Little Crater Lake

We went camping recently at Little Crater Lake. The campsite was very nice, very quiet, and the sites (16 in all) are quite large and wooded.

If you dont know, the campground is a few miles north of Timothy Lake, and a 30 minute walk brings you to the North end of Timothy lake. There are some great biking areas, but beware that the main trails have signs on them that tell bikers to either walk their bikes, or leave the trail. One such sign actually redirects bikers up a very steep rocky hill which eventually after a couple miles leaves you on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. This is very irritating because it sends you about 5 miles out of the way, when otherwise you would be reaching Timothy lake within a mile on the main trail. It is very ridiculous, so much so that you see many bikers just ignoring the signs.

Other than that, the only other complaint I had about the campground is that it does not have a Host that resides in the campground itself. The Host for the campground actually stays at another campsite (North End campground) which is several miles away down a very rough gravel road. I had to go find him to resolve an issue about our campsite, and I felt like I was very lucky to stumble on his campsite after driving down a road with no signs. You just all of a sudden (if you take the right turns which somehow I did) come up on the entrance to the campground.

So anyway, all things considered, I would happily return to Little Crater Lake campground for future camping, and would recommend it to anyone else that likes to avoid the metropolis that Timothy lake has become. Just make sure to avoid site 15 (its mere feet from the bathroom), unless you like the aroma of human feces, and site 16 seems a bit small as well. We had site 4, and it was very nice. It is so secluded you can barely see any other campsites until the lanterns come on, and then you can only see two or three.