Lake Camping Spots in the USA

1. Brantley Lake State Park

Located 12 miles north of Carlsbad in New Mexico, Brantley Lake State Park is home to Brantley Lake, a man-made reservoir created from the Pecos River in the 1980s that offers an array of recreational and outdoor activities.

• The Brantley Lake State Park Campground has 51 campsites with water and electric hookups, as well as drinking water, flush toilets, coin-operated hot showers, and an RV dump station.
• The Park also has a visitor center offering information on the park, several hiking trails, a boat ramp, picnic area, and primitive camping at Rocky Bay with campsites, fire rings, shade structures, and tables.
• Brantley Lake State Park offers activities such as hiking, mountain biking, boating, canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding, swimming, picnicking, and wildlife viewing.

Where to Find it: 33 East Brantley Lake Road, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88221, Phone: 575-457-2384

2. Caboose Lake Campground

Caboose Lake Campground is nestled around a 20-acre spring-fed lake in Remington in rural Northwest Indiana.

• It offers 75 pull-through lakefront RV sites with electricity, water, and sewerage hookups, modern restrooms with showers and picnic areas with tables and fire rings.
• The lake is stocked with a variety of fish species, providing excellent fishing.
• Enjoy other water-based activities such as boating, swimming, kayaking, and canoeing.
• Campground facilities include a coin-operated laundry, a camp store, complimentary wireless Internet around the camp, and an array of organized activities throughout the summer.

Where to Find it: 3657 West, US-24, Remington, IN 47977, Phone: 219-261-3828

3. Cave Lake State Park

Cave Lake State Park is a 4,000-acre state park and public recreation area next to the Humboldt National Forest in the Schell Creek Range. Located five miles southeast of Ely at an elevation of 7,300 feet, Cave Lake is home to a 32-acre reservoir that offers boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, picnicking and camping. Open year-round, the park’s facilities campgrounds, picnic areas, hiking trails, and a boat launch, and it boasts outstanding scenic views and spectacular natural scenery for nature study and photography. Winter sports include cross-country skiing, ice fishing, and ice, and snow sculpting is growing in popularity.

US Highway 93-Success Summit, Ely, NV 89301, Phone: Phone: 775-728-4460

4. Campground by The Lake

Conveniently located within walking distance of the shores of Lake Tahoe, Campground by The Lake is a 178-campsite facility with access to an array of amenities and facilities ranging from a Recreation and Swim complex, baseball fields and an ice arena to children’s playgrounds, hiking and biking trails, a Visitor Center and the Bijou Golf Course. Situated on the shores of the ‘Jewel of the Sierra's’ Campground by the Lake offers full-hook-up sites with picnic areas, tables, and fire rings, modern restrooms with hot showers, and RV dump stations. Recreational activities in the area include swimming, boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, paddle-boating, hiking, and mountain biking.

150 Rufus Allen Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, Phone: 530-542-6096

5. Crater Lake National Park

Resting on the crest of the Cascade Range in southern Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the country with a depth of 1,942 feet. Created over 7,500 years ago when the top of Mount Mazama collapsed, Crater Lake is renowned for its clear, deep blue water, which can be viewed from one of several hiking trails around the park.

The centerpiece of Crater Lake National Park has two islands within the lake that can be visited and explored on sightseeing boat tours during the summer between June and September. Visitors to the lake can enjoy swimming, scuba diving, and fishing on the lake, as well as camping, hiking, mountain biking, and wildlife viewing in the surrounding Crater Lake National Park.

6. Big Arm Unit - Flathead Lake State Park, MT

Nestled on the southwest shore of Flathead Lake, the Big Arm Unit Campground in Flathead Lake State Park offers 40 campsites and three yurts situated along the shoreline and boasting spectacular views of the Mission Mountains. The campsite has restrooms with showers, flushing toilets and washing up facilities, and popular activities in the area include swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, and mountain biking on the many trails in the area. It is also a popular spot to launch boats for trips to Wild Horse Island. The campsite is situated at the southern end of Flathead Lake, which is based on the Flathead Indian Reservation, so Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribe fishing licenses are required to fish in the lake.

Big Arm Unit - Flathead Lake State Park, 28031 Big Arm State Park Road, Big Arm, MT 59910

7. Forked Lake Campground

Forked Lake Campground is set on the eastern shores of the beautiful 1,248-acre Forked Lake in New York State and offers large, well-laid-out forested, campsites with plenty of privacy, picnic areas with tables and fireplaces, pit toilets, and an array of water-focused recreational opportunities such as boating, fishing, and canoeing. Nearby attractions include the Adirondack Park Visitors Interpretive Center at Newcomb, which offers plenty of information about the surrounding area, the Wild Center Museum at Tupper Lake, and several golf courses in the villages of Indian Lake, Newcomb, Tupper Lake, and Inlet.

381 Forked Lake Campsite Rd, Long Lake, NY 12847, Phone: 518-624-6646

8. Jenny Lake Campground

The Jenny Lake Campground is situated within walking distance from Jenny Lake in the Grand Teton National Park. The tent-only campground features 49 individual tent campsites and ten sites designated for hikers and bicyclists, all of which have picnic tables, fire pits, and nearby flush toilets. There are no shower facilities on site, but several are within a short drive. Grand Teton National Park is a 310,000-acre national park and reserve in northwestern Wyoming that features several significant attractions like the Jackson Hole Valley and the 40-mile-long Teton Range. The magnificent landscapes within the park are ideal for outdoor recreational activities such as camping, hiking, mountain biking, backpacking, bird and wildlife watching, and mountaineering.

Teton Park Rd, Moose, WY 83012, Phone: 307-543-3100

9. Lake Durant State Campground

Lake Durant State Campground is located on the eastern shore of the 327-acre Lake Durant in the Adirondack Mountains and provides the ultimate getaway for soaking up quiet beauty and breathtaking views of Blue Mountain. The campground has large, forested campsites for tents and trailers, full hook-ups, a trailer dump station, a picnic area with tables and fire pits, restrooms with flushing toilets, a bathhouse with showers, and a recycling center. Nearby is a lovely sandy beach with safe swimming, several hiking and mountain biking trails, and plenty of recreational opportunities, including boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and wildlife watching. Lake Durant Campground is set on the Northville-Placid Trail, and there are wilderness trails from the campsite to several ponds in the area.

3444 State Rd, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812, Phone: 518-352-7797

10. Lake George Battleground State Campground

Lake George Battleground State Campground is located just south of the village of Lake George and boasts excellent historical significance as being the site of numerous military activities that occurred during the Colonial period. The campground offers tent and trailer sites, restrooms with hot showers, flushing toilets, a recycling center, and a trailer dump station, and there is a self-guided historical interpretive path with plenty of information about the Battlefield Park. The campground is within a short walk from the Lake George Beach for swimming and sunbathing, and other recreational activities include boating, fishing, and hiking.

2224 U.S. 9, Lake George, NY 12845, Phone: 518-668-3348