Elk Lake Campground

Campsites clean and restroom was clean and stocked except for the one near the day use area.
Wish money could be spent updating picnic tables.

Nothing new here, that other reviews have not said, but "metoo" is useful.

I have been coming to Elk Lake for years, only over nighting since 2022.

The road in is paved asphalt, just one lane and a bit narrow. The host is in the first spot, but we did not talk to them. Others said the host was nice. The toilets and sites were clean, the dumpsters had room for more trash. The road narrows down near the day use area, and people park on the road, so I suggest cars only down to that area.

The site was roomy for my 25' motor home, I backed in with the help of a spotter. I was titled 2.8 degrees to the side, and 1 degree down in the back. Easily fixed with my jacks. Lots of cure chipmunks, some fat. Nice a quiet, only a little highway noise during the day. A short walk to the toilets and water, a little further to the say use area and beach, then a bit more to the lodge. The lodge restaurant closes at 6:30pm , so don't miss dinner like we did.

There was a bit of smoke from the Bedrock fire, not enough to drive anyone away. For a few hours you could not see Mt. Bachelor. The lake is clear and warm. Good kayaking. The wind can come up, and turn, in the afternoon, so keep a weather eye. Some bugs on the lake edges, but nothing that bit me.

Most people we met were locals, or regulars. Several were walking the PCT and had come to the lodge for provisions. All we mete were nice. My dog played with some of the other dogs.

Some of the reserved sites were nover used. Please cancel if you are not going to make your reservation!.

My T-Mobile bounced from 5-bars of LTE to 1-bar of 5G and back again. Voice and SMS good, web pages were slow.

Campsites clean and restroom was clean and stocked except for the one near the day use area.
Wish money could be spent updating picnic tables.

Nothing new here, that other reviews have not said, but "metoo" is useful.

I have been coming to Elk Lake for years, only over nighting since 2022.

The road in is paved asphalt, just one lane and a bit narrow. The host is in the first spot, but we did not talk to them. Others said the host was nice. The toilets and sites were clean, the dumpsters had room for more trash. The road narrows down near the day use area, and people park on the road, so I suggest cars only down to that area.

The site was roomy for my 25' motor home, I backed in with the help of a spotter. I was titled 2.8 degrees to the side, and 1 degree down in the back. Easily fixed with my jacks. Lots of cure chipmunks, some fat. Nice a quiet, only a little highway noise during the day. A short walk to the toilets and water, a little further to the say use area and beach, then a bit more to the lodge. The lodge restaurant closes at 6:30pm , so don't miss dinner like we did.

There was a bit of smoke from the Bedrock fire, not enough to drive anyone away. For a few hours you could not see Mt. Bachelor. The lake is clear and warm. Good kayaking. The wind can come up, and turn, in the afternoon, so keep a weather eye. Some bugs on the lake edges, but nothing that bit me.

Most people we met were locals, or regulars. Several were walking the PCT and had come to the lodge for provisions. All we mete were nice. My dog played with some of the other dogs.

Some of the reserved sites were nover used. Please cancel if you are not going to make your reservation!.

My T-Mobile bounced from 5-bars of LTE to 1-bar of 5G and back again. Voice and SMS good, web pages were slow.

There was no water at this campground for reasons that were not made clear, and I was not informed ahead of time so I could prepare accordingly. I had to drive out of the way just to get water to use. This was during the summer peak season, so I'm not sure why they are limiting water at a campground during the summer. It seems like this could be a safety issue. Additionally, the restrooms were vault toilets that were not maintained and supplied with toilet paper.

There was no water at this campground for reasons that were not made clear, and I was not informed ahead of time so I could prepare accordingly. I had to drive out of the way just to get water to use. This was during the summer peak season, so I'm not sure why they are limiting water at a campground during the summer. It seems like this could be a safety issue. Additionally, the restrooms were vault toilets that were not maintained and supplied with toilet paper.

I would totally come back here to stay! A few issues I booked site 10, I have a 16 ft trailer this site stated would be able to fit. Upon arrival the only way to park our trailer in the site we would have had to back down the dead end road to the site. Poor design or should be listed as tent only/ van camping only.
Luckily site 7 was first come first serve and the campground was pretty empty during the week days so we transferred our reservation and stayed in 7. The bathroom was clean the water spout was close and walking distance.
We rented a kayak from the resort despite steep price $25/ hour..
caught some brook trout just from shore.
Would come back again.

I would totally come back here to stay! A few issues I booked site 10, I have a 16 ft trailer this site stated would be able to fit. Upon arrival the only way to park our trailer in the site we would have had to back down the dead end road to the site. Poor design or should be listed as tent only/ van camping only.
Luckily site 7 was first come first serve and the campground was pretty empty during the week days so we transferred our reservation and stayed in 7. The bathroom was clean the water spout was close and walking distance.
We rented a kayak from the resort despite steep price $25/ hour..
caught some brook trout just from shore.
Would come back again.

Site 11 has nonexistent parking. Stayed in a small campervan and had to share site 10's parking to get somewhat level. The mosquitoes in June are comparable to Diamond Lake, hungry and plentiful. The trail isn't clear so we had folks walking through our campsite became a regular thing.

Site 11 has nonexistent parking. Stayed in a small campervan and had to share site 10's parking to get somewhat level. The mosquitoes in June are comparable to Diamond Lake, hungry and plentiful. The trail isn't clear so we had folks walking through our campsite became a regular thing.