Diamond Lake

Holy smokes, so many BUGS! We stayed in K14, and the gnats were unreal. We have never experienced bugs like this. That said, we had great weather, and the site itself is really great. We did our laundry and got coffee at the Diamond Lake Resort nearby, which was great. Also, the showers were a plus. Knowing the bug situation, we probably would be more careful in the future about when we stay at Diamond Lake.

The view was beautiful. I think every tent location had a lake view. And the bike oath around the lake was so much fun. The bad part was the bugs, there were hundreds of thousands. More than I’ve ever seen camping before. And the bathrooms (toilet and showers) were pretty gross too. If you don’t care about bug and descent bathrooms- then it was great! Cute little pizza/ice cream spot by the lake too.

This site is huge and beautiful! Close water access is a little difficult. There are a couple spots behind the bathroom with a small drop off to the water.

The staff in the information desk were extremely kind and wonderful people. However the bathrooms were rarely stocked with toilet paper and they were disgusting; toilet paper thrown all over the ground, the hand dryer was broken in the girls bathroom in H loop. The showers were absolutely gross and never cleaned the entire week we were there. I don’t expect spotless showers but I wanted at least the trash and hair wads in the shower stalls to be cleaned out.

Fantastic campground and a fantastic lake with a speed limit! It is one of the few places where families can go to relax and be on and in the water without speedboats and waterskiers. Thanks!

To many darn knats and they also can clean up all the campsites and repave some places

Staff was extremely friendly. Sites were clean.

This is a beautiful campground if you are along the lake (we were) and very quiet and well spaced camp spots. We were in site M4 (no hookups on this site but there is a dump station and water fill close to entrance of campground and we are self contained) and we had great neighbors for our entire stay. We stayed in early July and the bugs were crazy (being by the water we expected them and it also rained the day we arrived). Be prepared for LOTS of gnats and mosquitoes with bug spray and also have screens on your RV. Our van had literally hundreds of gnats all over it which some were still on the van after our 2 week and 3k mile trip. We loved this campground with decent showers and cannot fault the campground for the bugs, just be prepared for them if you come. It was close to Crater Lake NP which we visited for 2 days and it was beautiful and not very busy, certainly a must see. We would stay here again and would like more time to explore Diamond Lake area.

Beautiful location, will definitely be back!

First, let me say, We LOVE Diamond Lake campground. We normally just have the usual suspects in bugs and aren't overly bothered by them. This time, there was some type of midge fly hatching and there were billions, yes with a b, swarming. We couldn't sit by the lake this time without the bugs everywhere. They were in our tent, in our faces, in our food and they were unrelenting. This is not the campgrounds fault, but it was so bad we left early.
It didn't seem to be so bad if you were farther away from the lake, but we really enjoy sitting by the lake and watching the wildlife and sunsets, so we had booked a lakeside camping site.
We talked to an employee at the resort who has worked there 18 years and he said he has never seen it like that there and this was something new to the lake and they had been hatching and swarming for two weeks, so I'm kind of hoping that Recreation.gov will in the future put up a notice to those who have reservations that there is a hatch going on. If we had received a notice about it, we probably would have chosen a different site for our stay a bit farther away from the lake if one was available. But, we will try again next year and hopefully not have that problem.
This is our favorite place to camp. This site is pleasant, but just as an FYI, there isn't much shade at the site during the afternoon sun.