Gull Point Campground

Beautiful treed camp ground on the Wickiup Reservoir with large sites.

The perfect place to take long strolls along the sandy banks of the waterway and admire the nuances of nature.

There is a dump station with potable water near by, yard hydrants and sink dumps throughout the camp, vault toilets, and a fish cleaning station.

Cellphone service on AT&T is negligible - you’ll have to do the 21st Century “searching for service” number if you’re trying to WFH and login to your virtual meetings. Once we got the LTE extender up and running, it seemed to solve the conundrum.

The dam was open when we visited so it was a completely unexpected, almost alien landscape compared to what we’re expecting.

The pups enjoyed frolicking about in the sand and chasing the assortment of ground squirrels and chipmunks.

Pros: The campground is nice, many vault toilets, fresh water spigot and sink drain sites, camp hosts are friendly, 1 mile drive to South twin lake, fair camping rates.

Cons: campsites are very close and only bordered by downed trees, extra car fee seems a little steep at $8/night, wickiup is almost dry now. Pretty to look at still, but the lake bed is very soft and muddy. Our dog got stuck in the mud 🤦‍♀️

The area is nice with the other lakes and trees. There were loads of chipmunks, and they were super cute, but our dog had a hard time relaxing with so many around. The reservoir was low for sure, but the campground also wasn’t full. There is a good amount of space between most sites. The nearby lakes (short drives away) were much busier and had “resorts” with different amenities. Got bit by a mosquito a few times out at one of the other lakes but not at our site in Gull Point (maybe too dry). The color of the drinking water is slightly off but it was fine. There was one older, not so great flush toilet in our loop and the rest were vault toilets scattered at regular intervals…. The main issue was they were a bit older too and needed emptying. No matter where we were, even walking the loop, we’d get a whiff that did not smell nice. Also our site had half a dozen old cigarette butts when we arrived (we tried to clean them up the best we could). We didn’t get quite enough cell service at our site (41) on Verizon but we did get enough of a signal when we walked out to the boat ramp by the reservoir in our loop. At our site there was a shallow metal fire ring and grill and an old table that has seen better days. It might be a better site for self contained RVs and trailers but I would probably not put on my list for tent camping again.