Cravens Bay Campground

We basically had the place to ourselves. Just a couple boat launchers was it. Dark skies, lots of stars. There are seasonal showers, ice and firewood sales. Boat ramps, day use areas... it was really nice. I would definitely come back here again. Good cell coverage too.

Was going to stay only two days, ended up staying four. Really nice place with America the beautiful and senior discounts only six dollars. Really accessible for any Shars coach with large secluded spots. So ice and have running water for the campground

Chose Cravens Bay over some of the others in the area because of the on site water and a flushing toilet. We live about an hour away and got a later start than I wanted. Arrived at about 5pm and talked with the Resident Attendant who let us go set up and ended up coming to us so we could pay and fill out the envelope. The site we chose (19) had a path shared with the next site over both of which were just on the other side of the gravel road from the lake. Plenty of fire wood to gather and a clean concrete picnic table. The fire pit was full of trash so we had to clean that out. Besides the gravel there’s no other place to set up a tent make sure to have a heavy tarp. The gravel road had a couple truck go by pulling boats and a ranger went by as the sun was going down. We let the kids run free and kept our German Shepard on a lead. It was completely quiet all night minus the skunk that got in the trash. Clean up was easy on the way out we hit the dumpster. Will definitely be back again.

Arrived on a late Saturday afternoon expecting other campers, and not a single one! Stayed two nights right on the water. All spots have fire rings and concrete picnic tables. No host, I assume, during winter hours. All spots are clean looking and $12/night. You pay at the pay station and no permit required for this camping site. Be sure to pay, had a ranger swing by Sunday morning to confirm our stub #. Did have some hunters driving by daily, heading further back along the lake but no other campers. Lots of down wood to use for fires. Be sure to pack everything you need for this trip, no close towns for restock. Has very clean vault toilets and a water pump, but unknown if potable or not. Cell service varies between 2-3 LTE for AT&T. Cold winter nights but boy, that sunset is beautiful. Would definitely stay here again!

This is a nice small spot that has a boat ramp, and some decent RV spots. Just down the access road is some fantastic tent spots. We stayed here in the middle of July in 2019 and it was a scorcher! The water level was really high and there was some flooding but it’s a great spot for kayaking! We recommend!