Cinder Hill Campground
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2021

Nice Campground, bad timing

A lot of people really love this campground and I had high hopes, but I was disappointed.  This campground is right on East Lake at Newberry National Volcanic Monument.  It's fairly long and narrow with quite a few sites, some right on the water.  No sites have utilities and the bathrooms were old, fairly dirty pit toilets (except one which had two flush toilets).  

The first issue I had with this campground was that the sites are fairly closely packed.  You can see in the photos below that there was little privacy.  The second issue I had was the bathrooms were old, rundown and quite smelly.  The worse issue though was the bugs.  They were horrible.  I'm willing to concede they probably are not all year, but our 4 days were not good.

Pros:

* Lake access with fishing, kayaking, etc...

* Close to the East Lake Resort if you want a bite to eat out

* Hiking trails leave right from the campground

Cons:

* Bathrooms

* Insects (at least seasonally)

* Little to no privacy

OK:

* The lake was not pristine, it looks like its been invaded by non native grasses and algae

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  • Review photo of Cinder Hill Campground by Christopher N., August 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Cinder Hill Campground by Christopher N., August 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Cinder Hill Campground by Christopher N., August 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Cinder Hill Campground by Christopher N., August 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Cinder Hill Campground by Christopher N., August 6, 2021