Glory Hole Recreation Area

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

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”

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.

It was wonderful!

Nice and clean camp sites. Restrooms and showers were cleaned daily.

Restrooms and showers can get busy in the early am and evening since there’s one stall of each on the men’s side.

My only complaint is the camp sites are not walking distance to the lake. Overall, we enjoyed ourselves and the staff/rangers were very helpful.

Will visit again. Thank you.

Facilities are good but they need to resolve an issue between campsites 112 and 103. Depending on what website you look at and depending on what ranger you speaker with, you get stuck with a good or bad camp table that’s in the full sun!

Well maintained camping sites close to lake. Shoreline does need trees however to shelter from the sun.

Its a gem of a site with clean bathrooms and running hot water showers. very well maintained.

Nice and clean. Bathrooms were very clean and not busy. Free showers which surprisingly wasn’t used much. Only downside was the lack of loud noise enforcement. Unfortunately, a camping party went on until ~ 4ish in the MORNING! Which was ridiculous. Needless to say we didn’t get much sleep. We packed up early the next morning, left and fortunately visited “Angle camp museum” which is an amazing museum btw. A must see museum if you have kids.