Lost Lake Resort and Campground

We love lost lake! I only wish it wasn’t so popular so we didn’t have to fight for a place on the lake.

A great place with good fishing, beautiful trails for walking and a very high-quality organization of the territory! It's just a pity that bonfires were banned...

Gets busy but sites are close to the Lake and the campground is in a remote area of the wilderness. The trail around the lake is a wonderful place to explore.

Very bad entrance management: we reserved the campground months ahead and had to wait an hour plus before we can get to booth entrance as the park folks did not know how to manage when day use visitors waiting for parking spaces to free up, blocking reservation campers to enter.
Confusing signs showing exit when we tried to reach the boat launch area.
Not much privacy due to close campsites.
Only one small boat launch for a campers sharing crowded day use visitors.
Hiking trails not fun around the lake.
Not much for fishing for such a big lake.

Very relaxing place! We caught three nice trout and cooked them for dinner. We love this campground and have been coming here for over 65 years!

The place is lovely, campsites beautifully arranged so that despite the fact that the site houses many people, there's a feeling of privacy. Also I have to note the extreme kindness of employees in the shop when there are problems. However -two cautions: 1) do not rent a campsite for one night only, as the work of set-up and take-down is daunting. For those who don't find a reservation, a better option is to come early and try to grab a first-come-first-serve site where you can remain for several days. We learned this the hard way. 2) Do not think about renting a yurt for one-night only. We encountered a persistent drizzle and attempted this, discovered also the hard way, that check-in is after 3:30, check out at 10 am, which makes it very unworth the cost.

This is a beautiful spot. It is so crowded though mid summer, and other campers are loud. Administration may want to implement generator hours to 2 hours morning 2 hours afternoon perhaps. The people across from me had their generator on all day and evening, which ruined the peaceful and beautiful experience these natural places provide. People playing loud music also was a big turn off. I may try again in the Fall, but as for now, this place is ruined for me. Lost lake is not at all “lost.”

We always enjoy our time at Lost Lake. The hike around the lake is great for almost all abilities, and we have taken the Huckleberry trail up to the PCT a couple times - once seeing a bear two time too many, so decided to leave the trail to him! LOL! If you are there on a weekend, be prepared to share with hundreds of day users that come down to share in all Lost Lake offers...

Had a great time and enjoyed a short 2 night tent camping experience. Was little surprised to hear airplane noises middle of the night. Not sure if that’s a standard thing out there or that was situational.

Lovely campground! Numbers of day campers should be restricted on the weekends. So many cars parked all the way up the the entry kiosc seems dangerous. What if there was need for fire evacuation-- or someone had an accident?