Ice House Campground

Absolutely beautiful artwork by the Creator of the universe! It is almost as if EVERY star in the sky can be seen from here. The area is very well kept. Restroom area is clean. Water is beautiful and very animal friendly. Probably the most beautiful place I have ever been to camp. The pictures do not do it justice!

I hope this is the correct campground, I know there are multiple campgrounds around ice house. But we can early in the summer and everything was super clean. Our campsite was large and right near the water, sometimes other campers walked next to it to get to the other side to fish. Our campsite was very close to the bathroom. They were clean and smelled nice. Someone was kind enough to leave a bottle of soap on top of the spigot of cold water and that was so nice to have! Location was pretty, kids were scooting and biking. Minus one star because we had our speakers on (not too loud at all) and at exactly 10:02 pm the camp host came over to remind us to turn it off. Of course, cool cool. She must have just been making her rounds though because our campground wasn't near their site. However, at another site much closer to them, there was like 30 people partying and singing and being super loud and camp hosts allowed it. It was almost 11 when another camper had to go and tell them to shut tf up. Be consistent or campers are going to feel like you're hard or some for whatever reasons and look the other way for others.

Boyfriend and I went camping here. So peaceful but yet hearing the sounds of other families around made it that more enjoyable. If looking for a place to just get away from the norm of traffic and crowds. This is the spot! There is fishing, hiking , walking trails and horse trails (when open) during this time we did a hike which was 3.7 miles from n and 3.7 miles back. To cover the whole perimeter of the lake. But In the middle is a beautiful waterfall that I was determined to see regardless of miles. Campgrounds up in the vicinity tend to fill very fast. There was actually a full capacity running toilet. But due to costs they may be removing it and replacing with your normal hole in ground concept . Besides that check it out, spend a couple days and just relax and enjoy

Beautiful Ice House Lake is open for fishing, swimming and camping reservations only. The lake is a little low, but lots of fish in the lake I heard....Boaters and kayaking was popular, but weather was a little cool and water was chilly. The pine trees smell good and the breeze through the trees made today perfect.

This was a nice campsite. It is hard to find if you are heading to the campgrounds in the middle of the night. When you turn left on Ice House Rd, after about 9.5 miles you will see a sign for Ice House 2 miles with an arrow to the right. When you see that sign, a few feet away, you need to turn right. Then you will drive 2 miles to the campsite.The spaces are pretty big, and you can fit 2 cars in the designated parking spaces. Even though the info for the campsite states that there will be an extra charge for an additional car, when we were there during Labor Day weekend, we did not get charged for the extra car. The site itself is pretty big, that we were able to keep our two tents really far from each other. So my daughters felt like they were independent for 2 nights.The reservoir is walking distance, but if you have a kayak or other beach toys, you can drive there and park with an $8 daily fee. Dogs are allowed, some dogs were unleashed which is fine. My dogs were leashed for the most part, since the place is pretty big, I did not want to risk having them run away if they see something interesting to go after.The weekend when we were there, the Bay Area was experiencing a heat wave. While outside of where we were had temps over 100, we stayed in the 90's even though it was still pretty warm. Since it was hot the stench from the bathroom, which is only a toilet- smelled a lot, so try not to get too close to the bathroom. There are plenty of bathrooms, so it's just a few minutes walk even if you are a few campsite away from the bathroom.I recommend having a bike or scooters for the kids, it's enjoyable to use to get around. Oh and we had signal.. again my girls were happy to be updated with social media.

Really nice campground. We went during the summer when there were all the fires in California so the smoke was fairly bad so I'm not posting any pictures but the campground itself was nice and most spots we saw had some good space around them. You will definitely want to look at the maps when choosing your spots and, unless you want to be really close to your neighbors, pick an outside spot. Access to the lake was great and lots of hikes. We really look forward to coming back here when there isn't any smoke.

The site we booked was site 23 loop B. When we arrived the site itself was nice and big, plenty of space between sites however, the mosquitoes were out of hand. I'm from rice filed USA and have never in my life experienced that bad of a swarm. They got into our nose, eyes, and mouth in just minutes of being there and trying to set up our tent. We tried to find the camp host a few times and after about the 3rd time of looking for him we finally found him and requested a new site. He was nice about the situation but had no where for us to move to. We ended up packing up and leaving all together sadly. The host told us that the season was rushed and they didn't have time to handle the insect situation or even drain the toilets since last year. It was completely inhabitable.

This review is for the corporation that manages this piece of public land, Royal Elk Park Management. If you are coming to camp here, the campgrounds are pretty nice, right along the water, and the nightly fee is reasonable at $28/night (as of this writing). However, the pit toilets do leave much to be desired. If you are coming to enjoy Ice House Reservoir, do not get suckered into paying the $8 day use fee for parking next to this campground, unless you need to use the boat ramp. This is public land, and Royal Elk only manages a small part of Ice House Reservoir's shoreline. There are many other places you can drive to in order to access the shoreline. The Royal Elk staff collecting day use fees might lead you to believe that you need to pay to access the lake, but this is not the case.What's even worse is that if you pay to camp nearby at a campground managed by Royal Elk, they will still require you to pay the $8 day use fee!!! And if you decide to go for a stroll eastward along the shoreline, you will be greeted with a sign that says "No day use - This area for camping only". This is absolutely absurd. Sure you can go along the shoreline towards the dam, but if you are going to do that, you'd be a fool to pay the $8 day use fee because those areas are easily accessed from other roads.I will be writing the US Forest Service to express my displeasure with Royal Elk, as well as my elected representative in Congress to explain how misleading they are.

My family & friends have been camping here for years. Almost 4 decades!! We always provided them good business. Recently management has changed. We never had an issue before. Before it was first come first serve. Now, the managements plays favoritism! They only rent to who they want. They rejected my friends & family from renting a campground. They said there's no room left. Then, we see family asking if there's any openings. They didn't even make a reservation. The Manager rented it out to them! What happened to us?? They straight up lied to us!! Also, the manager lady was extremely rude! Straight up nepotism & liars! They only rent out to caucasians. Back then, the campground had such a diverse group & culture. Now, it's all white people! Straight racist managers!!

RUDE RUDE RUDE HOST AT BOAT RAMP!The crotchety old bag who runs this place has no business working with the public in any capacity. I arived to today 5/6 at 6:30 am, I am THE ONLY ONE HERE. Theres no cars in the lot, there's no boats on the water, there's no bank fisherman even. My boat is kind of a pain in the ass to get in the water, it takes about 15 minutes. She finds it necessary to drive down twice in her little golf cart to yell, YELL.. at me that I'm taking too long, and "we will kick your ass out of here if we have to." Keep in mind there's NOBODY here. Set the tone for the whole day, one that ended up sucking. This is a beautifull lake, with generally solid trout fishing. We need friendly hosts, not to be treated like criminals.