Jubilee Lake Campground

Lorrie Kalmbach-Ehlers

Campsites are nicely spaced apart and there are a great mix of tent, small rv and a few for larger rvs too. The lake is pretty and had a lot of fish in it. Posted that there is a camp host on-site but they were never there. There’s a fun rope swing off the round the lake trail. Tons of water faucets with great water. Garbage cans everywhere but still there was a ton of trash and cigarette butts all over the campground and picnic areas (the worst I’ve seen in any campground in a long time). A lot of the lake edge is mucky but if you hunt you can find some good swimming areas. The road from Elgin is 13 miles of dirt roads. Be prepared!

Drita D'Alessandro

Great park and facilities. Beautiful peaceful lake, great for dropping in a kayak or paddle board. Beautiful forest filled with hiking paths.

David Hostetler

We had a great weekend at the lake. The road coming in is washboard gravel for 11 miles, one way. Our Subaru handled it just fine at 40mph (speed is the key). Might be rough for a small car. We came in on a Thursday at about 2pm and all but about 5 of the 53 campsites were already taken. I figured Thursday would be easy pickin's but it was nearly full. It did officially fill up only a few hours later. Really glad we didn't come in on Friday. With no reservations, you make the risk of making the drive up without knowing if there are sites available. There is a sign at the turn off in Tollgate that kind of says vacancy or no vacancy, but I would not rely on it. The campsites are pretty large and can accommodate many people, however, it's not very level terrain and it's somewhat hard to find good tent spots. Because of the dry weather, dust was an issue. Every step you take kicks up a bunch of dust and you develop what my wife calls "camp feet". Because of COVID-19, they shut off running water. Seems counter intuitive to me but this campground is managed by the federal government...so take that how you will. The vault toilets were hit or miss on cleanliness. With so many people and only one camp host, it would be a hard to job to maintain everything. That also includes managing the racket at night. Our neighbors decided to run their generator all night and had loud music until midnight. Thankfully, they didn't do that the next night. The walk around the lake is easy and relaxing. The weather was absolutely perfect. What made everything even better was the fact that there were tons of huckleberries all around our campsite. We must have picked three quarts. Due to the pandemic, they did lower the prices. The prices listed on the forest service website are the current actual prices and I posted a picture from the pay booth at the campground. The website doesn't clarify the difference between a single and a double campsite. So I took a picture from the pay booth that explains it. Basically, it all depends on how many cars/RVs/tents you will have. Lastly, I was not able to find a campground map anywhere on the internet, so I took a picture of the one that's posted at the pay booth for everyone's reference.

Timothy Odeen

It is a favorite place for everyone. So it's noisy, crowded, and sometimes you can't find parking or a campsite. Also, people don't pick up after themselves, so it's also quite dirty. But it's a good place to introduce kids to camping, it's a nice swimming hole, and a trek around the lake is nice. We go there more often for a day trip than to camp.