Franklin Lake

We enjoyed the CCC-era buildings and history, the nature trail, friendly staff and neighbors, and clean bathrooms. Campers will want to strictly adhere to good "bear country" practices as there are curious critters who will love to get into your cooler etc at night.

I would like to blame you for the weather but you can't change that. This is our favorite place to camp so I hate to say too many things good. The water, the sand, the walks. love it.

Absolutely amazing

We were camping Memorial Day weekend. Had one day of rain but was not bad. Great place to spend the weekend.

First time camping at Franklin Lake and we would rate it at the top of our list! The electric sites were large and spaced a substantial distance from each other. Restrooms with flush toilets were a plus and the trail along the lake was beautiful! Even though it’s a distance from home, we will definitely be back!

Franklin is a great lake for young swimmers. Fairly shallow and calm.
Campsites are fairly private. Clean bathrooms.
Nice options for short or long hikes - but bring bug spray and a bug net for summer hiking on the Hidden Lakes trail!

We very much enjoyed our stay at Franklin Lake. It is a long drive into the campground but it is beautiful! We have a 33' 5th wheel and our site (34) was plenty big and pretty private. The road is a bit narrow and that made backing in a bit of a challenge but not a major issue. The host couple was friendly and helpful. We enjoyed the trails, too, as they were really pretty and not difficult to navigate.

Beautiful location, nice flat camping area, there were a ton of rocks that were impossible to clear from the site, but with a decent sleeping pad they were not a factor. Super easy check in (literally just drive up to your site), and we were right on the lake. Definitely will camp here again.

Truly the only thing keeping me from giving an Excellent rating is (and I gotta believe you've heard this over and over), the online ORDEAL of trying to get a site is AWFUL! For us tent campers who happen to need access to toilet facilities AND who stay for longer than a 3 or 4 day weekend, is getting to be very tenuous. The reserved sites are scattered into tiny blocks that make longer stays near impossible to obtain. This year we needed to leave a full week later than desired just to get an 11 or 12 day span. Forget getting sites close together; that option is null. I had hoped that the electric addition to sites 28 thru 40 would be for tent only. That puts us in proximity of a toilet. AND those sites are nice sized for tents. We're seeing larger and larger rigs coming in & utilizing those sites. What a shame. On a GREAT note, this year's volunteer hosts in this front section were PHENOMENAL! Bathrooms were unbelievable clean & well supplied throughout our visit. It also looked like the Forestry Service did a bit of clean up to the adjoining woods. Thanks to all.