Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area

They mowed the grass before the event so it looked good! The area was fairly clean with no trash! I also loved that there was a dumpster!

Honestly came here to day hike the full lake trail. I didn't know the lake was drained but I was willing to try it out anyway. Unfortunately, the ticks were bad. Really bad. The worst I've ever seen. By the time I reached the 1.5 mi mark, where there's a other trailhead and it connects to the road, I decided to bail and take the road back to my car--which was twice as far at 3 mi back rather than the 1.5 mi on trail it would've taken. Why? Again, the ticks. I'm not exaggerating when I say I saw literally hundreds on the trail. I consistently stopped every ~1-2 minutes to check my legs for them and, again, consistently found ~2-4 on me about every other time. Included appearances were lone star ticks (spread alpha gal syndrome), dog ticks (spread rocky mountain spotted fever), and deer ticks (spread Lyme's disease). I'm sure this place is great but don't go during the summer. On the other hand, there was a handicap trail that I didn't use that was a couple miles long. It was paved and had benches every couple hundred feet, and so that might be a worthwhile walk if you do go here.

Our family lives this area. Great camp sites, beautiful views, peace and quiet. The poison ivy and ticks were both worse than usual this year, and we were very disappointed that progress on the dam has essentially stopped. Very anxious to can here again when there's actually a lake!

Nice campground, but unfortunately the lake is dry.

The grass was not cut. It was all the way up to my knees

Very nice campground, especially considering the price per site. It would be nice to know the lake was drained but still a great area.

Trails are awesome. It was pretty cool seeing the lake drained.

It has always been a great place to go and relax. Nice camping areas. If the lake was filled it is a good place to swim and fish in the summer. If you like the outdoors then you should like this place.

One of the strangest experiences we have had. Mostly due to the government shut down. Camping spots were odd. Had trick or treat, luckily we got notice the morning of so we could go get candy.

It's not a bad campground. But we didn't like the pull thru sites. Took us awhile to park, so our slide wasn't on the road. Had to turn the camper around, being our slide extends further. Was really no space. So if you don't know this campground. I would say choose a back in site unless you have a small camper.