Kyen Campground and Oak Grove Day Use Area

Pros: Campsite was decently clean, bathrooms were clean + functioning etc. Lake is beautiful, was overflowing when I was there!

Cons: Not super quiet, some motorcycles driving back and forth late at night, younger group of campers rolled up around 11PM and proceeded to have a raging bonfire for 3 hours, and it appears there's some people who may be living there (had no issues with them other than some periodic dog barking, but just as an FYI). All in all, a good place if you just want to be outside and are fine listening to some music on your headphones rather than trying to ~ get away from it all ~

Very dirty

Very dirty

So it was a great quiet campground. However campsite 18 is not flat and was difficult to setup the trailer. The hookups for the electric and water and sewer were too far away and I had to go purchase extensions. There were other flat spots that were open but the website wouldn't let me change sites because they didn't open them online until Inwas getting ready to leave on Monday. I was considering just using one, but I didn't want to accidently take someone's spot. Overall I would come back here again, just not use site 18

Campgrounds themselves are sufficient. Although you may hear dogs barking in the distance at surrounding country properties. Also you can hear the hwy 20 (not too high traffic). Also, lake Mendocino was very low and seemed more like a geese pond. We paddleboard for 20 mins and got out because the water seemed gross. I would camp here again, but it definitely wouldn’t be my top 5 choices.

Campground host was friendly and told us exactly how to find our site.

No signage
Closed bathrooms
Filthy bathrooms
Unhoused not campers hanging around the area
Blocked sewage drain pipes creating a smell of gas

We left early because we didn’t feel safe and were very disappointed in the experience

Unfortunately, family matters took over our visit. I requested a refund for now and we're hope to reschedule before the sunny days are gone. SRB

This campground is not maintained well nor monitored. No one was at the station to direct us or check us in. Our campsite was filthy, including condom wrappers and a used condom on the ground. The "Potable" water was brown, and the bathrooms were consistently filthy despite being serviced and they did not provide soap to wash your hands. On one occasion, only one of three toilets was functional in the women's restroom. The other two overflowed all over the bathroom floor. There were many partiers with loud music and shouting well past the 10PM quiet time. On our first night, the Sheriff was called to break up a fight and eject a loud, drunk group at 2:30 AM. Never going back.

Very disappointed. Two nights of very loud parties that went on until after 4am. The second night there were to camps on either side of our two camp sites that were up all night. Fighting, very loud music and vulgar talking. One camp was under age drinking and I parent came to clean up and get kids out of there at 4:30am. Doors slamming and people yelling. Camp ground host did not get involved and didn’t care two nights in a row when we complained. We had children ages 2 to 12 that were hearing vulgar conversations and cussing. I will never take my family back.