Horseshoe Lake Campground — Hotel in Hood River

This place is absolutely TERRIBLE! The camp sites are tiny and poorly arranged, the entire camp ground is uneven and small, and it always seems to be full of drunks and rowdy crowds of selfish people. The grounds are poorly maintained and sparsely cared for, the SINGLE outhouse is almost never cleaned, and the lake is filthy with tiny fish not fit for even bait. My family have been here a few times over the last couple years and will NEVER...

Bears, and noisy ones are in the area so have that bear spray handy and keep an eye out. The road to and into the campground are extremely rough and a high clearance vehicle is needed. Mosquitos were thick but at a mountain lake that is to be expected so stock up on bug repellent. Maybe a good spot to visit when temps are below freezing at night so the mosquitos are not as bad. Restroom was a vault toilet but on this visit was clean but...

Great off the beaten path camping, picnic tables, bathrooms, great views, wildlife. Great spots next to the lake, mosquitos were not an issue at all. Con.. lots of ants when we were there. Road down to the lake was a little washed out, quite a few ruts, but passable easily in our jeeps. Very quiet...