Glory Hole Recreation Area

It was wonderful!

This was my first time camping here and was booked day of. Your designated camp area for Site 103 is directly behind where you back in, not the site next to your cars. The ranger came around in our 2nd day, around 7:00 pm to let us know we were set up in the wrong place & if the people who reserved the site came we would likely need to move. Completely understandable. This is apparently a common issue here. We were a small group but a family member kept testing the limits unfortunately, the ranger was extremely patient with us. Quiet hours are not enforced but a 3rd vehicle is.
If tent camping, bring a shade pop up with side panels. The water level is low according to a neighbor who was here last year. The walk to the lake is fairly easy, next to the overflow parking you can kind of see a “path” under the trees. Zero shade on the shore and it’s rocky. This lake seems to be more of a boating lake and not much of you just want to swim or spend the day on the shore.

was an awesome place to stay while in state to see family. great showers and clean bathrooms. not a noisy campground and was very please with the enviroment.

Over all stay 4/5 stayed for 1 night. Booked to go to explore Columbia and other attractions such as coyote cave during the day to come back by evening and set up camp for the nights

—-Pros—-
*Clean- since it seems only small groups stay here it was fairly clean other than some trash that rolled down hill.

*Private- you are down a slope so any cars or person walking can’t really see you also other sites too.

*quiet- since you are downhill sound that came from the nearby site was minimal. went on the 4th of July and maybe 1 family group closer to the entrances popped fire crackers when it got dark hope they got a warning , not a smart ideal with a lot of dry fuel nearby. Noticed the sherif drove by at 10 to make sure it was quiet time.

* Size- perfect my little family of 3 I would recommend it’s not that safe for kids under 4 although my toddler is very good at listening we felt it was safe enough.

*showers/restroom. Very close to this site 1 site over( and showers are free!!)

*Breeze and bugs- nice lake breeze that comes and goes. And no mosquito which is a first that I didn’t get devoured. Minimal spiders and other crawlies.

Fire ring facing the lake/open area

Gas station with convenience store at the entrance Walmart was roughly 25 mins away. So fairly close for supplies.

*New single lane driveway pad, 2 cars back in style, big enough for a 20ft 5th wheel and truck
(No water hook up) or 2 camper vans.
——-Cons——
* very exposed to the sun, bring your own shade with a shade wall

*size- if you have a group of 2 families might be tight to set up 2 tents second one might be on a slope or unless you pitch one next to the cars.
(Possibly can be windy so stake down tents and easy ups)

*hill side you would need to carry all equipment and supply’s on one of 2 trails of the site roughly 20 -40 ft or hiking down from the car. Making multiple trips might be Tiring in the middle of the day heat.

Would I book again “yes”

Good place to stay. Big distance between campgrounds.
We were at 016. Partly shadow.

This is not the kind of place you go to have a nice relaxing time by the lake. Access to the lake is almost nonexistent as the lake is too low to be near the campground or walkways. Near the water's edge it is very muddy, not a sand type surface. The campground itself is more like attending a music festival. It packed with loud people and loud music. We left one day into our 3 day trip to find something more suitable for relaxation.

Very disappointing. From the online map, it is not clear that there is a significant elevation between the campsite and the lake, but appears that the distance between the site and the lake is close. It is not. Didn't even appear to be a reasonable walk to the lake. Then we drove around looking for a place to play in the lake, and couldn't find one. The swim beach parking is so far from the lake that it's not reasonable to carry all our "stuff" (canopy, paddleboards, etc) down to the water's edge. The closest spot is near the dock, but there is no swimming near the dock. Fine, we can handle that. So we unloaded our "stuff" near the dock, filled up the paddleboards, and paddled from there out away from the dock. But we got reprimanded multiple times for being too close to the dock, even though we were not swimming or fishing. It was super annoying, we couldn't find any good place to just play in the water, and there isn't a good map helping new comers know where to go, if there even is a good place to launch paddleboards, or sit on the lake side while the kids play in the water. Likely will not be going back. Just a whole lot of frustration and waste of money and kids unable to play freely.

Great campsite! It was quiet and clean. Restrooms were kept clean as well. We definitely will be back!

Spacious sites with lots of shade options. A lot of the campgrounds are closed and in disrepair, but the open 2 open ones are nice.

Happy camper