Loleta Recreation

Positives: The camp host Charlene was extremely helpful and accommodating. Our campsite was perfect, large enough for our camper van and one tent.
Negatives: I believe that the campground is mismanaged from the top, garbage was flowing over and stacked all around the dumpster, suggesting that garbage is picked up more frequently than every two weeks or get a larger dumpster. This promotes wild animal activity which is something that the forest service management is expected to be aware of.
The grass was getting very high, suggesting that maintenance mows more frequently.
The vault toilets for the lower campsite needs to be pumped out, the smell is unbearable. We cleaned and disinfected all surfaces just to make them usable.
I am a retired maintenance supervisor, I understand the challenges and frustration of budgeting due to limited resources , however I assume that this survey is for you to evaluate and find ways to improve. Oversight and routine monitoring and maintenance needs a serious evaluation.

Overall I would definitely recommend this recreation area to anyone wishing to get away from the crowds that I saw at other locations in the area. The showers and facilities near the beach area are fantastic, the scenery is wild and beautiful, there are nice hiking trails and fishing areas. I am looking forward to visiting this campsite in the future, hoping for a few aforementioned improvements.

Quiet, remote area with little traffic and pet friendly. Lots of dogs, fishing and playing in stream that flows through.

Love this campground, but it was quite noisy from people partying when we stayed in July, and the noise continued well past 10pm.

Booked two nights and ended up not staying here. Sites are tiny and you need a vehicle with high ground clearance to get into the driveways since they drop a few inches straight down from the road. Considered a different site than the one we booked, but it was full of garbage from the previous campers, and we ended up deciding to go to Clear Creek instead. I suppose it's fine if you want something remote though and don't mind traversing the several miles of gravel roads it takes to get there. Overall just not a great fit for casual campers.

Nice cozy quiet place.

We camp here a lot and we love it. It’s is much quieter than many campgrounds and we love being right in the forest. Plus the day use area is beautiful and well-maintained. The one complaint I have is that there is not a dump station. Still, that does not keep us from camping here often.

Nice tent sites in upper loop, wooded, large and private. Clean pit toilets and water on loop. Longer walk/drive to bath house. Wood available at camp host. Very small swimming area. Pretty site for rustic tent camping but few amenities.

Download your map before hand. Visit Beartown rocks, and clarion River both are beautiful!
Loved the campsite!

One of my favorite camp sites to stay. Great spots and Rangers always super nice and helpful! Keep up the great work!

Love this place and have been coming for years. I just wish they had a few more shower stalls and they were a little more updated. No cell signal but that's fine. I take the drive to the bathhouse instead of the vault toilets. They are clean but maybe need emptied or something. The nature and dark skies here are wonderful. Will be back soon.