Chewalla Lake Recreation Area

Great place to camp. Clean rest rooms.

The campsite was closed for awhile and was recently hit by a micro burst. The camp host and NFS have done a good job of getting the campground back in recent shape. The bathrooms should be done soon.
I felt very safe and the campground was clean and quiet. I guess my only complaint would be the 1,000,000 watt flood lights on the washroom. Kind of ruins the darkness of the camping experience.

A really nice campground area,however, the bathhouses were closed due to vandalism & the whole rec area is being shut down,closed completely because of that & not being able to get good,responsible camp hosts. Really a shame as the sites are roomy some w/electric & water, all have fire rings & grills. The Army Corp of Engineers always does a great job with all their campgrounds & recreation areas. Too bad this one will be closed indefinitely. Very sad.

We got to the park ant it said it was closing due to extreme vandalism. The park’s facilities were all locked and there was just a port a potty there, the sites were a mess and out of all the sites there, only 2 were reserved July 4 weekend. There was no camp host, no check in and it was totally deserted except for two tent campers, one group looks like they had been there for a long time, they had a car but no license plate was on the car. We were to scared to stay so we left after walking around the entire campground, which looked totally abandoned. I would like my money back.

Host was flipping out screaming all morning. No one was there. Chunks of burnt wood laying all over the place. Swimming area and restrooms were closed due to vandalism.

The place needs to be closed. Looks as if nobody was there since COVID-19 (April) 2020. Showers were filthy, restrooms were locked. Spider webs EVERYWHERE! Didn’t feel safe at all so we left after one night. Pitiful for a COE government run facility. Cannot and will not recommend.

During our first stay on May 9 the grass was overgrown, sites were full of garbage and branches and the place looked abandoned. A tornado hit nearby and we had to scope out a ravine to run to since the bathrooms were closed. On our second stay on May 19 the grass had been cut but a sketchy couple slept in their pickup truck nearby with a loose dog and the man rode his 4-wheeler around the campground until around 2am. At least he finally turned his loud music off around 11pm. It would have been nice to have a ranger come through to check things out. It's a shame, because the lake here is pretty and it's a very convenient location right off the interstate. If you come here, just know you're on your own and there are very few "livable" campsites.

Had been coming here for 6 years but missed a year with the COVID shut down. Came back this year to no camp host, bathrooms/showers locked up tight, and terrible, terrible road conditions. The new trailer pads were nice but we cut our trip short due to the creepy ghost town atmosphere and repeated falls into potholes when trying to go anywhere. Really sad. Thanks for the memories but that's it for us.

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Could be a great campground if properly maintained. Never saw a ranger; campground was mostly deserted. Grounds were a mess and not maintained. Roads full of potholes. Power problems with high voltage (134); called ranger office and left message- no response so left earlier than planned. Lake and forest are full of natural beauty - a shame that it is so neglected.