This campground is a real gem—conveniently located in WMNF but also seems very secluded and isolated in the mountains when you’re there. Russell Pond is beautiful. A few things to know—many of the campsites are first come first serve, including the best ones by the pond which are also walk-up only. We had a reservation but arrived on a slow day, and we ended up changing our site to H3 which is one of the best in the whole place—adjacent to the lake with a small private beach for swimming. All of the H sites are great but a few are 5-star. The only problem with this system is that we had to cancel our online reservation and pay cash for the new site—so we lost one night’s rate plus the $10 cancellation fee. I’m not sure there’s a way to fix this, but they should figure out a way to more effectively manage folks who want to move around. Another thing is that apparently the forest service doesn’t want to commercialize the pond, so you can’t rent canoes/kayaks on site, which would be a great perk.