Sardine Lake

Nice spot for visiting Sand Pond or Sardine Lake. Bathrooms were clean (host scrubbed them out daily) but sinks were not functioning so cleaning up dishes after meals wasn't easy. Most sites did not seem to have much shade so you might want to bring something if you plan to hang out at the campsite.

This is a beautiful site in a wonderful location and the campsites and facilities themselves were great, but I've never had to deal with so much late night noise. People were playing music and talking loudly well into the early morning hours. I wish the camp supervisor (who was next to us, so presumably heard it as well? Though maybe not inside their van...) said something. I also think it's time to ban Bluetooth speakers from campsites. Bring a guitar, sing, etc, but I don't camp so I can hear your trance/techno beats at high decibels. I am too pregnant to camp in the Backcountry but I'd still like to be able to enjoy some peace and quiet under the stars.

This is a beautiful site in a wonderful location and the campsites and facilities themselves were great, but I've never had to deal with so much late night noise. People were playing music and talking loudly well into the early morning hours. I wish the camp supervisor (who was next to us, so presumably heard it as well? Though maybe not inside their van...) said something. I also think it's time to ban Bluetooth speakers from campsites. Bring a guitar, sing, etc, but I don't camp so I can hear your trance/techno beats at high decibels. I am too pregnant to camp in the Backcountry but I'd still like to be able to enjoy some peace and quiet under the stars.

Sardine lake is one of those pristine mountain lakes that is postcard perfect. It's a small boat electric trolling motor fishing and kayaking only lake. No swimming is allowed as it's designated for fishing only by the county. There is however a nice pond next door within walking distance where you can swim or fish (Sand Pond). There are also numerous other nearby lakes where fishing and swimming is allowed. Some of the camp spots are nice but most don't have any distance between them and thus you'd better like your neighbors. I was camped in spot 6 and it was right next door to the adjoining spots. I'm more used to spots that have a little more distance between them but luckily I had a great neighbor and we got along really well. Would I go back? Perhaps if I had a better spot. Not much of a lake fisherman so it would only be good for a few days for me. One of the complaints I have with the Recreation.gov website is the picture of the camp spots are horrible! If they only updated the pictures to give you a better idea of how it's laid out you could make better choices.

The site next to us was pretty much in are site as well. We did not want to deal with it so we didn’t even stay! We found another camp site up the road we more room. This Campground is poorly laid out and there is no privacy and most spots

Sardine lake is one of those pristine mountain lakes that is postcard perfect. It's a small boat electric trolling motor fishing and kayaking only lake. No swimming is allowed as it's designated for fishing only by the county. There is however a nice pond next door within walking distance where you can swim or fish (Sand Pond). There are also numerous other nearby lakes where fishing and swimming is allowed. Some of the camp spots are nice but most don't have any distance between them and thus you'd better like your neighbors. I was camped in spot 6 and it was right next door to the adjoining spots. I'm more used to spots that have a little more distance between them but luckily I had a great neighbor and we got along really well. Would I go back? Perhaps if I had a better spot. Not much of a lake fisherman so it would only be good for a few days for me. One of the complaints I have with the Recreation.gov website is the picture of the camp spots are horrible! If they only updated the pictures to give you a better idea of how it's laid out you could make better choices.

The site next to us was pretty much in are site as well. We did not want to deal with it so we didn’t even stay! We found another camp site up the road we more room. This Campground is poorly laid out and there is no privacy and most spots

Wonderful small campground. Biggest plus is the nice short walk to the Sand Pond and Lower Sardine Lake. We like site #5, though it is close to the road. We did not care for the campground host. When the water system was out he was not helpful at all and simply told us to go to the creek and get water from there.

Wonderful small campground. Biggest plus is the nice short walk to the Sand Pond and Lower Sardine Lake. We like site #5, though it is close to the road. We did not care for the campground host. When the water system was out he was not helpful at all and simply told us to go to the creek and get water from there.

The forest service had turned off the water for the season the weekend before we arrived (even though the campground was still open) and the campground was a mess from the storm the weekend prior. No cleanup effort seemed to have occurred. Our fees should have been refunded….