Glory Hole Recreation Area

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Always a great time camping at glory hole. I have small kids, so the fact we had a whole corner of the campground to ourselves was awesome!! If you could just encourage the fish to bite that would be great!

With the reservoir's significant drop in water, campsites are not on or by the water. About 200-300ft down is the water line. The campsite overall is kept up well, but it was very dry, dusty, and sparse vegetation.

Don't bother here during the summer. whatever the temp is in Angels camp, add 3 degrees to it. the camping sites aren't level, in general, they slope one way or another, there's 1 water spigot that I saw for our entire loop, and the shade is sparse. they had a single shower for each bathroom and a single toilet in the mens. the light was out in the ladies bathroom and I saw a maintenance guy who said they were aware of the work order but not sure when it was scheduled to be due. Their sister campground, tuttletown, had their septic pump fail and apparently it takes on average a year and a half to get replacement parts. The shower temp was 85f for cold. Also late August through end of October is tarantula mating season. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN LATE AUGUST THROUGH END OF OCTOBER IS TARANTULA MATING SEASON. The lake level was about 100ft lower than what the pictures they provide, it's about a 4:1 slope, so for every foot lower it's approx 2 ft further from the bank, so at 100ft lower it was about 200ft further down a very steep walk, just be aware of the water level. Honestly I would go back ONLY after the rainy season, otherwise the heat, the ground and the spiders make this facility not worth the money.

Either lock up everything you own or tie a guard dog to your campsite because the low life weekend people who come up from the city will steal it. I had over 450 dollars worth of camping equipment stolen. Avoid this place on the weekends because the druggie come out big time

loved the campsite reservation online made it so all fees included clean restrooms other campers were quiet late at night will be back soon

Overall a nice campground at Big Oak Campground, Glory Hole, New Melones Lake. the lake as usual was lots of fun even with the very low water level, but nothing can be done to change that in the short term.

Nice and clean. Nice park rangers. Clean bathrooms, always stocked with tp.
No annoying bugs that I've noticed.
Stayed at this site twice this month and will again towards the end of summer. Haven't been to the actual lake yet tho(even tho it's right there). Maybe next time.
Bring your own handsoap.
Shower takes quarters.

This is a beautiful campsite in a great area, but unfortunately very poorly regulated. When we arrived our campsite was littered with trash and we had to spend time cleaning up and picking plastic out of the fire ring. Additionally, although the site had listed quiet hours, there was no one there to enforce said quiet hours meaning that people were playing music and shouting until 3 am. The bathrooms were decently well maintained, there is a ton of wildlife at the site, and the scenery is beautiful, but overall the lack of management was disappointing. If you choose to go definitely bring extra trash bags and earplugs.

Does not have shower