We loved the swimming and fishing in this park. Awesome Sandy swim beach and roped off area in the water made it great for keeping an eye on the kids while they swam. We had site 59 and are tent campers. This site was on an incline so the cots we brought were pretty miserable to sleep on. This spot was in its own little wooded cubby hole so it gave us a little more privacy but we thought that a lot of these sites were much too close together. We plan to scope out other sites to find a more level and more private option. Overall we really loved the park itself and will be back!

We wanted a waterfront spot, and although we booked over a month in advance none were available. We ended up with spot 3, which was on a cliff’s edge. So, it looked like it may be near the water, but there was no way down, and the forest obscured any view that may have been there. Even though the website said that everything else was booked up, no one was in the spot next to us (or the next several down). The spots are small though and the fire ring for spot 4 is right next to where you park your car in spot 3…so I wouldn’t have wanted to park there if someone had a roaring fire right next to my car. The website (and the people working the check-in booth) says that there is fishing and swimming available to all campers, but we found this very difficult, as there was no clear access away from camping sites. We parked near spots 61 and 62 and although the website said these were booked, no one was camping there so we were able to swim and fish there. I would have felt like we were encroaching on someone’s privacy if there had been people camping there. I find it really odd that there were at least 3 water front sites open on a Saturday when the website said they were taken. I have to assume that this has to do with the 2 night minimum requirement and perhaps the folks camping there previously checked out the day before and no one was checking in until the day after. I wish they would let you book these for one night, it would totally be worth it to be able to night fish and relax in front of the water. We also found it annoying that check in wasn’t until 5pm. The 4pm check out is nice, but for us, when it’s check out day, we eat breakfast and breakdown camp. We don’t really get our money’s worth with such a late check out and would rather have an earlier check in and check out. Overall we really enjoyed our time here, but prefer more private sites and more open water access.