Lake Sherwood

I was skeptical at all the great reviews about Lake Sherwood, but I agree! This place was great! The lake is nice and cool. The mountains are pretty. The campground has everything you'd need (no electric and water hook ups but we tent camped). The camp sites have tent pads, table, fire pit and lantern poles.
Only thing I wish we had prepared for was how old the tables were (and brought a table cover)--they are woods, and they have that green slimy mold on them that wood gets from moisture, and they are soft. They have seen better days, so we just sat in our camp chairs, and we put a tub lid on the table so nothing got damp from the table. The lake bath house is really nice. We showered there every day once done at the lake. We rented SUPs, and we paddled the lake for 2 hours. We brought floats and sunned in the water. We brought chairs and sunned in the grass. We had a cooler (stores sells ice) and we had lunch under the trees in the shade each day. The little store has minimal supplies, but they have ice cold sodas, and we liked going in and getting Diet Cokes. It was kind of our little thing at the end of the day. The store takes cards, btw. No cash needed. It was just clean, simple, relaxing, easy fun. We WILL be back. 0 cell service, which was fine with us! We unplugged, and we relaxed for 3 nights. Next time we will bring our own SUPs and be more prepared for cooking--usually it rains on us every time we camp, but the weather was perfect and clear the whole time. We did have steaks, squash and mashed potatoes one night. BTW, it is very damp in the campground despite it not raining. The campground is very dense forest, and things are just wet. We didn't close our tent during the day, so when night came, it would get dew. Our fabrics stayed a little damp the whole time. Lesson learned to keep the tent always closed up. It cooled off enough that having windows open wasn't necessary. We went in early August--it was not hot at night.

I was skeptical at all the great reviews about Lake Sherwood, but I agree! This place was great! The lake is nice and cool. The mountains are pretty. The campground has everything you'd need (no electric and water hook ups but we tent camped). The camp sites have tent pads, table, fire pit and lantern poles.
Only thing I wish we had prepared for was how old the tables were (and brought a table cover)--they are woods, and they have that green slimy mold on them that wood gets from moisture, and they are soft. They have seen better days, so we just sat in our camp chairs, and we put a tub lid on the table so nothing got damp from the table. The lake bath house is really nice. We showered there every day once done at the lake. We rented SUPs, and we paddled the lake for 2 hours. We brought floats and sunned in the water. We brought chairs and sunned in the grass. We had a cooler (stores sells ice) and we had lunch under the trees in the shade each day. The little store has minimal supplies, but they have ice cold sodas, and we liked going in and getting Diet Cokes. It was kind of our little thing at the end of the day. The store takes cards, btw. No cash needed. It was just clean, simple, relaxing, easy fun. We WILL be back. 0 cell service, which was fine with us! We unplugged, and we relaxed for 3 nights. Next time we will bring our own SUPs and be more prepared for cooking--usually it rains on us every time we camp, but the weather was perfect and clear the whole time. We did have steaks, squash and mashed potatoes one night. BTW, it is very damp in the campground despite it not raining. The campground is very dense forest, and things are just wet. We didn't close our tent during the day, so when night came, it would get dew. Our fabrics stayed a little damp the whole time. Lesson learned to keep the tent always closed up. It cooled off enough that having windows open wasn't necessary. We went in early August--it was not hot at night.

Our favorite place to camp!

Our favorite place to camp!

We love Lake Sherwood! We have been camping there for 50 years and enjoy every trip. I love walking the trails with my camera in hand and capturing the flowers , the wild life and of course the beautiful scenery. Its very peaceful and quiet unless you are camping close to people that bring a ton of dogs. We don't camp any where else. Love the volunteer hosts, they are the best. This is a unplugged camping experience.

We love Lake Sherwood! We have been camping there for 50 years and enjoy every trip. I love walking the trails with my camera in hand and capturing the flowers , the wild life and of course the beautiful scenery. Its very peaceful and quiet unless you are camping close to people that bring a ton of dogs. We don't camp any where else. Love the volunteer hosts, they are the best. This is a unplugged camping experience.

Lake Sherwood is gorgeous! The campsites are huge and far enough apart for privacy. Miles and miles of beautiful hiking. The showers are a little dated, but clean and hot water. We will definitely go back. It is our new favorite!

Lake Sherwood is gorgeous! The campsites are huge and far enough apart for privacy. Miles and miles of beautiful hiking. The showers are a little dated, but clean and hot water. We will definitely go back. It is our new favorite!

The new bathrooms and showers were great. We had reserved a campsite and when we arrived there was a much better site across the road that was non-reservable, first come first serve. I asked if we could move at the check in office. They guy said yes but we would have to pay for it. So we did move and then a different person was at the office when we went to pay and they got all in a tissy because that was not allowed. We paid for two campsites so I don’t see a problem and they office worker shouldn’t either.

The new bathrooms and showers were great. We had reserved a campsite and when we arrived there was a much better site across the road that was non-reservable, first come first serve. I asked if we could move at the check in office. They guy said yes but we would have to pay for it. So we did move and then a different person was at the office when we went to pay and they got all in a tissy because that was not allowed. We paid for two campsites so I don’t see a problem and they office worker shouldn’t either.