Oak Grove Campground

Oak Grove Campground is a campground falling in disrepair. Fire rings broken and out houses with broken doors. Worst of all, the FS has garbage pick up on Wednesdays. At end of weekend, dumpsters were overflowing and flies invaded everywhere until dark. It makes most sense to have garbage pick up on Mondays and no sense for the pile of garbage Monday to Wednesday. Honestly, the FS has really fallen since I worked summers for FS. There used to be many garbage cans in campgrounds instead of 2 dumpster sites and I was responsible for cleaning up all every day of weekend. Now I'm not sure what camp hosts do these days but nothing related to keeping campground clean.

Had a nice trip. My main concern lies with the camp host. We didn’t see them once throughout our 3 night stay. There was no information on what to do for check in; and then generally, the host comes around at least once per day to ensure all is well. But not here. Then when we found the camp host’s site, it seemed difficult to get their attention due to loud large barking dog, and their camper being fenced off. Can never be too sure if a German shepherd is friendly to strangers. unsure how we would’ve gotten to them.

I’m grateful we never ended up *needing* the host, but I’m concerned for future trips if we’re to return to this campground. A name wasn’t even posted on the sites - it feels very easy to take someone else’s site. No accountability.

Otherwise, the site was nice (albeit a little misleading from the photos). Restrooms were fine. Lots of wildlife.

Only real highlight is that the bathrooms were clean and well stocked throughout our stay. Our station (20) had no shade and the area around the only big tree was completely overun with dried brush. There must have been at least a dozen different fire ant nests as well.

Restroom lacks any lighting but overall clean enough to use. Everyone around was very considerate and nice.

BEWARE - this campground is not managed! Do not pay for reservations because your site will not be reserved. I’m an avid camper and this was the worst experience I’ve ever had - which is sad considering the campground is lovely. We drove 7 hours for a 3-day site we paid for well over a month + ago; we arrived to not only find our site taken, but the reservation card on the post was blank. All of them were except for ones that had a date that was 2 weeks old. We watched as other campers arrived to find the same issue - reserved spots taken because the reservation cards were not updated. There is no host and no cell service so you are without immediate recourse. This is basically a dispersed camping spot they are profiting on and they shouldn’t be!

Camp site #63 has a lot of space but some areas need to be cleaned up as there are cactus and bushes with thorns.
Great for families, we had a group of 3 families and kids had enough space to play. Neighbors were families with kids too so we enjoyed our nights with no noisy party guests.

Rick, the camp host is so nice and welcoming. He keeps the campground peaceful, clean and safe. The campsite offers a great deal of privacy. Excellent little getaway.

My camp site was clean. It was nice and quite there.

It was just what we needed it was a wonderful camping experience. My husband and kids loved it. It was close enough for us to go to the beach during the day. We came from Arizona so for us to experience camping plus the beach was awesome. We all loved it had wonderful neighbors close to the clean bathrooms, close to store if you may have forgotten anything. Had a fire pit to sit around the fire making smores talking listening to music playing games with my kiddos. There was a built in grill to cook on a table it was awesome.