We left Lake Tahoe early because of the smoke, and headed out to find something more remote and quiet. This little campground is tucked up on the mountain. Very quiet. Very beautiful. Bear bins at each site. Use them. Pretty sure we heard a bear in the night messing around with the firepit grate.

Close to the hwy (which does mean some noise), but very handy if you just need a place to pull in. The staff were very friendly. The sites were situated well. The lake however was very low, so not much to see there. The views around the park were nice.

If you need an easy place to pull in for the night, this works. The sites are big, and the bathroom is clean. If you think you’re camping on the Columbia River, you’re not. It’s close, but you can’t get there from here—walking anyways.

The Colorado River was up, and the canyon was glowing with light. A very magical place. There is a lot of road noise right by the campground, but we could focus on the view.

We were the only ones around the night we pulled in. We could let our pup run off leash because of it. The river was filled with migrating birds. Too bad there were 2 houses and some sort of factory farm (?) across the river which kind of spoiled the view.

We chose a site in which the creek ran across 2 sides and had a couple of small trees. Really lovely. The view was amazing since you sit up a bit on the landscape. The porto-potty was clean and maintained. This campground was in a great location to explore Alabama Hills, Mt Whitney, and Manzanar. It was however SO WINDY we couldn’t hang outside much.

This campground and area was such a huge surprise for us. We chose it because it was located about where we needed to rest for the night, but instead got a wonderful experience. Super quiet. The lava beds/caves were amazing. The night sky was surreal.