Manzanita Lake

people next to us played loud music. no recourse. left a day early bc of this

Overall, the campground is beautiful, busy without feeling crowded; sites are clean and spacey. The lack of staffing is disappointing, blame is where it belongs and not on the underpaid, overworked individual we did finally see hours after finding our spot. Unfortunately, our first interaction was to be warned we were violating the oddest generator hours I've ever encountered in my LIFE - 8-10am, 12-2pm and 5-7pm. We do our best not to run at all but with the heat we were having issues with a fridge and slipped over the hours by 7 mins.

Rather than rage about the lack of staff I've engaged with National Parks Conservation Association [https://www.npca.org/]. Our parks, and the staff in them, deserve better

Loved the big beautiful sites!

Campground is beautiful. Whoever makes the decision for fire safety is over aggressive. This campground had no low brush or ladder fuels and was near bare mineral soil with tall established pines. Very little danger of fire spread. They had banned fires in metal fire rings when we were there at beginning of August. In addition some of our fellow campers were obnoxious, playing a boom box til 10pm and an army of children shoveling dirt onto the paved road and playing in the streets disregarding cars. A little better management of the people and relaxed management of the fires would allow for lovely memorable evenings rather than a frustrated night lying in your tent.

Bay area a-holes who dont know how to act in a NP campground. Also, NP Police advised us we could use our propane fire pit, but “It doesn’t look good and others might think it’s ok to build a wood fire.” 1. We live in NorCal and are very aware of the dangers of a wood fire during fire season. That is EXACTLY why we purchased a propane fire pit several years ago and why i clear the area around the pit. 2. As a retired LEO, I'm also aware we were acting in accordance with the law and they were just looking for a reason to contact someone. I cant imagine why LEOs get a bad rep. Do better. Lassen is a beautiful park we attend for day trips regularly, during all seasons. This definitely left a bad impression for camping there. We’ve camped at 15+ NPs and have not had negative experiences like this.

Everything at Manzanita Lake campground was great. The restrooms were clean but the toilet paper is VERY thin, so bring your own.

We made a 1-night stop here to check it out. There are plenty of reasons to come back. The little lake is very beautiful and I’d love to try fishing there. The campground is spotless. I appreciated the paved camp spots and the abundant trash/recycling cans. Pine trees everywhere! Their store has everything including a cafe and a GAS STATION. I needed gas after that climb from Redding. Best thing was the view of the stars at night.

Beautiful lake for kayaking & SUP