Emigrant Lake County Park — Attraction in Oregon

I was planning to camp here for a few nights while cycling nearby. When I first arrived I noticed that there was an unhoused couple camping nearby, but they were pretty much keeping to themselves. As I was setting up my tent, a camp host rolled up and started taking pictures of me. I was like whoa, I was not expecting you to be so on top of it. I explained how their payment machine didn't take my card, so I was going to run to the store for some cash. At first she seemed peeved but once I paid she became nicer. It was hard to set up my tent because the ground was so super hard that even my best stakes would barely go into it. There were high winds and not much around to tie guylines to. But my view of the lake was incredible, and it seemed really quiet at first. I got the shower code from the camp host and had an amazing shower and was just falling asleep when the local population of recently-evicted-hooligans showed up. The reason I know this about them is because they loudly discussed their evictions and criminal records over a 4am campfire. Well these sites are tiny and right on top of each other. At one point around 4:20am two of the men went to use the restroom and as they were walking back through my site one of them said, "Stop. I want you to look at this. So paisley." Which was the pattern of my yoga mat laid out in my tent, so that freaked me out. I texted the camp host asking her to send a ranger. When the ranger showed up shortly after 8am, the meth party next door was still going strong. They were all still wide awake. None of them had made any attempt to sleep. The ranger refunded me for the night before and said he'd stand by while I packed up my things seeing as how these people had just seen me complain. I would honestly feel safer sleeping in my car in a parking lot somewhere than in a tent in this campground. Definitely not recommended especially if you like to sleep or are...

I'd say go for it. Near the C area there is a great spot to lake swim even for young kids. The rocks very gradually enter the water and then it turns to sand. My 2 year old was weary but it still was a safe area with the right adult supervision. We went for a company luncheon so it was BUSY and bigger kids were all over so what I loved about this area is that further to the left is the nice gradual spot, and over to right about 50 feet was a little jump rock for those kids that knew how to swim well. (The rock was about 3 feet out of water, and the water was about 5ft deep or so. All the bigger kids from around 7-12 were really having fun at that spot while the adults could still be with the young kids while also seeing the older ones. Covered gazebos, stairs, would not be an easy spot for wheelchairs but would still be possible. I would recommend 2 people to help maneuver a wheelchair if it was necessary. This is just by the C area where I was. My knowledge on the rest of the park is pretty much zilch. :) Happy...

Peaceful. Seems to be the same people frequenting the area. One old boy patron always thinks he should "invite" you to move to the opposite side of the parking lot, by day. Haha. Restroom is consistently appearing clean. Water currently has presented as comparably "low." If walking closer to the water, the ground will create very cakey "clay-loam" that sticks to the shoes, stubbornly. Presently, some entrances are still blocked by cement barriers. Multiple open short trails, with option for making way around lake, or climbing up a relatively small rock formation (this is a relatively steep incline). Present at last walk: Two families of deer (one family of two stood 10’ away while I did the same), red headed woodpeckers, two coyotes (including one who nearly sprinted head-on into me on the trail, hit his brakes 5’ or less in front of me, stared at me shockingly and sprinted up toward the rock...