Fashoda

The lake was beautiful- too bad about the litter that was left at our campsite.
The trash bins were over flowing- so I guess people decided to throw trash at the sites!

Dumpsters overflowing and bathroom clean out smelled up the entire campground for an entire day. But it was an amazing trip for my family.

Be sure to be ready for numerous jet skis and music playing in the campground till all hours!
Most campsites have 20-30 people cramped into them for a drunken revelry!

The campground itself is beautiful, the lake is just gorgeous. Unfortunately, the grounds this year were in pretty bad shape. The restrooms were not cleaned and were missing toilet paper a lot of times. Our site was not cleaned properly, even though we checked in way later than 2pm. We have been coming to this campground for the last 15 years, this is the dirtiest we have seen it. We will be there next year no matter what.

Was ok, new host was learning how to take care of the sites. Overall good camp.

This is my second time in one month here! It's perfect!

The campground is very close to Sacramento, the water level is high and the scenery is great. The only complaint I have is the bathroom situation. They desperately need to clean out the vault toilets. The very first weekend they were open and the toilets were full to the top.

Only 3 of the 30 campsites were occupied coz we went just after Memorial day. Had a tranquil and relaxing time. Would definitely camp here again.

Campground was a lot cooler than the beach on a super hot weekend and nicely wooded. Love having beach access so close to our campground, and the water was perfect to swim in during such hot weather. But the toilets were horrible with hundreds of flies swarming around so we didn't use it much. Also the campsite had so many wasps that it was scary and stressful to eat and cook.

Fashoda may be the best campground I've stayed at! From the well shaded campground to the short 1 minute walk from campsite to Union lake with beach access, this place ticks many if not all the boxes.

The vault tiolets and faucets are plentiful and well located. The pay showers are only a 2 minute walk. Cost is $3 for 3 minutes and  the machine will only accept quarters.

The camp host are kind and very attentive and do a magnificent job of keeping the facility clean. They are also on top of noise issues, asking me if their were any noise issues from other campers at night and to let them know if there was.

Two bonuses at Fashoda:
1. The beach access which offers great swimming and ability to launch our kayaks, canoe and paddle boards. The beach is located in a Cove so well protected from the wind and motor boats.
2. Cell reception is about 3 bars (on at&t and verizon), more than good enough to YouTube and work.

My review covers two different stays. We camped at Fashoda June 20 and August 21. Both stays were for 3-4 nights. We stayed at campsites 9, 13 & 14. All sites were SPACIOUS but not very flat. Chances are your tent will be on a slope!

Summary:
This year was our first time staying at Fashoda. We chose Fashoda for its beach access for our boats and because our usual campground, Icehouse was still closed down for renovations from last year's fires. We also considered Sunset campground but decided against because it didn't have beach access.