Lake Springs

The pavilion was perfect. It had the right amount of shade and sun and a wonderful breeze.

The pavilion was perfect. It had the right amount of shade and sun and a wonderful breeze.

We reserved the Mallard Point pavilion for my wife's 40th birthday. We spent all day out there and had an excellent time. We had a little over 40 people come and about half were kids. We were able to cook two meals for 40+ people with no problems. The kids played at the cordoned off beaches all day two of which are very conveniently located to the pavilion (within easy eyesight). The views from the pavilion are very good. There is water, electricity, multiple grills and a couple bathrooms fairly close. One of the bathrooms is an outhouse (primitive) and it is pretty smelly when it is hot out. You cannot bring a boat up and beach it on the shore due to the Corps having bouys with "boats keep out" covering most of the point due to all the swim beaches. The rest of the point has a 4 or 5 ft retaining wall, so getting a boat to shore is pretty difficult. Those are the only negatives for the facility in my opinion, and both are pretty minor ones. Overall, we had a very good experience. Reservation was very easy on the website, although the facility was a bit expensive to rent for a day and then on top of it, everyone who came had to pay a 5 dollar parking fee per vehicle. One would think that if you pay a pretty good reservation fee, that the people attending your event shouldn't have to also pay for parking.

We reserved the Mallard Point pavilion for my wife's 40th birthday. We spent all day out there and had an excellent time. We had a little over 40 people come and about half were kids. We were able to cook two meals for 40+ people with no problems. The kids played at the cordoned off beaches all day two of which are very conveniently located to the pavilion (within easy eyesight). The views from the pavilion are very good. There is water, electricity, multiple grills and a couple bathrooms fairly close. One of the bathrooms is an outhouse (primitive) and it is pretty smelly when it is hot out. You cannot bring a boat up and beach it on the shore due to the Corps having bouys with "boats keep out" covering most of the point due to all the swim beaches. The rest of the point has a 4 or 5 ft retaining wall, so getting a boat to shore is pretty difficult. Those are the only negatives for the facility in my opinion, and both are pretty minor ones. Overall, we had a very good experience. Reservation was very easy on the website, although the facility was a bit expensive to rent for a day and then on top of it, everyone who came had to pay a 5 dollar parking fee per vehicle. One would think that if you pay a pretty good reservation fee, that the people attending your event shouldn't have to also pay for parking.

The location, parking spaces, view, lake access, were all wonderful.
I was very surprised by the amound of broken ballons, cigarette butts, straws and other small debris.

The location, parking spaces, view, lake access, were all wonderful.
I was very surprised by the amound of broken ballons, cigarette butts, straws and other small debris.

Our site was clean and well maintained and the park ranger was the BEST. We had 23 family members there and plan to return each year to have a family outing. Thank you one and all.
THE MCIVER FAMILY PICNIC

Our site was clean and well maintained and the park ranger was the BEST. We had 23 family members there and plan to return each year to have a family outing. Thank you one and all.
THE MCIVER FAMILY PICNIC

Very nice spot. Only bad thing Was supposed to have electrical and it didn’t work. Let the park ranger know and the tech was unable to fix. I have someone on oxygen and needed it.

Very nice spot. Only bad thing Was supposed to have electrical and it didn’t work. Let the park ranger know and the tech was unable to fix. I have someone on oxygen and needed it.