Butte Lake Group

group camp sites are decently spaced apart.

We reserved the group sites for my school and planned a day hiking to Cinder Cone and kayaking with the students. When we showed up, the ranger was over-the-top rude, stating that if any car was touching dirt he would ticket each and every one, and that he didn't even want us there. He said the bathrooms were locked and the water was turned off, and he wouldn't turn it back on again (we had to go to Old Station and buy all of their bottled water). We had one outhouse for 60 people. We made the most if it though, beautiful campground and lake, the Cinder Cone was fantastic, we had no other issues besides the ranger. The next day we had a very nice ranger, so maybe the other one had a bad day, but partially ruined our trip by his comments and locking everything down.

The 6 mile gravel road into the campground is pretty rough. The campsite was large with a convenient pull through and sites are not too close together. Flush toilets and a ware wash sink were a plus - we've been to primitive campgrounds so this was a step above. The lake was walking distance, beautiful and no crowds whatsoever. Cinder Cone hike was awesome.

Group camping, B and C basically pull throughs on the edge of group area. Site is large and open to the back, fire cleared all underbrush, some trees remain but ash and that dirty dirt made for black feet quick. Extremely friendly camp hosts, very clean bathrooms, nicely maintained roads in the campground, 6 mile drive off the highway on compacted gravel needs some love. Filling water for trailer tanks done at the bathroom no spickets, around the group camp.

Butte lake was great, nice day use area, paddle board and kayaking was nice. There during full moon so fishing was bad ( other anglers same problem). Cinder cone trailhead right at the campground. 3 tables and bear boxes per group, 2 fire pits, group B fire pit is not raised and ground level pretty sketchy for kids. The big campfire spot for ranger speeches completely burned.

Great for groups, little bugs not bad though, no bees this year, little bit of a drive to subway caves and even more to north park entrance, great spot to check out Lassen

The GroupCampsite C was huge. We had a great overall camping experience.

We really enjoyed the campsite here. Though the site was almost completely full, campers were all very respectful and we had a good distance between us and others. Lots of groups had bug tents for food prep, which was a smart idea - we had some trouble keeping our food pest free! Other than that a great experience, we wouldn't hesitate to come back.

Dogs are not allowed on the beach, on the trails, or in the water here. The camp host will play campground police and make sure that your dogs are not breaking these rules. We will not be back, as we like to let our dogs enjoy their time camping too.. Camp host also came out and told us we had a noise complaint, even though we were absolutely asleep the night before after quiet time. Seemed to be a situation where the camphost was a little power hungry.

Gravel road in is long, 6.5 miles, and bumpy. The Cinder Cone Mountain is gorgeous and a good hard hike. Butte lake itself is beautiful, black sand.

Overall good and perfect, just upset about shower after playing/swimming in the lake

The dirt road! Never in my life have I been on a dirt long this long and bumpy. It was dusty so we had to drive 10 mph. Everyone's cars in the campground were all covered in dust. The bump and the dust were unforgiving.

Your website states there are 3 bear boxes at each of the group campsites....this is not the case for many, if any at all. The website does not include information about how many fire rings are available at each site either, and this would be helpful information to have for food planning purposes.