Edgewater Campground

nice large sites, clean outhouses. limited water access.

Most of the sites are so private, we love that there is great coverage of trees and bushes. Quiet at night, watched deer come through in the morning. Right on the river with half of the campsites. The hosts were so nice and fun to talk with.

Most of the sites are so private, we love that there is great coverage of trees and bushes. Quiet at night, watched deer come through in the morning. Right on the river with half of the campsites. The hosts were so nice and fun to talk with.

Campground is beautiful! Clean and quiet!

Campground is beautiful! Clean and quiet!

Edgewater is a lovely campground, I have to say. The hosts were friendly and accommodating; the only thing I would say they could pay a little better attention to the further reaches of the campground, as evidenced by what's detailed below.
Due to the burn ban of 2023, lots folks cancelled their reservations, so we were able to move to the coveted spots 19/20! Water access is great, but holy heck, were they full of dog turds!
As far as we could tell, every bit of space outside of picnic tables/tent landing was full of dog excrement, as if someone had camped there when spot 20 was empty, so they just had their dogs use it as a toilet. And I'm telling you, unless they were there for the full 14 days, it couldn't have been just one dog. I'm talking Turd City, people. Behind and around the Bear Saver - dog turds. The clear area along the fence, where I ran the 75' line for my own dog - dog turds. Every bit of land where I thought I might lay a blanket or sit a chair - dog turds. Crusty, crystalline, mid-to-large breed, there-all-summer dog turds. I'm not one to make a mountain out of a molehill, but when the molehill is - uhhh, a giant pile of dog turds, I have to say something.

There was some pretty heavy damage to live trees in the site, like someone - a child or otherwise undeveloped person - just took a machete/hatchet to the base/roots and sat there hacking - at live trees....situated above their own sleeping area. Do we need to start IQ testing for entry to the woods now?

It was disappointing to see our forests so disrespected by visitors (and unattended to by stewards).

Please, folks. Respect our forests - "leave no trace" includes dog turds and vandalism

Edgewater is a lovely campground, I have to say. The hosts were friendly and accommodating; the only thing I would say they could pay a little better attention to the further reaches of the campground, as evidenced by what's detailed below.
Due to the burn ban of 2023, lots folks cancelled their reservations, so we were able to move to the coveted spots 19/20! Water access is great, but holy heck, were they full of dog turds!
As far as we could tell, every bit of space outside of picnic tables/tent landing was full of dog excrement, as if someone had camped there when spot 20 was empty, so they just had their dogs use it as a toilet. And I'm telling you, unless they were there for the full 14 days, it couldn't have been just one dog. I'm talking Turd City, people. Behind and around the Bear Saver - dog turds. The clear area along the fence, where I ran the 75' line for my own dog - dog turds. Every bit of land where I thought I might lay a blanket or sit a chair - dog turds. Crusty, crystalline, mid-to-large breed, there-all-summer dog turds. I'm not one to make a mountain out of a molehill, but when the molehill is - uhhh, a giant pile of dog turds, I have to say something.

There was some pretty heavy damage to live trees in the site, like someone - a child or otherwise undeveloped person - just took a machete/hatchet to the base/roots and sat there hacking - at live trees....situated above their own sleeping area. Do we need to start IQ testing for entry to the woods now?

It was disappointing to see our forests so disrespected by visitors (and unattended to by stewards).

Please, folks. Respect our forests - "leave no trace" includes dog turds and vandalism

The campground was clean, and tidy. Pit toilets were really clean. The campsites, with the exception of 2 (5 and 7) are extremely small and tight if you have more than a tent. There were very little areas for shade during the heat of the day. The campground swimming area is basically a goose wading area and the only other way to access is via steep trails to the water. These access points have terribly thick weeds under the water and wouldn't be safe anyways. So we went to ione City Park, which isn't much better, but some. The stars were amazing, the nature sublime, but overall, not stellar.

Beautiful location. We liked having the forest on one side and the river on the other. Camp hosts were kind and chill.

Beautiful location. We liked having the forest on one side and the river on the other. Camp hosts were kind and chill.