Lakes Basin

Lakes Basin has been our annual camping trip destination since 2012, with the exception of a couple of years. We love the area and love the campground. The camp hosts are always nice. This year, the camp host, Steve was super helpful. I was having trouble backing our trailer in (which usually is not an issue but for some reason this year, it wasn't happening!) and Steve came to the rescue and dropped it right into position! There are lots of places to hike, many trails leading from or not far from the campground. Sierra Buttes is a 5-10 minute drive. Check out Bassett's Station while you're there, at the Hwy 49 end of Gold Lake Road. Open end of May to end of October. Great breakfasts, great burgers, and other lunch goodies. We always make a point to have one of our meals at Bassett's while we're camping. Looking forward to next year!

Great campsite with wonderful host. Excellent hiking trails from the campground and refreshing swimming in the stream.

Our family booked the group site as it was the only site available for a last minute reservation. What a fantastic site!! Just loved our views, the mixed shade and sunshine. Lovely hikes to the lakes right from the campground and an easy drive into Bassett's if you need provisions. Dogs welcome and our pooch loved this campground. Nice and quiet and was a lovely complement to our first half of the week down the hill at Wild Plum (along a creek in the woods).

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Simply amazing

Great area for hiking and fishing. Wild flowers were everywhere during our visit (early-mid July).

Lakes Basin campground is a wonderful place to stay - for individuals, couples, and families. Many places to hike leaving from the campground. a fairly quiet campground which is very nice for those looking for quiet. If you want a party campground go up the road a ways and camp at Gold Lake.

Some picnic tables legs sunk in the mud during the spring and not raised/dug up, so it made it a challenge to use them.

Lakes Basin is nice, I wish the rules were more closely followed in terms of RV's in tent-only sites, multiple cars in small one-car only sites (it begins to look more like a used car lot than a peaceful outdoor setting) and large groups in smallish sites (see previous). They're nice enough, and I suppose they're trying to save money by stuffing in as many people as they can, but boy! can it get noisy!

Water spigot in group site, suddenly stopped on 6/24 around 9AM without warning or estimate when it would come back. This caused a big concern for my large group. We ran out of TP in the bathrooms. We told the host and he refilled the toilets. The garbage container capacity is inadequate for the 25 persons allowed in the group site for a long weekend. The garbage was full at the end of the 2nd day.

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