We were here a few nights after Memorial Day. The campground was quiet and well kept. My two year old LOVED all of the trains, the play area, lawn games, etc. we loved having functional full hookups and WiFi when needed. There is a lot to do in the area and we would like to come back. If the campground was full it would feel very tight, but it was mostly empty and very peaceful for our stay.

Bastendorff is a large campground located up the hill from Bastendorff beach. The spaces were close together and we appreciated having bushes and trees between us and 2/3 of our neighbors to help with the illusion of separation. We were lucky to get a spot with water and electric. It was easy to maneuver our rig in and out of our spot (71). Across the street from us, a group had reserved several sites together and their kids were able to ride their bikes and run, which was fun to watch. Apparently if you reserve six sites in the group reservation loop, you get the whole loop.

The playground is in rough shape, but the other facilities we saw did not appear to be in bad condition. The campground is super dog friendly and there were lots of them! Some campers weren’t great about the leash rule, and if you’re not a dog person I would be aware of that. We picked up some poop in our site that didn’t come from us or our toddler.

The folks using the campground seemed mostly chill with some oddballs. Someone did cut their hair and left it in our campsite while we were out for the day.

The camp hosts were friendly and the dump station worked well. Something great about this county campground is that we were able to have a real campfire.

We booked site 30, which is up a hill away from the water with a few other sites (27, 28, 29). The site was rated for 32 feet and we were able to comfortably fit our 31 foot trailer and long bed truck. We did have to pull in way too close to the fire pit to make this work but there is a burn ban so we would not have been using it anyway. It would have been nice to know that we were up a hill since we have a toddler, but it wasn’t a huge deal.

The trailer took up the vast majority of the level space available at the site, but otherwise it would be a nice space for a tent and chairs around the fire.

Be aware that the wind picks up around noon and goes super strong until after you go to bed. It’s great for not getting any mosquito bites but it is not a mild breeze!

The lodge staff weren’t overly helpful but not hostile either. I’m sure they are understaffed and annoyed by tourists just like everyone else. They had live music Saturday night and we would have loved to go if our little one wasn’t asleep.

The area has so many hikes and bike trails so close by that you could spend weeks there and not get bored.

We camped for two nights. The lake is beautiful with a killer view of Mt. Adams and we were able to hike and SUP from camp. The mosquitoes were vicious but apparently much better than last week. They did not care about either of our two repellants. If you kept moving you were safe, but there was no relaxing in our chairs at camp. We camped in our 30 foot trailer. This campground can technically accommodate trailers of this size but it’s not a great idea to bring one in. We definitely got into some hairy spots. The road in from Randle is really rough for a rig. Ours is built to off road but if it wasn’t I’d be worried that the chassis wouldn’t make it. The other way towards Trout Lake was much easier getting out.

The place is hard to get to, but is very beautiful. The lake is warm and the views are so pretty. We spent much more time than planned getting in and out of the area so plan for that.

If you are a fishing person, it looked like everyone was doing really well out on the water, I saw multiple people with several fish.