Meadow Lake Campground

No cell service, cold, and very busy. No camp host, reserved spots are poorly marked and there were people set up in our reservation spot. The road up the mountain is sketchy.

They did not have potable water available. I wish I could have found out before so I would have been prepared. Otherwise, it was lovely.

I was very unhappy with this particular stay. The gate was closed and we were in a f450 with our camper and pulling a trailer with our kayaks and it was a very difficult to back down the road and find a place to turn around. I contacted Reservation. Org and make my complaint and the customer service representative stated she would pass the message on to whomever was responsible for the campground, we never received any warning or return responses from the company.

Beautiful area. Beautiful lake. We loved kayaking, fishing, hiking and just enjoying the beauty of this area. The campground was well maintained. The facilities were clean and well-stocked.

Our boat is heavy & it was difficult to carry it from the road to the shoreline

With no camp host around the place was very chaotic. People say camping in overnight spot motorcycle and atv running around the loop. Broke water faucet nobody seem to care of it ran for two days. Bathroom were very clean and spots well maintained.

Our reserved Site 12 had a pickup parked in it at 2:00 PM when we arrived to check in. Went looking for campground host and learned no Host was assigned for Meadow Lake CG this season (like 2019 I heard). A pickup pulling a way too long travel trailer took over the abandoned Host site to take advantage of readily available potable water and dump connection that weren't locked. It's a free-for-all when no Host is present having enforcement authority.

CG flooded with day use people, so much so that on our Sunday arrival the person parking their pickup in our Site 12 spot said he did it because there was no other place for him to park and then fish for a while. They were nice, apologized, left at 2:30 PM, then we finally secured our reserved Site 12. I've read on Recreation.gov of others with reservations that had to leave as squatters wouldn't vacate their reserved sites.

Saw campers with license plates from CA, CO, OH, (SC?), NM, NV, TX. Heard the faint sound of a generator running at 4:00 AM and learned it was running all night. What about quiet hours from 10:00 PM - 6:00 AM? Well, there were so many campers wanting to stay at Meadow Lake CG, with no available sites, that dozens of them boondocked right off the main access road where it enters the CG. Ah, no quiet hours apply for those not staying officially inside the CG boundary.

So much day use traffic on the narrow and steep one lane road that 8 different times we had to perform evasive maneuvering to allow cars and pickups pulling campers much too long for this road to barely squeeze by our slide-in pickup camper rig. Bathrooms unkempt most of the time, no TP half the time.

Meadow Lake no more a "local's secret" that used to be moderately used by the day use people on weekends and sparsely used during the week. We will not be coming back as even the USFS management doesn't value this CG enough to provide a Host with rules enforcement authority to keep things under control and in good condition.

We reserved our favorite spot 6 months in advance. When we showed up, there was no camp host, therefore our spot did not get reserved ahead of time. As a result, there was already someone else parked in our campsite, and when we informed them of our reservation, they refused to move. My kids were excited to camp next to the lake in a larger double camp site. We ended up staying in the only available single spot available further away. Our camp trailer didn’t fit, and it caused issues with other campers. We enjoyed the lake and the trip was a great experience for my children, but I was very disappointed in the lack of concern from the forest service and camp site facilities. Do better!

We had reserved a spot. When we arrived we found the campground closed, obviously not ready due to the amount of snow. We were never informed that the campground was still closed. I wouldn’t be so upset about this except we never received a refund, despite numerous phone calls.

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