Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins (CA)

Didn't realize the cabins were not reserved via recreation.gov like the campsites are. The entire national park was closed because of a wildfire, and the contracted company would not cancel our reservation. We could not cancel it, but could not even enter the park to utilize it.

Didn't realize the cabins were not reserved via recreation.gov like the campsites are. The entire national park was closed because of a wildfire, and the contracted company would not cancel our reservation. We could not cancel it, but could not even enter the park to utilize it.

Our experience in staying one night in the cabin was not good. Cabin itself was solid and substantial. NO electricity, although it appeared to once have electric heater and outlets on walls. The big drawback was NO BATHROOM toilet or water. It is difficult for old folks to get up in the middle of the night and walk all the way to the restroom and make it in time. This was a cabin for disabled people too!
The restrooms were run down, no lights. But they were flush toilets and there were 3 cold water sinks. Paying over a $100 per night is crazy for this kind of accomodation.

Our experience in staying one night in the cabin was not good. Cabin itself was solid and substantial. NO electricity, although it appeared to once have electric heater and outlets on walls. The big drawback was NO BATHROOM toilet or water. It is difficult for old folks to get up in the middle of the night and walk all the way to the restroom and make it in time. This was a cabin for disabled people too!
The restrooms were run down, no lights. But they were flush toilets and there were 3 cold water sinks. Paying over a $100 per night is crazy for this kind of accomodation.

We are thankful that we got a place to stay in the park for a night. It’s a wonderful experience, we enjoyed sunset, night skies, star gazing, sunrise, bird sounds, early morning hike around the lake etc.. This unmatched experience of staying inside the park.. can't get it from a hotel stay outside the park and driving in just for the hikes.
The rest of our experience with this site reservation, amenities, service etc. is disappointing...
Location: We stayed in the “Glamping Tent” which is located on the same loop as “Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins”, towards the end of the loop, right next to the last cabin.

Reservation: It was disappointing that there's very minimum information online on reservation page and even nothing in email after reservation. We booked this place just being thankful to find any place in the park, had no clue what to expect for this site. We were thankful that we went prepared!
*No picture of the tent provided
*Missing Map for the site. (How much of a work is it to update the webpage with this information?)

Amenities: The following amenities are not available for Glamping Tent so, be prepared:
• There’s no picnic table, just couple of chairs on the platform next to tent.
• No grill/campfire ring.
• There’s one small night stand next to bed but no other storage shelf or table.
• No propane heating
Glamping Tent is $149. We felt it is Overpriced for that basic tent giving a false impression that it is a better one compared to one room cabin that's right next to this site for $76 and came with all the above listed amenities.

The Campground store closed at 5:00PM (timings for this season) and opened 9:00AM next day.
Lights in the restroom didn't work.
Showers are not coin operated (misinformation on reservations page). Shower room needs a code to enter and there was no one to provide the code after the store closed.

We are thankful that we got a place to stay in the park for a night. It’s a wonderful experience, we enjoyed sunset, night skies, star gazing, sunrise, bird sounds, early morning hike around the lake etc.. This unmatched experience of staying inside the park.. can't get it from a hotel stay outside the park and driving in just for the hikes.
The rest of our experience with this site reservation, amenities, service etc. is disappointing...
Location: We stayed in the “Glamping Tent” which is located on the same loop as “Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins”, towards the end of the loop, right next to the last cabin.

Reservation: It was disappointing that there's very minimum information online on reservation page and even nothing in email after reservation. We booked this place just being thankful to find any place in the park, had no clue what to expect for this site. We were thankful that we went prepared!
*No picture of the tent provided
*Missing Map for the site. (How much of a work is it to update the webpage with this information?)

Amenities: The following amenities are not available for Glamping Tent so, be prepared:
• There’s no picnic table, just couple of chairs on the platform next to tent.
• No grill/campfire ring.
• There’s one small night stand next to bed but no other storage shelf or table.
• No propane heating
Glamping Tent is $149. We felt it is Overpriced for that basic tent giving a false impression that it is a better one compared to one room cabin that's right next to this site for $76 and came with all the above listed amenities.

The Campground store closed at 5:00PM (timings for this season) and opened 9:00AM next day.
Lights in the restroom didn't work.
Showers are not coin operated (misinformation on reservations page). Shower room needs a code to enter and there was no one to provide the code after the store closed.

Cozy and warm. Bear boxes at cabin sites were great. The campground bear bin trash needs a lot of attention. Many do not close and yet are full of trash which of course attracts bears! Maybe tape them off or bring in ones that work!?

Cabin 13 is spacious and clean and close to the pit toilets. The surrounding areas are spacious but you can’t see the lake well, as there is a group of young pine trees in between. Wildlife is mostly squirrels with some deer around the lake. Our neighbors wer loud and left their trash out and the squirrels got into it:-( Lake Manzanita is super beautiful, so keep it wild.

Cozy and warm. Bear boxes at cabin sites were great. The campground bear bin trash needs a lot of attention. Many do not close and yet are full of trash which of course attracts bears! Maybe tape them off or bring in ones that work!?

Cabin 13 is spacious and clean and close to the pit toilets. The surrounding areas are spacious but you can’t see the lake well, as there is a group of young pine trees in between. Wildlife is mostly squirrels with some deer around the lake. Our neighbors wer loud and left their trash out and the squirrels got into it:-( Lake Manzanita is super beautiful, so keep it wild.