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These kinda of places are far and few between... Free Lakeside Camping with hookups is almost unheard of, but that's exactly what you get here.

I don't have much to add to what the other reviewers noted except a few negatives... We noticed quite a bit of trash around. At first I thought it was just that the place wasn't well maintained, but after seeing a city truck come by and the incredible winds in guessing the trash is just stuff that blown in from elsewhere or out of the garbage.

At the time of our visit they were constructing a new bathroom facility; thank God for that because the existing vault toilets smelled so bad it was almost over powering.

There are water hookups but you'll have to hunt a little bit for them. They are about 30 feet back from the spots toward the lake under circular metal covers labeled "water". The 30 and 50 amp pedestals installed look brand-new to boot!

A note on availability... We came in the afternoon on a Monday and there were two (our of five) open spots. The remaining spots filled up by about 4 or 5pm, and we did notice one camper come in at night looking for a spot to no avail. Since these spots are available on a first come first served basis with a 4 day limit, the chances of you getting a spot are pretty good if you come in the afternoon during a week day.

The lake water isn't clear, but that's to be expected in this area. The bottom of the lake was sandy, so if you wanted to swim you wouldn't get mucked out. There is a boat launch and a separate fishing dock as well.

Strong Verizon and AT&T cell service as well (16mbps up/down on Verizon with MIMO antenna).

The park itself has a frisbee golf course and lots of open space run the dog around. Watch out though, the grass has little spherical prickers which can stick to bare feet.

There were a couple ponies at the farm directly next to the park that were very friendly; the kids loved 'em.

Folks, if you're looking for free Lakeside Camping with partial hookups in an area close to civilization but not noisy, this is the place for you. What a gem, so glad Campendium turned us on to this place!

We came here in a whim not knowing much about Assateague Island or the campground itself, but after our stay and almost 3 years of fulltiming Oceanside Campground easily makes its way into our top 5 best places to camp.

First, the ocean. Miles and miles and miles of unspoiled clean beautiful beach. Not much for beach-combing but you never know what the tide will bring in the next day. Excellent for sun bathing, sand castles and the like.

Second, the horses. Assateague island is know for the 70 or so wild horses that live on the island. During our visit in October they were not easy to miss. We saw a few different harems in a few different places in the national park, sometimes blocking a road or grazing through the campsites. We had horses visit our campsite at least 2 times a day, some of them even using our awning support arm as a scratching post. They eat whatever you leave out, so don’t leave food around!

Third, the crabbing. If you love fresh seafood like we do, there are a handful of places within the park to trap your own crabs or forage your own mussels. We spent 2 hours doing so and trapped and gathered enough to feed a family of 4. Trapping supplied cost about $20 and can be found at any of the local tackle shops.

Those are the big three things we loved about this park, but there’s plenty of other things to love... the miles of dedicated bike trails, the exceedingly educational visitor center with “touch tank”... lots to love.

There is a dump station just outside the camping area.

Both AT&T and Verizon were spotty, but we managed to get 1-2 bars with each at site 36. Coupled with a MIMO antenna we got about 20 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up.

PRO TIP: the mosquitos are FOR REAL, but it seems like they only come out at dusk. As long as the wind is blowing we didn’t have much problem, but made the mistake of going on a bike ride with the kids the first night and got eaten alive. Bring and use bug spray!

Nothing to add to other reviews aside from The fact that the park must’ve recently upgraded their connectivity infrastructure, because both AT&T and Verizon have full LTE signal at the Chisos Basin visitor Center, which is incredible considering you have almost no service anywhere else in the park, those places that do are only 1 or 2 bars of 3G. Seeing about 10mbps down and 8mbps up on AT&T with iPhone X.

If you need a spot to pull off of I-40 for the night, this is a great spot to do so. When we went in early November there were only 3 other campers there (including the host). Peaceful, and access to OHV trails directly from the park.

The whole place is in need of some TLC... The electric hookups at the site were at didn't work so we connected to the neighbors pedestal instead. Water hookup was a bit leaky as well. The bathrooms (which did have showers) had rust over much of the metal parts, and the swing set was missing 2 of the 4 swings. Nothing a few hours with the proper tools, parts and paint can't fix but looks like the maintenance of the park had been neglected for a while.

Best part about the park was the quiet. My wife is a musician and needed to record some music and there was almost no noise aside from our little ones running around outside.

Stayed at this campground for about a week with our 31' Airstream in tow. There are some switchbacks that you have to traverse in order to get to this campground and 31' is about as long of a trailer that you can get down these tight no-guardrail curves. Doable, but scary! Takes about 40 minutes or so to get to this campground from the closest town given the windy steep grade narrow roads (you often have to pull off to the side to let other vehicles pass coming out of the canyon).

Campground was well maintained and a ranger visited about once every other day or so to enforce fees. In-ground restroom (2 of them), and large back-in sites on level gravel with firepits and picknic tables. No water, sewer or electric or garbage collection. Generators are allowed from 8am to 8pm. During the week there was almost no one else there, but filled up on the weekend. Lots of dune buggy, dirt bike and off-road vehicle traffic as people went into the canyons passing the campground.

The best part of this campground is the view of the surrounding red rock. Epic, breathtaking and monumental. Just wow.

No cell service without a cell booster, although with one equipped external directional antenna and we were able to get about about 3 bars of AT&T and Verizon LTE when positioned correctly.

Like most of the other reviewers, we thought this campground was spectacular. Our site, #20, had hude stone steps leading down to the river that runs adjacent to some of the campsites, and the portion of the river we could access from our site was stone-bottomed and only a few inches deep; PERFECT for our 3 little one to romp about it without us having to worry too much. Site #20 was a little tricky to get into with a 31' pull-behind, but we managed after a few tries.

Only negative was the somewhat busy road nearby... you won't be able to escape the road noise wherever you are in the park.

We stayed at this park because the Mohave regional park in Apple Valley was closed and we needed a place nearby to stay. We had high hopes because it was on the lake, but unfortunately the RV park itself fell below expectations (though the rest of the park, ponds, and grounder were very nice). For the price, $37 per night, it seems like you should be getting more; The sites have water and electricity, both 30 a.m. up in 50 a.m., but there’s no sewer hook up. Oh, and no dumb station. The nearby lake his manufactured, in stocked with fish, which means there are lots of locals that come by to utilize it. The whole campground is gated and fenced, but the gate to get in has a keypad that routinely malfunctions, per the staff at the park, which is annoying but if you keep trying you’ll eventually get in. The bathrooms and shower facilities are straight up nasty, with graffiti at it in the plastic, and laminate falling off the walls. The park is also right beside a reasonably busy road, so don’t expect much peace and quiet. The bright side, there is a nice kids playground, and open green area under some shade of trees, which was nice for the kids to use. There’s also a camp store with basic amenities. Another bright note for us was the staff. They were extremely nice And very helpful. My advice, For the same price you could have full hook ups at a much nicer park at Desert Hollow RV resort just on the other side of the freeway.

Despite visiting the campground while it was under a flood warning, we still had a positive experience. Due to the amount of rain, everything was soaking wet or under water, but the sites themselves were really well thought out and spaced. Lots and lots of space between you and our neighbor, with you back to the woods (and in our case facing the lake). COE campgrounds are amazing in general, and this is just another example of that. PS watch out for the skunk that lives in the woods between site 28 and the bathhouse.

If you want to stay somewhere smack-dab in the middle of some authentic Georgia Spanish Moss-laden woods, Skidaway Island State Park is the spot for you. Really beautiful wooded scenery all around you. Only complaints were that our campsite was pretty uneven, so much so leveling blocks couldn't compensate, and the nats were pretty bad at the end of March when we came. Other than that, the amenities were clean and well taken care of, the ranges were helpful and friendly, and every RV'ers expect to work and be available did indeed work and was available.

Unboosted: 1-2 bars (AT&T)
Boosted: 3-4 bars (AT&T)

We actually really liked this campground... it was well maintained, sites were very spacious and easy to get into, it was pretty quiet considering the proximity to the city and an elementary school, utilities were in great shape. If you're trying to stay close to Yucaipa, this really is the best place for the money. Added bonus... boatloads of rabbits! They are all over the place starting at sunset. Oh, and for the kids, great that the water activities and park are within walking distance.