Dam West Day Use

Easy to get to and accommodations were great. Great access to beach and restrooms.

The perfect pavilion at Carlyle Lake…close to bathrooms, between both playgrounds, close to boat ramp and the beach! This is our 2nd Friday with family and we had the entire park to ourselves which was awesome for having all I’m the kids and then being able to run free. Downside was the second time they did not put out a trash can although they knew the pavilion was reserved. They dropped them late in the evening as we were leaving - be sure to bring trash bags in case this happens to you when hosting a large group.

The perfect pavilion at Carlyle Lake…close to bathrooms, between both playgrounds, close to boat ramp and the beach! This is our 2nd Friday with family and we had the entire park to ourselves which was awesome for having all I’m the kids and then being able to run free. Downside was the second time they did not put out a trash can although they knew the pavilion was reserved. They dropped them late in the evening as we were leaving - be sure to bring trash bags in case this happens to you when hosting a large group.

Dam West's beautiful surroundings was the perfect background for my family picnic. My family enjoyed themselves so much we booked the same shelter for the next month and plan to book every summer for our reunion.

Dam West's beautiful surroundings was the perfect background for my family picnic. My family enjoyed themselves so much we booked the same shelter for the next month and plan to book every summer for our reunion.

Needed a trash can near by but other then that great time..

Needed a trash can near by but other then that great time..

Nice and perfect

Nice and perfect

I have rented these shelters for a number of years and I can certainly say that they have went down hill for a number of reasons. 1. The worst is that the shelter has 6 metal picnic tables and the last few years, the tables were removed a good distance away. To get them back to the shelter requires a lot of effort and in some cases arguments and could require involvement of the office. If you rent one of these, be prepared to be there at 8 AM and assert yourself for what you have payed for. Also, be prepared for their to be trash cans filled to the brim and people running extension cords from the shelter to their sites a hundred or more feet away (most likely for playing music to drown yours out) and fans. The trash should be emptied early at some point and perhaps someone with parks will come by to blow the surface of the shelter off, not a problem but be prepared for some inferred racist comments about the visitors to the park from the parks people. Use the bathrooms early because by the afternoon they will be trashed and filthy. Parking, if you get there after 9AM will not be close but if you don't mind huffing it, bring a wagon of some sort. I am closing the book on renting these shelters any longer, it's just not worth all the aggravation and the parks employees (and in their opinion), the city of Carlyle, don't care for the sort of visitors that come around the 4th of July.