Butte Lake Group

This was advertised as a "private" group campground and that could not be further from the truth! It is a lovely camp site, lots of room but there are people everywhere.
The only other problem we had were bees. And I mean LOTS of bees. About half of our group got stung at least once with some multiple times. The bees were everywhere and eating was miserable. I would consider going back if not for that.
The hiking and kayaking were great

One of my favorite places on earth.

This is just a wonderful, wonderful location. The campground is fairly busy, but for a good reason. Can't recommend highly enough.

Group camp sites are big but not well marked and it's hard to tell where your site begins and ends . They are also really close to each other someone in our groups tent was about ten feet away from another group's tent. The lake is nice, really clear but it doesn't have a lot of beach area. Overall the camp is nice though. Running water in bathroom and outdoor sinks which is great. Bear lockers hold a lot we fit two coolers and some bags. Only bad thing was bugs! SO MANY BUGS! Bring your spray and citronella candles!

Stayed 2 nights before labor day weekend during COVID. Great campsite with easy access to Cinder Cone Trailhead and Butte Lake. Flushing toilets and clean sinks for easy access to water.

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.

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.

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

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 mi, and bumpy. The Cinder Cone Mountain is gorgeous and a good hard hike. Butte lake itself is beautiful, black sand.

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.