Everything went well I love that place the only problem they are short handed the restrooms were…read moredirty not taken care of. Other than that beautiful place to spend a day or a week

45 minutes away from Yosemite valley. This is a good option if you can't get a campsite or…read moreaccommodations in the valley. Pros + clean restrooms, stocked with toilet paper and hand soap! + beautiful area, some sites have water while others have lots of trees + prices are reasonable for the sites Cons - no showers. Zero. None. - no spigot - unable to wash dishes or clothes in bathroom sinks - bear country meaning all food and including all items with a scent must be locked away in the bear lockers or you may be cited - no trash cans, all trash goes to the designated dumpsters!

Just got back from a 2 night stay at Dorabelle campground and feel compelled to write a review…read morebased on the cleanliness of the bathrooms, Lol! The camp hosts take great pride in keeping the place clean, we saw someone cleaning the bathrooms multiple times a day. I'm telling you, you would never guess that these are non-flushing restrooms. They were immaculate. We stayed at spot #60, which is in the lower part of the loop and was a very short, easy walk, to the lake. The site was perfect, not too close to other sites so there was some privacy, and only one site away from the restrooms. Fair warning though, you do have to take some steps down from the parking spot to the actual site, so if you have a lot of stuff to carry, just be aware that you will need to travel down about 5-6 steps. The site itself has decent shade, the picnic table and fire pit are in great condition and there is a very nice, clean, open and perfectly flat spot to put your tent between two trees. If you forget something, "town" is just outside of the campground entrance, within a few minutes you have access to restaurants, and other stores. Somehow though, you feel off-grid, even though you are so close to town. We had full cell phone service, even though we chose to stay off our phones, if you needed to use them you totally could. Overall, I highly recommend this campground and we really enjoyed our stay

I had a very important family camping trip this weekend and I have to say Dorrabelle Campground was…read morejust such a beautiful experience not just for me but for my whole family. We will definitely return! I have to give a shoutout to the camp host Jamie! She is such a sweetheart and beautiful soul. She made the stay feel extra homey. It was a bit cold at night lowest 42 I believe and highs were 64 degrees. During day it was nice and warm with the sun shining. Ensure to bring lots of warm clothes to bundle up in the evening and be kind to the campground. Ensure to pack anything that was packed in to keep the area clean. Oh and be aware, you can hear wolves and coyotes throughout your stay. Ensure to keep all food put in a tote safely and in the provided camp storage so the bears are not attracted to your campsite. Keep a close eye on the little ones at all times!

First time camping in a larger area with multiple camp sites next to each other. When you arrive,…read morethere's no check in at a gate. You just find your numbered spot and just offload your stuff. There's a camp host that drives around to check you in. They give you guidelines as well. Rules to follow and such. Quiet time is 10pm to 6am. Well...some folks didn't care about quiet time and they were right next to us and were playing monopoly or some board game and were loud till about midnight. Totally was not cool. I felt like the sites were too close to each other. That's my only complaint. The lakes themselves are beautiful so make sure to check those out as there are many in the surrounding area.

It's so beautiful here! Everywhere you look as you drive up you see mountains or a waterfall or…read moretowering trees or a shimmering lake! The bathrooms have flushing toilets and are really clean, no electricity, but sorta like skylight ceiling. A lot of the sites are tucked into bushes and even though our site was in the middle and right next to lots of others, we still had a terrific time and privacy

Beautiful place. Lotta bears. But hey it's the sierras ! Being a pole you're gonna catch lots…read moreof fish here. Kinda far from either Bay Area or so cal. But worth the drive.

Great campground near the shoreline of Lake Mary. Trail out the back of the campground leads to…read moregood fishing for Brook Trout in pond type settings.

Decent campsite .. we got lost for hours before check in .. check in is no where near campsite !!…read moreHost/campsite host was not helpful at all and other employees were not helpful we had asked where check in was and they said 3 miles past camp .. we drove 3 miles up and we still could not find it.. so we kept going further and further and it's more like 6 miles up !! Toilets were great they have flushing ones by group site !! But other than that it was a decent campsite !!

This campground was perfect. Nice, large sites, kept very clean by the camp hosts (The Curtis')…read more Flush toilets were a huge bonus. Situated right across the street from the lake and perpendicular to Billy Creek, the beauty of Huntington Lake completely surrounds you. Potable water was accessible from everywhere in the campground. We saw deer every single day we were here. We stayed in site 10 with a small travel trailer and two children and it was super easy to get in and out of. We will be back!

Okay so the only reason why I know about this place is because of my mom. I wanted to go camping…read morelast year in 2014 (I got a 6 person tent at target for like $30 it was on hella clearance) so we went there. The drive there is intense the last couple of miles past North Fork. Take a car or truck you don't mind trekking a dirt road!! The place is actual perfection. We didn't have to pay you literally pull in and pick a spot. Each campsite has 1) a place to park a car marked with a wooden post on the ground 2) a bathroom (no running water) 3) a fire pit with a grill on top 4) a place to set up a tent I wouldn't recommend a RV or for people who don't like camping. The surrounding area is beautiful tall trees, quiet and there was literally only one other family there but it's like we were all alone. The falls are very close "over the bridge" and it is beautiful. I haven't been back sorry if info isn't 100% accurate but it's the best place I've camped in a while for free Like I said not a lot of amenities just good old fashioned camping

My husband and I made a recent trip to Lake Huntington and stayed at Catavee Campground at Campsite…read more#19 which was opening weekend (Memorial Day wknd end of May). We were mostly snowed in as the snowmelt had not completely gone away from winter but the picnic table, fire pit and most of an area for our tent were clear. And just enough of our driveway for our vehicle to fit. Then one of the park folks camp with a snowplow came to clear the remaining driveway the second morning we were there which was great. This site was incredible. The best features are that it is wide, so it is great for groups I would think. Multiple landings for tents available. We loved that it was shaded and bumped up against the stream/brook which vented out to peekaboo views of the lake. Campsite #21 right next door had direct views of the lake but also lent to more road traffic. Our site was very quiet. Mostly level ground. Definitely call ahead to check the weather and campsite status. We might not have gone had we known there was so much snow on the ground, but we made the best of it. Our camp host Bob was great and lent us a shovel the first night. Several park folks checked on us throughout the wknd. The bathrooms were also great. Flushable toilets. Very clean and well kept with tissue stocked throughout the weekend. My recommendations would be to bring a pop up solar shower since your only option in this area otherwise is the RV site in town for $5 per person which is completely disgusting. 6in of standing water with freezing cold water. Not worth it. Maybe also bring your own wash basins or something for dishwashing as there are no wash sinks nearby. Only a spicket at site #19 where you should not wash your dishes as it can clog the drain and attract bears and other critters. We did not see or hear any wildlife the entire time we were there. We brought our 22lb corgi daschund dog/love of our life and felt comfortable the whole time with her on a tie down stake. Definitely will go back and recommend this site to others!!

Wow! If you have yet to experience the beauty of Huntington Lake, then you are in luck! This past…read moreweekend my wife and I along with several family members of mine, booked a last minute camping trip to Catavee! We were all so happy with the experience. Here are a few things worth mentioning... #1: Sites 13 & 24 are two of the BEST sites at this small campground. If you are going with a group, these are the 2 you want to go for. 24 is nicer than 13 but each of these are on the same loop but back up to each other. As the pictures below show (hoping I can upload the ones we have) you are surrounded by lush forestry throughout your campsite. Luckily, you still feel like you can breathe even with the many trees. These two sites are also close enough to the water spout and the CLEAN restrooms! A small parking lot is also near these two sites as well. Keep in mind that this campground is very small, so really you are close enough to the ONE restroom facility at the camp no matter where you stay. #2: There are no showers in the Huntington Lake area. Luckily for us, a family member brought up a trailer but no one really worried about showering since we were only camping a few days. #3: During the weekdays, you will probably be the ONLY ones at this campsite. This was a huge bonus. During the weekend, just about every site was full which was totally fine because you are in good distance for proper privacy from other campsites. We stayed from Sat-Tues and the last couple days were very nice yet eerie as we were the only ones in the entire campground. Definitely gave us the seclusion and mountain experience we were hoping for! Very nice peaceful break! #4: The Lake is very close to camp. (Walking distance!) But, There are about 5-10 other campgrounds in the area. Keep this in mind when you are deciding. Best thing to do is call the campground registration office! They are very very helpful! They will help you make your selection on the campground that will be best for you. One other campsite that was literally sitting on the lake that we walked through was Deer Creek, and College Campground. If we go back, which we WILL, we will probably try one of these two campgrounds even though Catavee was perfect for us. #5: Rancheria Falls-probably one of the highlights of our trip. We drove our Chevy Tahoe all the way up the dirt road (don't worry, its bumpy but even small cars can make it up), parked, and headed onto the hike. This is a beautiful and very EASY hike to do with the whole family! We had our 3 year old son, and 13 month old daughter who was worn on the back and did it with no problem. BE ADVISED-it gets cliffy as you make your way to the falls. We did not let go of our son and kept him on the hillside of the trail. We hear of too many accidents when families go on hikes, so be very careful. Also-perfect trail to pack a lunch and eat somewhere on the way. There were only a few others doing the hike that we happened to walk past. It is beautiful and was definitely a highlight for us! It was 1 hour total round trip tops. #6: There are no bears that come through the campsites in the Huntington Lake area. This was very important for being my wife's first camping trip. She slept well at night! :)

My husband and I just stayed at Kinnikinnick Campground for the first time, and it will not be the…read morelast time, this campsite is amazing! It's super close to Huntington Lake, separated by only 1 road and 1 campsite, so perfect to walk over to the water. It's also less than a quarter mile from the little town, which has a convenient store and restaurant, among a few other places, such as a post office, etc. The campsite was very well maintained. Every day we saw hosts driving through on golf carts multiple times a day, the bathrooms (which have flush toilets) were kept up nicely, and 2 of the stalls even have lights on all night long, making it convenient if you have to use the restroom in the dark. They had a water source too for filling buckets to put out your fires as well. The town convenient store was super convenient to have nearby, for a few things that we forgot. It's important to know, however, that you are going to pay an arm and a leg for anything. A few examples of things we purchased with their prices rounded up: $16 Immodium, $7 graham crackers, $6 marshmellows, etc. The restaurant attached to the convenient store was great too, we had a few drinks there, as well as some garlic.parmesean fries and wings. Although they brought us the wrong wings (we asked for buffalo and got barbeque...they were still good), everything else was great, including the service and atmosphere. To check in for the campsite, you go to a small place a little ways down past the town. The store clerks were super friendly, and the store had cute souvenirs for sale also. The proximity of the campsite to Huntington Lake is awesome, but if you drive 20 ish miles away you also get to Shaver Lake, which is where we spent most of our time, as it was consistently 10 degrees warmer each day than Huntington Lake. While in Shaver Lake we also ate at Shaver Lake Pub and Grill, which had delicious food. A few other close places that we went to while we were camping here were: Mono Hot Springs and Rancheria Falls. Rancheria Falls was very close, only probably 4 miles away, and then it's a 2 mile hike up to the falls. The falls were nice and full still at the end of August. Mono Hot Springs is less than 20 miles away, but it takes over 1 hour to get there, on a very windy/narrow/single-lane road which is very sketchy at times, but thankfully there are some turnouts and my husband was driving.

I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! I have camped at several state parks in California and this is by far the…read morebest. The bathrooms are CLEAN and fully stocked at all times. The grounds are beautiful and well kept. And if that's not enough, the rangers were helpful, available, courteous and engaging.