Pomona State Park — Attraction in Lyndon

Took our first trip to Pomona ever, we went because we were told it was a nice place to camp and everyone was super friendly. While this was true about the state park we had a less than favorable experience with Lighthouse Bay marina. There is a fishing dock at Big Bear, apparently it is leased by the marina from the state park. This dock has fallen into disrepair, it’s really a safety hazard. While it is posted no trespassing I assumed it was meant for campers only. My friend and I were out fishing off of the dock, and we were approached by a very unpleasant woman. Who I now know is Shelly the wife of Bill the owner. She asked us to leave which we complied with her request but I did ask for clarification as to how the dock could be private property on a state park. I asked if it was such a hazard why don’t they just pull the gang ramp out of the water? She started taking pictures... so we apologized and went about our day. This occurred around 10:30-11:00am. Dinner time rolls around and this strange man starts poking around our camp site taking pictures and scaring our kids. When we confront him he gets in black F350 and leaves without saying a word. So my friend and I find him at the marina and ask why he was taking pictures of vehicles, and license plates and scaring our families. He said he was angry about a Facebook post that was made about the incident earlier in the day. His intention was to intimidate us, funny thing about all of this is I have a 24’ pontoon we were looking to put in a slip next year. I will be finding a Marina ran by adults, if the condition of the marina’s facilities is any indication of how repairs are made I wouldn’t take my boat to Bills shop. Funny thing is I have heard from other people that the couple that run the marina are mean miserable people and this is a common occurrence. Probably won’t go back to Pomona...

39.5 ft fifth wheel (2020 Keystone) Silverado 2500 w/ 6’6” bed

Bottom line: Burning Heart campground open year around, full hookups, two of the three roads are narrow with some drop offs that make getting in/out of the spots difficult for fifth wheels, nice frisbee golf course and wide open spaces

This place was open prior to April 1st and we wanted to go somewhere. So it satisfied that itch. We stayed in burning heart campground in spots 110 and 112. The road into burning heart wraps around the outside and allows for entry into the pull though spots. Pull through spots are usually premo. These were that with one exception, they have a rock wall along the road that just breaks about 12 ft with which to enter them that would prevent most campers from being able to pull through. This road and the road on the other side of these spots are narrow, maybe 9-10 ft. My spots shared the road most pull through people would have to use to back into their spots. The ground from the road for the pull through is fairly level. The other side of the road drops about a foot for spot 112. The other side of the road for spot 112 also has a drop off. This resulted in my 40-ft fifth wheel digging into the top of my bed on one side when backing in and the other when leaving. I’ve never had this problem before. My dad used 110 spot for his camper and this spot would likely be ok.

One more note on the pull through a, their HUGE. I’m guessing their 100-125 ft long. So plenty of room to explode onto the scene.

The park seemed nice and had a cool looking frisbee golf course. I’ll be investing in some discs. It was rather windy and chilly when we were there and so we hunkered down by the fire and did some cruising around on the scooter.

In the picture, I’ve highlighted in red the rock walls and yellow are the two...

I really like the grounds. I liked the staff alot. Two things really bothered me. One is the Kansas makes you pay for your car after you have bought a camping tag. No convenient parking within a mile or two of the camping areas by the way. So you have two fees when you go camping in Kansas.

The other one was that the facilities were mainly shut down, locked up after Memorial Day, there were very few bathrooms open. For an entire half of the state park they had a four-door bathroom with three of the doors locked up so there was only one toilet available. No hot water in the large shower house. This is not a solar heating depending on the time of day issue. They just could not get it fixed in a week that I was there during peak season.

The actual bathrooms are very inconveniently located. A ten-minute walk to nearest place to go pee I find poor planning.

It's spreading if I'm in the neighborhood I might go out there again. I do not expect to ever camp...