Convict Lake Campground

Campgrounds are very clean. Our host knew all the answers

There were no showers even though you said there were

My family and I have been camping at Convict lake for well over 20 years. It is our happy place and we always look forward to our trips there. We have experienced many camp hosts, but the campground has never been as organized and welcoming as it has been since Denis took over. My family and I look forward to seeing him each trip. He is very helpful and works his butt off to keep the campground nice.

I had an upsetting experience related to the campground manager at Convict Lake. I was aware of the rules for running a generator in advance of my stay. However, one morning the campground manager knocked on the door of my RV and in a very accusatory manner, told me that I had ran my generator early that morning during the quiet time. I informed him that he was mistaken - I hadn't turned my generator on until the allowed time. His attitude soured my entire day and I won't be returning to that campground again.

The lake is just too beautiful unfortunately the weather wasn't great but what can you do right? That's camping. I'm not sure who's cleaning the bathrooms but wow...clean every time I went, do bring you're own hand soap though.

Here's the bad, camp site 011 layout. There's plenty of space in the shrubs surrounding the site that could have been cleared so not sure why they didn't do that. First of all there's stairs to enter the site so be carful at night when loading and unloading your gear.
Second, the site is it's self is pretty small already and to make it worse it's split between to separate levels. put lights on the steps or someone will trip over these steps as someone did in our group.
The site is SO small that we could barely fit the fire ring, picnic bench, our cooking table and (3) 10x8 tents. Site 11 isn't even the most awkward camp site. There's one in the # 20's that had a full flight of stairs and an even smaller camp clearing. Please study the image of the camp site if your camping with more than (2) tents.

Sites are fairly private. Unfortunately, I had some loud neighbors that were drinking and playing music and laughing which ruined some of the time out there - luckily they would quiet down early and the night was peaceful. But once I walked to the lake, I was free from their nonsense. The campground and lake are right off the 395 so it's easy to access. Beautiful place!

Beautiful campground with a stunning view of the mountains. The Convict lake loop by the campground is definitely worth checking out. When we got there it was so windy it was difficult to set up our tent and made it pretty cold. Other than that the bathrooms are well maintained and there's running water. Service with T-mobile is spotty but our site has data occasionally. There's firewood from the campground manager for 9 dollars. Tons of hiking and hot springs in the area.

Great visit. The people were friendly and the scenery was amazing.

Great place to camp, fish, eat, and relax with friends and family. Been going there for about 30+ years, and will continue to for as long as possible. Fishing was much better this year, as they are stocking the lake and creek more often, and with bigger fish. We rent a trailer from Adventures in Camping, and they are fantastic. Be sure to reserve a table at the Convict Lake Resort for a five star meal.

Quiet, clean bathrooms with flush toilets and firewood available. My site was level for tent camping.