Giant Gap

Nice and quiet campground. Beautiful lake and great trail around the lake. I will be back.

Clean sites, friendly host. Clean bathrooms!

This is a beautiful campground. I don’t recommend site 17. There is another site directly above it and the is zero privacy. Camp hosts were nice but the quiet hours were not respected. Gorgeous lake and hiking trails were amazing. Google maps took us an awful way. Take forest hill do not go up toward colfax,( canyon way toward placer hills rd.) nothing but an old dangerous logging road.

Jeff and his wife were great camp hosts. Everything was clean and stocked and they were both freindlly and welcoming. The walk around the lake was beautiful and accessable. the scenery was breath taking, the water shades of blue and green and clear as glass.
A wounderful, peaceful retreat into nature.

We enjoyed our stay at giant gap , amazing camp host , very helpful and welcoming, I wish there would be more beach access by the campsites , like it used to be , otherwise everything was awesome

Really lovely campground. Pretty hike around the lake. Our campground was up to 6 campers, and the tent site was rather small (#7). It was just two of us so no biggy, but definitely use the tool on Recreation.gov to view the pics of the sites if you're taking a bigger group, as some of the sites were HUGE. It looked like every campsite had a fire ring, picnic table, bear box, and at least one flat 4-person tent space.
Camphosts are shared between Shirttail and Giant Gap depending on the day, but whoever is on duty will sell firewood. Vault toilets frequently throughout campground. Potable water spouts, some reviews said it was stinky, we thought it was fine enough. End of May had a whole lotta bugs - we brought spray but if we come back we'll bring a lamp/citronella candles, so we don't need to have the fire going as much to keep them at bay.
If you are coming from Sacramento, Foresthill exit to Sugar Pine for an easy/pretty drive. If you take the Canyon Way exit, the first half of Iowa Hill is pretty windy, severe inclines, and thin without guardrails - it was harrowing in a 4WD CRV, you could not tow an RV/boat on that route safely

Site 12: Great spot with lots of shade and privacy, the only downside is you’re staring into the backyard of the camp host. Sugar Pine Reservoir is pristine, no motorized boats makes for a peaceful getaway. Definitely a hidden gem campground.

The camp hosts were great and really helpful

We actually did not go. Our motorhome awning got stuck in the out position, could not drive. I tried to cancel the reservation the morning we were to go, could not. Money lost, Oh well.

We Love Giant Gap, thus the rating. It was not the host's fault our motorhome was not drivable.

Last winter there were many dead large trees cut down but these trees were not hauled away. They blocked access from the campground to the lake; they ruined many of the small beach areas; and they created underwater hazards along the shoreline. What a horrible mess. Camp site itself was lovely but we had to use the day use area for lake access