About Little Lava Lake
Number of accommodations: 12
Campground Amenities
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Potable Water
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (49)
What Guests Are Saying
Little Lava Lake offers excellent fishing opportunities and a serene, beautiful setting with convenient access to the lake and Deschutes River. The campground is clean, well-maintained, and features friendly hosts, making for an enjoyable camping experience. While there are some downsides, like mosquitoes and occasional campsite overcrowding, many visitors appreciated the peaceful atmosphere and the chance to kayak and explore the area.
What Guests Are Saying
Little Lava Lake offers excellent fishing opportunities and a serene, beautiful setting with convenient access to the lake and Deschutes River. The campground is clean, well-maintained, and features friendly hosts, making for an enjoyable camping experience. While there are some downsides, like mosquitoes and occasional campsite overcrowding, many visitors appreciated the peaceful atmosphere and the chance to kayak and explore the area.
Review Summary
Kerry E
VerifiedJuly 11, 2024 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Little Lava Lake is a lovely, quiet lake. Perfect for lazily paddling around in. The campground is small -which kept it from being crowded or rowdy. The only downsides were the mosquitoes and the smelly pit toilet. Otherwise a blissful camping experience.
Chevelle M
VerifiedJune 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Little Lava Lake is beautiful, but the campground itself - while clean- is a little worse for the wear. The campground rules and not enforced, and the whole area is pretty well trampled… a lot of the natural vegetation is gone, meaning little to no privacy between campsites (despite the campsites being HUGE). Most of the sites are being treated like group camps. There are only two small vault toilets and no dumpsters - just a few regular sized trash cans and cars parked everywhere. People set up chairs and shade tents on the boat dock area making it a challenge to get to the lake. Nextdoor at Lava Lake it looks much nicer and better maintained. I love this area, but at this point it’s at risk of being too loved and is in desperate need of rehabilitation.
Jennifer V
VerifiedAugust 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Favorite low key campground that was super quiet. Had a great visit and will be back! Make sure to bring bug spray
Sally S
VerifiedAugust 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Beautiful but the lake was heavily covered with algae. We were advised it was not the dangerous blue green toxic algae but it was too disgusting to enjoy the water for with swimming or boating. The restroom sad clean & the campers polite.
Joanna S
VerifiedSeptember 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Such a pretty and quiet place - great for relaxation and my kayak. Love the Cascades.
Faith B
VerifiedSeptember 11, 2022 • Stayed at: GRP, Loop: Little Lava Lake
GERHARD B
VerifiedAugust 24, 2022 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Quiet. THANK THE GREAT CAMPING GODS THERE WERE NO GENERATORS IN USE, SO BEAUTIFULLY QUIET.
#12 has a view of the lake, easy walk to put in our kayak. Neighbors had NO GENERATORS, so blissfully quiet.
Clean toilets, access to trails, easy drive to other lakes, plus NO GENERATORS. Lovely groups of folks at a few neighboring sites, plus the group site, all of whom had NO GENERATORS.
Marcy W
VerifiedAugust 9, 2022 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: Little Lava Lake
The host our neighbors and the lodge at at Lava Lake where friendly, helpful and overall out time was outstanding! We will be back? Thank you so much ☺️
Michael S
VerifiedJuly 24, 2022 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Beautiful location would be nice if it had flushing toilets. within walking distance to the little store at lava lake resort.
Kaylee G
VerifiedJune 28, 2022 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: Little Lava Lake
Water was low and murky. It is to be expected with the drought.
Location Little Lava Lake
Address:
63095 Deschutes Market Road
Bend, OR, 97701
United States
Latitude & Longitude: 43.9101 / -121.762
Elevation: 1447 feet
Policies & Rules
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Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment and tires before using lake or trails. |
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Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. |
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During your time in Central Oregon, you can find wildfire, prescribed fire and smoke information at centraloregonfire.org |
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Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests.
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Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity). |
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Don't Move Firewood: Please protect Pacific Northwest forests by preventing the spread of invasive species. Firewood can carry insects and diseases that can threaten the health of our western forests. You can make a difference by obtaining and burning your firewood near your camping destination. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information. |
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Camping or otherwise occupying a single location (including leaving camping equipment and/or related supplies) for a period longer than 14 consecutive calendar days is prohibited. ‘Location’ means the occupied area, the occupied campsite, and the National Forest System lands in the immediate vicinity thereof. Camping or occupying any location on all National Forest lands for more than 28 calendar days total during a calendar year is prohibited. |
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NO generator use is allowed in campgrounds between 10:00PM and 7:00AM (36 CFR 261.10). Silent power banks or battery powered devices are allowed. |
