Sprague Creek Campground

Awesome campground, very clean and well kept! The road is a little noisy and contrary to what the app says, there’s absolutely no cell service up there.

Sprague Creek campground is nice. Close to the Apgar entrance, very clean, kind/inviting host, on Lake McDonald (great sunset spot), and a small number of sites so low traffic. Take note there are no showers at this campground. Also you will hear noise from the main road right beside the campground, look on Google maps and this becomes immediately apparent. In the evening GTTSR traffic drops off to almost nonexistent so wasn't an issue for us.

Get the lakeside sites if possible. You will be close to the lake and further from the main road. We had site 19 and I do not recommend. Your tent will be around 30 ft from the bathroom door with a light on all night. A public walkway to the bathroom cuts through the site separating your parking spot from the bathroom, so people will be walking through your space. There is rope strung around the site maybe to show the public it's not open, IDK, but it made for a less natural experience. Also it would have been challenging to fit two tents in this site, not sure it would have been possible although it claims that's ok. I would not get #19 or 18 unless I had no other options.

We also had site 4 for friends which was nice although in the middle so not much privacy. But more room for tents, no public pathways, closer to the lake.

The campground itself was very charming. Wooded with direct convenient access to the lake beach. Unfortunately no shower facilities. The site itself was definitely not one of the better ones. Small and too close to the bathroom which is a net negative unless you have a disability or diarrhea. The fire ring is located right next to it, and at the one spot with no tree coverage. The site was also pretty close to the road.

It's a great location and our site had a view of the lake, so we loved that. We didn't realize there were no showers in this campground, so that was a disappointment.
But Joan is an awesome camp host and was very helpful to us, with tips to help us get to the hikes we wanted to make. She even shared with us some firewood from her own supply after ours was taken while we were away.

Pros: small campground, no RVs, no generators, easy access to the lake, lots of shade

Cons: the road is about 100 ft away so it’s pretty loud most of the time. Our site was small and not very private. Bathrooms are old.

Try and get site 13 if you can. That had a great view of the lake.

Wonderful, small campground. While there are no generators allowed, going to the sun road is very close in proximity, which has regular traffic from 4:30 AM through 10 PM. Not a particularly quiet campground, and very few of the sites are level (my site was 5°). No showers at this one (fish creek and Apgar have showers)

Bring yer inflatable paddle board and have it inspected for use in the lake. It is an absolutely stunningly beautiful lake that you will want to look into. Bring goggles/mask too.

Sites are kinda close to each other. Running water in bathrooms but no hot water or showers were available.

Beautiful campground, very kind camp host. Highly recommend. Lake McDonald is the clearest lake I've ever seen.

Very nice campground! Good location with lake access down a few steps. Our site (10) had good shade and a view of the lake. You can hear the road noise even at the lakeside campsites, so that's the only downside.