Amanita

This is a typical campground with Vault toilets, no showers, no water or electric hookups. However, it is just a couple miles from nice dining, mountain biking, and hiking.

It’s such a sweet spot I’m hesitant to broadcast it for fear of it getting more popular. Lovely and well maintained FS campground on Cascade Reservoir. It’s small, with well spaced sites. Good shade, tent pads, water, pit toilets, picnic tables, and excellent cellular on both AT&T and Verizon. Most sites are reservation, but there are about three, including one right on the lake, that are first come.

This small lakeside campground captured our hearts. Who could resist it, with wide open lakefront views like these? A easy launch for kayaks by day, and a sunset view from the campfire by night. It was 4th of July weekend, so we did make a reservation, but there are a couple sites that are first come first serve. No hookups so it tended to be a quiet campground for smaller rigs and tent campers. The only noise?........ Cows! You could hear them in the early morning from the farm all the way across the lake, a country alarm clock. One of the things I really liked about this site, and a rare find in lakeside camping- No Bugs! A couple negatives, nice sized sites that are spread out but a little open so not a ton of privacy. And, the beach was a little lacking in that it was a drop off at most of the campsite edges, so finding a spot to get into the water was not as easy as in others. Cellular signal here was suprisingly good for Verizon. The town of Donnelly, was a 10 min drive away and had a small grocery store for ice and other supplies.

It was my first time camping here. I needed a place for a Girl Scout troop. The campsites were large and there was access to the lake. The only space left for us was the one right in the front near the entrance but it was great! There was potable water and the outhouses were kept clean and the camp host was friendly and helpful. Bring your boats! There were a few campers who launch their boats down the road and then come tie them up at the beach. There are several small camping grounds next to each other and the camp host managed all of them. He would drive through in his pickup and check on everything a couple times each day. Because of the proximity to water and the road you will need to haul in your own firewood. If you have a 4x4 there are a couple of forest roads on the other side that you can drive up to gather wood. Just make sure you are not on private property but most is clearly marked. Later in the year huckleberries will be everywhere. Because of this there is a bear warning for the campgrounds. I know some who go up there every year and there has not been a bear sighting in a few years. However food still needs to be locked up in the car and garbage disposed of each night. The camp ground even has a separate collection for recyclables. I will be coming back!