Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins, Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA

Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins is part of Lassen Volcanic National Park in California (55 min east of Redding, CA) with an elevation of 5,904 feet. There are a total of 20 campsites including 20 cabins. The campground is normally open from the end of May to mid October. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 20 and 30 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Each site includes a picnic table and fire ring with grill. Fees range from $76.00 to $101.00. Some amenities include shower, drinking water, general store, accessible, laundry facility, swimming, restroom, gasoline pump, firewood, ice, pay telephone, flush toilets, water sports rental. Activities include fishing, hiking trails, floating sports.

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$76 - $101

Campsite Reviews (118)

4.2 out of 5

5 star		57%
4 star		19%
3 star		9%
2 star		12%
1 star		2%

@LouiseV2FA85E6 · Camped on Oct 7, 2024 at Campsite #15

Cabin was great and clean. We were here the last week the cabins were open and they shut the water off so no water was available for showers.

@JehoM842426C58 · Camped on Sep 27, 2024 at Campsite #11

Love this cabin with spacious cabin.

@PaolaG1F06C81C · Camped on Sep 26, 2024 at Campsite #7

Everything ok. Only bad thing, the supermarket was closed (probably due to low season)

@DarrenB8585202 · Camped on Sep 25, 2024 at Campsite #15

The cabin was quite nice but the bed is not very comfortable.

@PascualT8727B5 · Camped on Sep 24, 2024 at Campsite #13

Stayed in the Manzanita Lake Camping cabins. The cabins were clean, but had broken blinds (been that way over the last 3 years Ive visited). The restrooms and showers at the camping store were filthy and in disrepair.

@SusanneP548348 · Camped on Sep 13, 2024 at Campsite #13

Cabin 13 is spacious and clean and close to the pit toilets. The surrounding areas are spacious but you cant see the lake well, as there is a group of young pine trees in between. Wildlife is mostly squirrels with some deer around the lake. Our neighbors wer loud and left their trash out and the squirrels got into it:-( Lake Manzanita is super beautiful, so keep it wild.

@StephenM951052 · Camped on Sep 12, 2024 at Campsite #14

Excellent rustic cabins! No water or electricity, but well built and secure. The location by the lake is amazing!

@VenetteC3792F9 · Camped on Sep 6, 2024 at Campsite #10

Cozy and warm. Bear boxes at cabin sites were great. The campground bear bin trash needs a lot of attention. Many do not close and yet are full of trash which of course attracts bears! Maybe tape them off or bring in ones that work!?

@VijayaJ6AC4359 · Camped on Aug 31, 2024 at Campsite #T1

We are thankful that we got a place to stay inside the park for one night. Its a wonderful experience staying in the park and enjoy sunset, night skies, star gazing, sunrise, birds chirping, early morning hike around the lake etc.. This unmatched experience of staying inside the park.. can't get it from hotel stay outside the park and driving in just for the hikes.Heres rest of our experience with reservation, details of the site, amenities, service etc.We stayed in T1 site, the Glamping Tent. There was no map and minimum information provided on where to find this site which was disappointing. Location: This Glamping Tent is located on the same loop as Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins and towards the end of the loop, right next to the last cabin on the loop. Reservation: Lot of missing information on the reservation page that only mentions that its a Glampling Tent with one bed.*No picture of the tent provided*Missing map for the site. (How much of work is it to update the webpage this information?)We booked this place just being thankful for finding any place to stay inside the park. We had no clue what to expect and we were thankful that we went prepared with lot of items!Amenities: The following are amenities are not available for Glamping Tent so be prepared: Theres no picnic table, just couple of chairs on the platform next to tent. No campfire ring.Theres one small night stand next to bed but no other storage shelf or table.No propane heating Glamping Tent is $149. We felt it is Overpriced giving a false impression that it is a better one compared to one room cabin that's right next to this site for $76

@RoopaJCB420DF7 · Camped on Aug 31, 2024 at Campsite #T1

We are thankful that we got a place to stay in the park for a night. Its a wonderful experience, we enjoyed sunset, night skies, star gazing, sunrise, bird sounds, early morning hike around the lake etc.. This unmatched experience of staying inside the park.. can't get it from a hotel stay outside the park and driving in just for the hikes.The rest of our experience with this site reservation, amenities, service etc. is disappointing...Location: We stayed in the Glamping Tent which is located on the same loop as Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins, towards the end of the loop, right next to the last cabin. Reservation: It was disappointing that there's very minimum information online on reservation page and even nothing in email after reservation. We booked this place just being thankful to find any place in the park, had no clue what to expect for this site. We were thankful that we went prepared!*No picture of the tent provided*Missing Map for the site. (How much of a work is it to update the webpage with this information?)Amenities: The following amenities are not available for Glamping Tent so, be prepared: Theres no picnic table, just couple of chairs on the platform next to tent. No grill/campfire ring.Theres one small night stand next to bed but no other storage shelf or table.No propane heating Glamping Tent is $149. We felt it is Overpriced for that basic tent giving a false impression that it is a better one compared to one room cabin that's right next to this site for $76 and came with all the above listed amenities.The Campground store closed at 5:00PM (timings for this season) and opened 9:00AM next day. Lights in the restroom didn't work.Showers are not coin operated (misinformation on reservations page). Shower room needs a code to enter and there was no one to provide the code after the store closed.

@HeatherB577142 · Camped on Aug 29, 2024 at Campsite #1

Our experience in staying one night in the cabin was not good. Cabin itself was solid and substantial. NO electricity, although it appeared to once have electric heater and outlets on walls. The big drawback was NO BATHROOM toilet or water. It is difficult for old folks to get up in the middle of the night and walk all the way to the restroom and make it in time. This was a cabin for disabled people too!The restrooms were run down, no lights. But they were flush toilets and there were 3 cold water sinks. Paying over a $100 per night is crazy for this kind of accomodation.

@LaurenH1850172 · Camped on Aug 6, 2024 at Campsite #17

Didn't realize the cabins were not reserved via recreation.gov like the campsites are. The entire national park was closed because of a wildfire, and the contracted company would not cancel our reservation. We could not cancel it, but could not even enter the park to utilize it.

@NomecaHC0C2B3C · Camped on Jul 23, 2024 at Campsite #14

Lovely bare bones, clean cabin, but bring your own lantern. No outdoor sink at the restroom but good pump for water supply. Nice location for accessing the lake and Manzanita Creek Trail which we did hike. Saw a meadow of Lupines near the top and wonderful refreshing stream.

@GiselaC1193C4F · Camped on Jul 19, 2024 at Campsite #4

Location and cabins are excellent including the shower and toilet areas. The store and staff are over the top!! Very helpful and friendly. The 8 bunk cabins with only 1 window were very hot in the 2 of 4 nights we stayed. The mattresses were comfortable.

@MargaretKE20CD · Camped on Jul 17, 2024 at Campsite #10

Wonderful! Comfortable, clean cabin close to the lake- we easily walked our kayak back.Beautiful views, convenient to store!

@VERONICAD7C23A · Camped on Jul 15, 2024 at Campsite #17

Great little cabin that was walking distance to Manzanita Lake. Small store sold basics, firewood, and gas. Very nice campground overall!

@BelaVDA10D3EF7 · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #10

The cabins are very nice. However, the campground is run down, needing repairs and general maintenance. No propane heat in cabin - heater would not turn on. No lights in bathroom, bathrooms were very dirty, showers out of service, no water supply for dish washing sink, the tire air inflator at gas station was broken. Campground guests were bathing and washing their bodies at the water spigots.

@CaitlinG3DF507 · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #18

Great location, clean cabins

@LuongH409D4F26 · Camped on Jul 12, 2024 at Campsite #12

An abundance of moths in the cabin.

@KatlynP6CD9FEA · Camped on Jul 11, 2024 at Campsite #14

This was a nice cabin along the lake. It was a bit frustrating that rec.gov didnt share the alert that the showers and laundromat are undergoing renovation and were unavailable during our stay. If wed known that we didnt have access to those amenities, we wouldnt have booked it at this time. Also, make sure that when booking that you wait for the confirmation email with details for the lock pad to open the cabins. We booked it on the go higher up on Lassen and didnt wait for further for check in details. There is no service for many miles around and we had to drive sometime to get service to call for our cabin code. Use the pay phones if you need to get ahold of help with the cabins vs trying for service on your cell.

@ElizabethB5852 · Camped on Jul 7, 2024 at Campsite #17

Cabins and campsite were clean. Close to store without being too close. This cabin was a little too close to the bathrooms, which were particularly stinky.All in all, we loved the cabins and will be coming back...maybe to one that is closer to the lake/further from the bathrooms.

@JuliaS6816363 · Camped on Jul 7, 2024 at Campsite #15

Manzanita Lake Cabin: Great Location, Needs Cleaning Attention

@JayW4423954 · Camped on Jul 7, 2024 at Campsite #16

When we arrived at our cabin, the carbon monoxide detector was beeping. We immediately opened the windows and went to the store. The employee came to help and found the heater was running. They were able to make the detector stop beeping by turning off the gas at the valve. It was very scary for our family. We left the windows open and were finally able to enter the cabin comfortably about 9-10pm at night with windows open.

@ClaudineV0FCA2 · Camped on Jul 3, 2024 at Campsite #6

I've been staying at the Manzanita Camping cabins for 12 years. For the first half dozen years, the former management company kept the cabins and grounds in beautiful, meticulous condition. Ever since Snow Mountain LLC took over as the concessionaire, the cabins, camping store, etc. have gone down hill. This year we arrived only to find out that the shower rooms and laundry facilities were under repair and, therefore, offline. At the very least, the company should send out emails to visitors ahead of time with updates on the facilities and services.Since Snow Mountain took over, everything had gone into disrepair. The main bathrooms are in poor condition with broken toilet paper dispensers, broken toilets and doors, no working lights, etc. The water and sink stations near the pit toilets were all off line or broken as well. There was no proper soap or usable hand sanitizer (the dispenser in the toilets was impossible to use) for the pit toilets. The fire pits were full of ash and or rocks, and the cabins all had items in disrepair such as broken futons, blinds, etc. It is also clear that this company does not bother to update the cabin door codes between visitors or even between seasons! Lassen and Manzanita Lake are some of the most beautiful spots in all of Northern California, and it simply breaks my heart that this company is not taking proper care of this treasure for all to enjoy. I hope that the Park Service will find a better company to take over whenever Snow Mountain LLC's contract is up.

@Anthonyt984396 · Camped on Jun 26, 2024 at Campsite #2

Great spot, cabins were clean and well set up. Check in super easy and right. Short walk to lake and near-by facilities. Excellent spot to finish up after a day in the Park.

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