Little Beaver a Campground

I think that there should be more frequently scheduled services during the summer months. Restrooms and trash pick-up were every other day, causing a huge amount of trash piled on top of and around the dumpsters, which bears got into. This is detrimental to the bears! Restrooms were dirty and out of tp after first day, and we were the only ones wearing masks into buildings. Have never seen it so crowded. Social distancing away from campsite was difficult, as people along the trails and at the lake were oblivious. Camping is usually a time to relax, not so much this time.

No camp host on site and bathrooms were not maintained. Other than that we had a great time. We have been to LGV before and always enjoy it! The lake water is so clear and nice to swim and kayak in!

This is a quiet, forested campground with lots of space around the sites. We felt fortunate to be able to have a campfire and lots of wood was available. Not much in the way of activities other than using the lake which was clean & warm & walking the path along the lake.

No camp host on site and bathrooms were not maintained. Other than that we had a great time. We have been to LGV before and always enjoy it! The lake water is so clear and nice to swim and kayak in!

This is a quiet, forested campground with lots of space around the sites. We felt fortunate to be able to have a campfire and lots of wood was available. Not much in the way of activities other than using the lake which was clean & warm & walking the path along the lake.

Pro - Beautiful campground and lake
Pro - Campsite was clean
Con - With a travel trailer the site is positioned to face away from the main campsite (fire pit and picnic table). Your trailer faces towards the road (and is within about 10-15 ft) which was very busy with vehicles and foot traffic as its one of the first sites in the loop so all loop traffic has to pass by.
Con - Holiday weekend + no camp host = loud and obnoxious people who don't need to be considerate of others and feel they don't need to observe the 10:00 quiet time. Had a couple very rough nights which took away from the fun of camping out under the stars and enjoying family time around the campfire (couldn't hear our own conversations). Solution = CAMP HOST presence.

Pro - Beautiful campground and lake
Pro - Campsite was clean
Con - With a travel trailer the site is positioned to face away from the main campsite (fire pit and picnic table). Your trailer faces towards the road (and is within about 10-15 ft) which was very busy with vehicles and foot traffic as its one of the first sites in the loop so all loop traffic has to pass by.
Con - Holiday weekend + no camp host = loud and obnoxious people who don't need to be considerate of others and feel they don't need to observe the 10:00 quiet time. Had a couple very rough nights which took away from the fun of camping out under the stars and enjoying family time around the campfire (couldn't hear our own conversations). Solution = CAMP HOST presence.

We have camped at Little Grass Valley Reservoir many times in the past, at Little Beaver and Running Deer. Had been one of our daughters favorite places. Very disappointed when we arrived. No hosts (concessionaires) at campgrounds, dirty restrooms and garbage all over the ground. We were surprised when we arrived to have our site filled with 4 cars. These campers thought it was fine to go, enjoy the lake until they felt like leaving (not following the 12 pm departure time). The only reason they left was because a nice camper next door to our sight went down to the lake and found them and told them that we had arrived (it was 1:40 pm). Otherwise, I don't know how long we would have had to wait for our site. No Hosts to help. Also,Forest Service not posting the correct info on the individual camping site posts. No one cleaned the restroom the whole time we were there. Went 3 -4 days even without any toilet paper. (We carry our own.) Never saw garbage in the restroom dumped once, even though the COVID signs posted saying what they would do to keep things clean and we had no problem doing our part. Only time we saw the Forest Service employees was when there was a problem with a couple of female campers, who just arrived, and tried to kick out a single older woman from a site, because they had been transferred from the NOW closed Running Deer site to her site. The older woman had arrived the day before. Her site was a first come, first serve site and never had any card posted on it about it being reserved for these rude women and their friends. Luckily the older woman got to stay (after the Forest Service was found, wherever they were) and they had to get another site. The Forest Service had failed to do post the sign. We camped 6 nights and will not be camping at LGVR again anytime in the near future.

We have camped at Little Grass Valley Reservoir many times in the past, at Little Beaver and Running Deer. Had been one of our daughters favorite places. Very disappointed when we arrived. No hosts (concessionaires) at campgrounds, dirty restrooms and garbage all over the ground. We were surprised when we arrived to have our site filled with 4 cars. These campers thought it was fine to go, enjoy the lake until they felt like leaving (not following the 12 pm departure time). The only reason they left was because a nice camper next door to our sight went down to the lake and found them and told them that we had arrived (it was 1:40 pm). Otherwise, I don't know how long we would have had to wait for our site. No Hosts to help. Also,Forest Service not posting the correct info on the individual camping site posts. No one cleaned the restroom the whole time we were there. Went 3 -4 days even without any toilet paper. (We carry our own.) Never saw garbage in the restroom dumped once, even though the COVID signs posted saying what they would do to keep things clean and we had no problem doing our part. Only time we saw the Forest Service employees was when there was a problem with a couple of female campers, who just arrived, and tried to kick out a single older woman from a site, because they had been transferred from the NOW closed Running Deer site to her site. The older woman had arrived the day before. Her site was a first come, first serve site and never had any card posted on it about it being reserved for these rude women and their friends. Luckily the older woman got to stay (after the Forest Service was found, wherever they were) and they had to get another site. The Forest Service had failed to do post the sign. We camped 6 nights and will not be camping at LGVR again anytime in the near future.

We really enjoyed little beaver. The water was great