pleasant and helpful. The vault toilet bathrooms were clean. No reservations (except group camp, I think), hookups, or America The Beautiful pass discounts (but they do take Golden Age). There is AT&T cell service down by the lake. At the time (early September), there were a lot of bees and we saw some fresh bear poop right behind one of the sites.