Crystal Lake Recreation Area

This is the best campground in the first-come, first-served category where we spent two nights. Firewood is available for $25 a lot. Bears are active at night; we heard bear horns blown both nights and one camper even shared a story about a bear taking an ice chest from a truck. The campground offers pit/vault toilets, though they aren't very clean. Water is available, and there's a campground sto... This is the best campground in the first-come, first-served category where we spent two nights. Firewood is available for $25 a lot. Bears are active at night; we heard bear horns blown both nights and one camper even shared a story about a bear taking an ice chest from a truck. The campground offers pit/vault toilets, though they aren't very clean. Water is available, and there's a campground store for food and camping supplies. We enjoyed our stay. Crystal Lake is approximately one mile away by car, followed by a 10-minute hike.

It's a long and winding road up the mountain to get here, but it's all worth the drive! It's breathtaking beautiful up here. The air up here is wonderful. The campground was clean and instructions easy. There are restrooms around thecampsited that's easy to get to, also fairly clean. There are fire pits and the ground is not hard to stake your tent down into. Beautiful trees, lots of oaks. There i... It's a long and winding road up the mountain to get here, but it's all worth the drive! It's breathtaking beautiful up here. The air up here is wonderful. The campground was clean and instructions easy. There are restrooms around thecampsited that's easy to get to, also fairly clean. There are fire pits and the ground is not hard to stake your tent down into. Beautiful trees, lots of oaks. There is a small Cafe/shop across the street if you need anything. The guy running the store is super friendly and helpful. There are absolutely no lights around the campsite after dark so be sure to bring your own. Saw some squirrels, heard some woodpeckers and other various birds, but didn't see any other animals, although I have heard others seeing bigger animals on the campground. It is bear country, but luckily didn't run into any. It is amazing to look at the stars at night up here! The wind was very high later in the night. It's a great spot for camping!