Hirz Bay

Why tf would y'all reserve a site with down trees in the middle of the site, debris everywhere,broken benches, broken nut on the bear locker (essentially broken bear locker). Overall trashed campsite had to pick an open one that was semi better down the road.

Campsites were great, picnic bench, fire pit with a metal ring, bear box, lake access was an easy walk

This was a very sweet site with a flush bathroom and running water very close by, which was nice. It was very peaceful and quiet. Hella yellow jackets in the morning though! Also, we couldn't find easy access to the lake unfortunately.

We stayed in group site 35 which was perfectly set up, shaded, and close proximity to bathrooms and trash/recycle. However there was poison oak EVERYWHERE and every single meal and snack was ruined by HOARDS of yellow jackets. Two of our party of 4 were stung and our dog was chased out of the campsite on multiple occasions by them. We bought two bee traps and filled them twice daily with dead bodies but it didn’t stop or slow the onslaught anytime a crumb of food was visible. Our bear locker was broken but we managed to damage it shut each night which ended up being such good luck as we had bear visits all night every night and they know how to test those locker doors. They were easily frightened by voices and flashlights but it would be nice if they fixed those or added a second box to the larger sites as we had ours stuffed full for 4 people and the sites normally say they house up to 8 people…
Very low lake levels- but we expected that due to the drought and we’re just happy to be able to get away.
Sans bees and the ridiculous 106 temps that hit while we were there we would have really enjoyed this site!

This was an awesome campground but unfortunately I have to give it 3 stars for two main factors, bees and bears. We had site 35 and when we arrived, it must have been on a yellow jacket nest or something. Hundreds of bees in the site, swarming all our food, it was relentless. We made the decision to move to another site and it was a little better but they still bothered us the entire weekend. The campground host was aware of the issue too, as a maintenance worker was attacked in a different site earlier in the week. It was frustrating that they knew about it but didn't bother to put up traps or anything in the sites. Secondly, the bear. There is a very persistent bear that patrols the campground at night. He came to our site 3 nights in a row and it was a big bear. Tried to get into the bear box, hitting coolers, etc. It didn't pay any attention to us or our tents but it was still annoying and somewhat stressful knowing it would come by every night. The campground itself is great. Really nice sites, very large, and good privacy. I would love to stay at this site again but something has to be done about the bee situation before I would consider going back.

Nice campground, but we’ were there in July and it was extremely dry and hot. The Shasta Caverns tour was awesome and a nice break from the heat.

Clean bathrooms and courteous neighbors. No encounters with bears or raccoons, and my dog loved swimming in the lake. Overall great campsite and surroundings, highly recommended!

The location and camping spot was perfect. The entire facility was much better then anticipated and our family is planning to make the trip to Hirz Bay an annual camping trip.

Lisa was very helpful with all phases of reservations.