Sandy Lake

Very peaceful campground, but being able to keep our boat in the water instead of taking it in and out every day was the best! Definitely will camp there again in the future.

The camping sites next to the bathrooms, south of the dam are extremely small and tight. They were dirt everywhere, no gravel, and we couldn't even find room to put a tent. I would not recommend them unless you really need to be close to the restroom. The north part of the campground on other side of dam had beautiful, spacious, and shaded sites. We just didn't realize how drastically different they were from the others or we definitely would have chosen them. The bathroom and shower house was extremely nice and clean. The staff were very kind and thoughtful.

The facilities were excellent. There were a lot of bugs at the pit toilets which were attracted by the lights. The tent pad was nice and we had a little chipmunk hanging out with us at our site. The camp host was friendly and gave us good information. 👍 The price was very reasonable.

My only complaint is that we were in Tent site 1 on the south side, and we had a huge group that was at Tent site 2, they had 3 tents set up and several tents on the other side of them- sites 3-4 along with several people at other sites on the south side. To me it would have made more sense for them to be at a Group site, as they were constantly, dogs(several of them) kids and adults walking by our tent all day every day constantly. Which I understand we are at a site with alot of people close together, however, they would all congregate at site 2 at 6 am and were not quiet!!! It did not make for a very pleasant and relaxing stay unfortunately and I have been coming up to tent at this side for 30 years

We had a wonderful time at Big Sandy Lake. Canadian fires made for some smoke issues, but we had a great time in spite of the smoke, which was not the fault of the campground for sure.

We always have a great time at this place

We have been to Sandy Lake recreation area many times and we love it! We camp with a large group of all ages and this campground accommodates every age. Kids fished and swam, rode bikes, plenty of places to walk our dog, it’s simply a beautiful place. The only thing we missed this time around was organized activities for the kids, 2 years ago they built boats and there was a contest to see which floated the longest. Super fun! Keep up the good work Big Sandy Army Corp of Engineers, love this place!!

If you had a magic wand to stop the rain!

Was only able to stay 1 of the 2 nights first night was great second night power was nicked out do to storm had to leave because no power couldn’t just sit in dark tried to call park office no one got back to me about 1 day refund

Campground was clean and well-maintained. Staff was friendly and helpful.