Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins (CA)

Great cabins in a beautiful spot! The cabins are clean and comfortable and even had a small, but nice guest binder with information. Be sure to bring extra bedding as the beds are quite stiff. Aside from that they were exactly like they were described and the bathrooms and showers were extremely well maintained. The staff always seemed to be cleaning or working on something which was impressive. The camp store isn't great and they keep strange hours even closing the cafe over an hour early one night with no warning.

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The cabins no longer include a lantern, apparently for several years (despite the concessionaire's website and FAQs in email are out of date).

The concessionaire did not provide any alert that the Park could (and did) institute campfire restrictions for August. A simple note in the numerous emails we received in the week prior to our stay either alerting us to the change in Park policy - or a simple note to check the Park's website for current Alerts on fire restrictions, road closures, and wildfires in the area - should be standard practice.

Camping cabin No 15–perfect for our trip. Stayed there two nights: myself and two sons (ages 11 and 16). Plenty of space for 2 of us on bed in sleeping bags and 3rd person on floor on sleeping pad. Went in late August and no need for heater. Big upgrade from a standard camping tent. Nights were quiet and the lake is beautiful. Highly recommend.

We've stayed many times in the cabins and always had a great time. This year, however, was less than satisfactory. Our cabin was not cleaned before we arrived, and the housekeeping guy told us it was because the prior renters "checked out really late" and he "thought they might just check back in again that day" so he blew off the cleaning, even though there was a new reservation for that cabin. The entire 5 days we were there, we NEVER saw a cabin cleaned between rentals. The cafe in the store, for 2 days of our trip, didn't open at 8:00 am for breakfast, but finally opened at 10 a.m., and also closed at 3:30 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m.; all these closures due to employees calling in sick with no one to cover. The hot water heater in the showers went out so no showers or laundry for 2 days. One store salesgirl and one cafe employee gal were very rude and not helpful at all. When I asked to buy a map of the campgrounds, the rude salesgirl told me "Why do you need a map? You don't need a map, just drive around and see it for yourself, or you can walk around and look at the campground. We only have 1 map and it isn't for sale." The cafe menu has dozens of specialty-mix coffee flavors, 2 items for breakfast: avocado toast or bagel with cold creamed cheese, and a few grilled sandwiches for lunch or dinner. The soda fountain machine was "out -of-order" the entire time we were camping. Soft-serve ice cream was also "unavailable" when we tried to order that. I think the vendors hired to run the store, cafe and cabins were a poor choice this year. No matter what time we went to use the showers, they were filthy. We were told they were cleaned every morning and the door entry code changed, but the same code was given out each time we purchased a shower for $5.00 per person, per day...and the same nasty wads of hair, leftover junk was in the showers each day...clear evidence that no one had swept or cleaned the showers. I hope for better next year.

Manzanita Lake area is beautiful. We have stayed here several times and love every stay.

I stayed in one of the glamping tents. It was a good experience. It was the first time I had ever stayed in something like this. It was easier not having to set up my tent, and it was nice to have a bed to sleep on. The campground was nice, and I was pleasantly surprised by how few people were there given that it was a summer week. It was nice to have access to showers and a store. It did take about 10 minutes for the shower water to heat up, and the hot water only lasted for 5 minutes, but it was still nice to have access to a shower after a day of hiking.

My family and I had a great time at the Lake Manzanita camping cabins. The cabins were as described, never had to use the heater, the weather and the lake were beautiful. We enjoyed hiking around the lake , and also hiked to Bumpass and to see the falls. A wonderful trip! I would highly recommend Lassen Volcanic National Park as well as the cabins at Lake Manzanita!

We enjoyed staying at the cabins for the first time, as we normally tent camp. The only bad thing was that fires and charcoal was banned, so that only left the propane stove. I would call ahead if you are coming up in the next couple of months.

The heater never felf warm to the touch, but it did heat up the cabin to about 55 - 60 degrees. It's strange because there are no user accessible controls on the heater.

We were going to tent camp but the cabin became available so we got that. It was definitely worth it. The cabin was clean, not far from flush toilets, the wood lake and a little store that did serve some hot food. They served paninis, hot dogs, nachos, not much else but enough to get you by. An espresso machine was in the store too so you could get a Coffee, Latte etc.

Our family all voted that we would definitely go back