We've been coming to Bear Lake every year for 9 years now. We prefer to stay at another campground but had to settle on this one. While it's brand new this year, it's just okay. There are some nice things and some not so nice things. While there are electrical and water hookups, there is no sewer or even dump station for travel trailers. This makes for less fun when cleaning up to leave. The beach here is pretty nice. You can tell that they brought in loads of dirt/sand but it's still pretty rocky. They do have aluminum picnic tables on the beach as well as metal pavilions with concrete slabs and tables but they are much further away from the water. The beach, like most of it at Bear Lake is shallow for a long way out, which makes it great for kids to play in. The other difference between this campground and our other preferred one is that they don't have showers here. It really makes it so nice to be able to take a full shower after the beach and not just a travel trailer shower. The employee when arriving was some young kid, 16-20 yr old. He was not helpful at all. Normally when you arrive they provide you a map or instructions on things like, quiet hours, dogs on leashes, gate closure time, location of site, fires, etc... this employee gave us nothing. Literally said, "Do you know which site you're in?" Then he taped the site paper tag to our windshield and said, "Here you go." The group we were with had worse interaction with him than that, where they paid for an extra car for the next night. Only to find out when the extra car arrived the next day, they had to pay again as there was no record of having paid...
Read moreWe had mistakenly booked this site instead of the Rendezvous and it turned out to be a better fit for us. We absolutely loved it, except for the absence of a dumping station, showers, or a bathroom with running water. Each site is spacious and comes with its own covered table and fire pit. Dogs are required to be leashed at the campground. The “store” is a small shed that sells limited items like batteries, sunscreen, towels, ice cream, and popsicles. They also rent paddleboards. The beach, though rocky, is large and not overly crowded. There are gazebos with tables, and larger tables on the beach can be moved around. However, there’s a rule about dogs being on leash at the beach. The park ranger informed us that as long as the dog is not aggressive and is obedient, you can leave it off leash and play catch in the lake. It’s approximately 20 minutes from Garden City , there is no nearby grocery store, and it’s right on the border between Utah and Idaho. I gave it 4 stars because of the lack of a dumping station and a shower . It does have...
Read moreCame here on a Sunday morning and we were the only ones here. Yes, there is construction, happening but NO ONE was there. If you want to avoid big crowds and sharing space with other people, this is the worth the extra drive. It’s on the border of Idaho and Utah, on the Utah side. I stayed for about 4 hours at the end around 3 PM there were 2 other groups but plenty of space cause we were all spread out. Dog friendly. Toddler friendly. It is a short walk to the beach from the parking lot and rocky so might need sandals to get there. There are shaded picnic tables and non shaded picnic tables right...
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