Manzanita Lake

Facilities were clean, campsites were spacious enough although a bit close to other sites. Overall a nice base camp to start our backpacking trip.

We stayed in site B39 with a 28’ trailer (total length). Great campground and location. Folks with trailers/RVs should have leveling blocks as many sites aren’t level, including B39. Site B39 has no shade for the vehicle and Bear box from about 10am to 4pm in early August. There weren’t any campground hosts and folks were running generators starting around 6:30am. A 28’ trailer is about the longest trailer the site can accommodate, unless your trailer can overhang the end of pavement and can deal with the slope.

Clean bathrooms, many large sites, and great hikes. Please note there is no cell phone service there.

Facilities were clean, campsites were spacious enough although a bit close to other sites. Overall a nice base camp to start our backpacking trip.

We stayed in site B39 with a 28’ trailer (total length). Great campground and location. Folks with trailers/RVs should have leveling blocks as many sites aren’t level, including B39. Site B39 has no shade for the vehicle and Bear box from about 10am to 4pm in early August. There weren’t any campground hosts and folks were running generators starting around 6:30am. A 28’ trailer is about the longest trailer the site can accommodate, unless your trailer can overhang the end of pavement and can deal with the slope.

Clean bathrooms, many large sites, and great hikes. Please note there is no cell phone service there.

We enjoyed Lassen NP and camping at Manzanita Lake it is a beautiful place! Our camp site was great lots of trees for shade and a large bear locker that we could store our cooler and supplies in. The bathroom situation was interesting lights only seemed to go on in the morning, so they were off at night?! So bring a lantern! Bring cash despite it being a credit card only park, gas station at the camp store only takes cash for gas (or fill up before entering the park), wood was pricey at the camp store $15 a bundle (4 logs).

Our site in B loop was covered in brush piles. And sites are not near lake. Cannot recommend this place.

While we were at Manzanita Lake, for 4 days, we did not see the campground hosts or rangers once! The bathrooms were disgusting, brown water bubbling from floor vents, no lights, no faucets in some cases! Access to water was much more limited than in the past, we had to collect water from the wash sink at the bathrooms which was also dirty and gross! The campground store had bare shelves and non existent service. Showers cost $5 and the stalls were filthy. The campsites themselves seemed poorly maintained, crowded together and badly set up. In our campsite, B30, the bear box was set in the blazing sun, with zero shade, about 20 feet away from the picnic table. The table itself also had no shade and was stuck between some baby trees and tripping hazard rocks. We have camped at Manzanita Lake for many years and I was very disappointed by the star of the campground.

The park itself is as beautiful as ever! The lakes are all full, the butterflies and wildflowers were popping out everywhere! But, we also saw plenty of campers behaving badly, worst of which were the dogs splashing and fetching IN the lake and off leash on the trails around it.

We enjoyed Lassen NP and camping at Manzanita Lake it is a beautiful place! Our camp site was great lots of trees for shade and a large bear locker that we could store our cooler and supplies in. The bathroom situation was interesting lights only seemed to go on in the morning, so they were off at night?! So bring a lantern! Bring cash despite it being a credit card only park, gas station at the camp store only takes cash for gas (or fill up before entering the park), wood was pricey at the camp store $15 a bundle (4 logs).