Lodgepole Campground

Imaginable Existence

If you're looking for peace and tranquility when camping, this is NOT the place for you. We frequent Lake Valley Reservoir day use area in the summer to swim and hang out without having boats flying all over the lake. It's a nice area for kayaker and paddleboarders alike, so we figured the campground would probably be fairly chill as well. WRONG! We booked Site #2 based on the campground map, it looked like it was away from most of the other campsites. Well, the map was grossly exaggerated and Site #1 was right next to us basically staring at us all day. To top it off all of the other campsites were on TOP of each other. PG&E is clearly making their money with the small section of land they have for campgrounds. The real kicker was when we had a family walk right into our camp following the creek looking for crawdads.. the kids literally run right through our hammock setup like it was recess at school. The creek or North Fork of the North Fork American River as it's shown on the map, runs right behind campsites #1 and #2, so you'd think getting either of these, you'd have a bit of privacy? Nope! Inconsiderate rookie campers ruin the experience. Most of us come camping to get a bit of peace and relaxation, here at Lodgepole Campground you'll be hearing screaming kids and have people walking right through your campsite completely disregarding your space and privacy. Ohhhh and here's the most awesome thing, the camphosts suck! They are nonexistant and didn't see them once, even when I drove up to their trailer and walked up.. no one came out at all. It's also the ONLY PAID campground I've ever been too that doesn't sell wood for the campers. For $30 a night, there are much better options. I'm starting to see a trend with PG&E campgrounds.

Keith Johnson

Great Campground, good fishing nearby. Use the bearbox, dont feed the bears!

Jeremy Rogers

A great little find. Campground is nice. Mots of first come first serve. We have stayed in site 8 and site 14. 13 and 14 are awesome spots. Shirt walk up the hill to the reservoir. Kayaking and fishing and we even found some rocks to jump off.

BRENDA LEICK

One its beautiful, Two its only 1 hour from Sacramento, $25.00 a night. Mostly large spaces. Lake next door with $5.00 parking fee. It's family friendly. So many reasons.