Codorniz Recreation Area Campground

Went in the spring. The flowers were blooming and the hills were all green. Very peaceful experience. Only two real hikes to take. The hike across the dam has a nice view of the Sierras. Free showers and clean bathrooms. Well maintained. Playground for kids, and it was a pleasant drive out to the lake through cattle country.

Clean sites, and bathrooms. Friendly Park host. We will be back!

Rangers and camp hosts are friendly. The area is beautiful this time of year. Bathrooms were clean, but could a refresh.

April is a perfect time to visit Eastman Lake. Just don't visit when we are there. :<) South San Joaquin Section Royal Rangers spent two days at Wildcat Campground. The grass is green, the rattlesnakes are still in the ground, and the weather is beautiful. All three groups (Atwater, Madera Ranchos, and Mariposa) caught fish this year. The lake was FULL! Camp Staff was very helpful. We had minor problems with the bathroom and shower house...yes they have showers...and the staff took care of it right away. The facilities are older, but very clean. We spent time on the day use side of the lake and the bathrooms were just as nice. They even have showers on the day use side! Whoa! Wildcat Campground is perfect for all of our activities (Compass Course, Weather Merit, Wildlife Merit, Hiking, Archery, Council Fires, etc.). We had a WONDERFUL time and will be back in 2025. :<) Thank you for providing such an incredible campground, cjh

Awesome camping spot in the spring has everything you need, thanks!

We stayed at Cordorniz Recreation Campsites. We stayed at spot 53 with full hookups. There is a 4 mi hiking trail that was really nice. The lake was near our campsite. We mostly used this site as a station while we explored the area. Some amazing backcountry roads (not paved) through to the town of Raymond. A 4WD makes driving these dirt roads fun. Stay off Avenue 26 as it is closed due to permenent construction. Take Hwy 99 and Avenue 29 for smooth trailer traveling. We camped at Codorniz Recreation Area Campground in a Travel Trailer.

Tip for Other Campers: Site 53 has TWO sewer hook ups. The one clustered with the Electricity and Water sticks out high about 10 inches which makes feeding into it via gravity difficult, if not impossible. However, there is another one hidden off to the left about 5 ft away on the ground -- probably covered by leaves. That one is a better sewer hook up for this spot....

stunning landscape, cozy spaces. Bathrooms need some updates and the hot water was not working when we were there. but we would definitely go back.

Campsites were clean, well positioned, facilities were clean however the hot water in the bathroom facilities closest to us did not function. Noise level was zero but we did stay midweek. Will go again as the bass fishing is very good at this lake if it has sufficient water in it.

Great area to camp

Camp host are amazing, very friendly and helpful. Ranger Ayumi was very rude. We had several complaints. First it was pouring rain for hours and we went inside our trailer. We did not have a fire nor were we asleep thankfully, at 930 pm we get a banging on the door telling us we can’t leave the fire unattended, there may have been some embers however like I said it’s been pouring rain and still was so we had to get a water hose out. Then my son in law had to move his truck over because she didn’t think he had enough tire on the pavement and last my son had to pay 10.00 to come see us even though we are allowed 2 cars per sight and I had 2 sights because one of the sights I rented had no power. The other sight smelled like someone had used the restroom there and another ranger said some questionable people had stayed there before us. We love Eastman we have been going for years. Never have we had any issues we follow the rules and leave our sight better than we found it. We didn’t complain when there was no water in the park nor have we complained when there has been no power in our sight.