Hirz Bay

Bear proof trash cans were full and not being emptied so people had to set their bags of garbage outside the cans. This of course attracted bears to rummage through them every day and night. Also there was no toilet paper in the whole park and the bathroom had lights but they did not work.

Site #46 which is a double has good privacy and water/bathrooms nearby. Some shade. Great views and very quiet. People were respectful and friendly. It was quiet and no loud music or problems and the curfew at 1000 pm was observed. We stayed from June 26th to July 1st. We had a boat that we put in and took out every day and the ramp was good. Plenty of parking at the upper parking lot. $16/day for ramp access. We saw numerous vehicles with violation tickets for not paying. Lake was at 97% full. There is a small beach that you can put up a shade structure. Unfortunately, there were some irresponsible jet skiis nearby the beach running around the 5 mph no wake buoy. We also saw a knucklehead boater dragging a person on an inflatable. Sigh, people.....
Also unfortunately, some non-campers left their trash and empty butane cannisters outside of the bear trash bins. If you bring it in, you should pack it out if the bins are full. I did call the private company that handles the bathrooms and trash, and they came out on Wednesday and took care of everything. I picked up four 55-gallon trash bags and put everything on top of the bathroom near our site. It was the first bathroom as you came into the campground loop with the bulletin boards. We all need to be good stewards of our natural resources.

Toilet paper not replaced in bathrooms all weekend, Bear box doors didn't close, trash cans full, loud party campers nearby, people cutting wood with 2 chainsaws at almost 10 pm. Site has great location though.

Site #21 should have never been offered up to rent. The pitures showed two picnic tables and trees. Not the case. It looked like it was moved, not in the same place the map showed. It looked like a bulldozer came through there. No trees, burn pit, giant hole where a large stump came out, no place to sit around the fire pit as the fire pit was at the end of the cement slab near the bear box. No good place to put four tents... There were 8 of us. The area to the left of bear box and above the bear box were the only place to put a tent. Absolutely zero privacy. Large sticks everywhere. Bathrooms near us, the men's room was backed up and sewage all over in there when we got there Friday at 3 pm... Nobody looked at it until Sunday afternoon. He was heard cursing very loudly. Bathroom situation was no better at any of them. TP ran out. Thankfully I brought my own as I have learned. WE have been coming to Hirz Bay for over 40 years. This is the worst I have seen it. We still had fun though, as we always do. Also the site next to us was not marked, the driveway said 23 but there was no post that had a number. So, this couple decided to stay there; since there is no privacy my daughter's tent door was directly eye level with where they decided to put their tent and they had a fire going all night. If you aren't renting a spot out, then block it off or offer it to adjacent sites for parking. We wanted to use it for parking but did not want to do the wrong thing. We told that couple to check with camp hosts but I don't think they did. Also camp hosts left on Sunday

Super private campsites. Beautiful views and water is so close

We love camping here. With the lake almost full (three feet from the top 2023, ) it was a blast to walk to the lake and enjoy all the water activities. The campgrounds were clean and lovely. However, the bathrooms were not restocked since we arrived (Thursday - Sunday) and both the men's & women's were not attended to and had no tp. With all the reservations, Shasta Recreation Company should have come during that time to restock the facilities. Also, there is a ton of poison oak everywhere, so beware and take precautions.

Signage states "single site $25, double site $50" . Specifically selected single site, after hours of frustration with marginal signal and the site's mis-labeled senior pass choices, I finally was able to make a reservation. Only to find later that my "single" site was billed at the "double" rate. Don't trust the signage, and double-check every interaction. And to top it off, even though the site was paid for using recreation.gov, a phone call to recreation.gov revealed that they COULD NOT REFUND MY PAYMENT!

Altogether a dissatisfactory experience. It's too bad, too, as the campground is very pretty.

Great campground! Running water in the bathroom was nice. Campground was fairly empty on a Friday night, so we enjoyed the open space. Kind of a send off the freeway but nice to really escape.

It was beautiful - we had several deer walk through our campsite.

very nice, pretty. watch out for bears, they came at night and had to be shooed off. would still stay there again. lots of deer, birds and lizards.