Close to Mayfield lake

Decided to take advantage of the beautiful April 2021 weather and headed out for our first camping trip of the year here. We lucked out with it being their opening weekend, the campground was maybe 50% full and FCFS, we ended up staying in the upper loop site 13. The large site could easily fit a couple of tents, and still had a decent view of the lake!

Pros: Campground location is right on the lake, playground, swim area, boat launch, flush toilets, and showers. Water and electricity hookups in every site. Lower loop sites are right on the water! 

Cons: No privacy between sites, expensive ($78 for two nights!), more of an RV campground than tent camping. Can hear HWY 12 at night time. During the day there was heavy machinery running VERY close to the upper loop, maybe expect construction noise this summer? No luck bank fishing. No firewood sold at the campground!

Overall I’d recommend this campground in early spring and late fall. IMO it’s more for RV camping and boaters… Not sure I’d recommend it at all during peak season, sites are very close together! And seems day use area can get extremely busy!

Decent campground but..

This is a decent campground very clean with new tables, fire pits and newer clean vault toilets but there is not a lot of privacy between the sites!

We stayed in site 17, it’s a big site but had zero privacy. I feel 16/17 would make a great double site (see photo). “Hike in” sites seemed to be stacked on top of each other but a few did have good views of the reservoir. The Carmen reservoir is closed to the public until 2021. The campground is in a great location, has wonderful access to trails and close to Clear Lake. Trails are kid friendly and didn’t take long to see both waterfalls.

Site 20 seemed to be the best site! Site 20/21 seemed to have the most privacy. 21 has stairs down to it and is slanted, can’t fit more than a 5/6 person tent but it is right on the creek and very peaceful! Site 19 looked okay too, a little private with lots of tent space but it’s directly across from the camp host.