Lake Alpine - Lodgepole Group Campground, Arnold, CA

Lake Alpine - Lodgepole Group Campground is located in the Calaveras Ranger District, Stanislaus National Forest (2 hrs 11 min east of El Dorado Hills, CA) with an elevation of 6,532 feet. There are a total of 2 campsites. The campground is normally open from the beginning of July to mid September. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers up to 30 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. There is a fee of $120.00 per night. Some amenities include swimming. Activities include boating, ohv trails nearby, fishing, hiking trails, floating sports, rock climbing.

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Campsite Reviews (28)

4.3 out of 5

5 star		61%
4 star		18%
3 star		11%
2 star		7%
1 star		4%

@MatthewB318226 · Camped on Aug 15, 2024 at Campsite #10

Fantastic basic campsite. Not many amenities. Group campsites can get a little loud sometimes. And there isn't much level ground for sleeping. But the peace I experienced in those woods was profound. I loved it. Get away from the city. Get back to nature. Relax. And if you need a little taste of civilization again, you are less than 2 miles from the lake and lodge. Personnel are kind and hospitable. Ps. Sometimes they lock up the community dumpster early. So take your trash over before 7 if you don't want to lock it up in your car overnight.

@EugeneH5FAA007 · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #9

Some loud party folks in the group camp area which we were pretty far away from but still heard throughout the night all well into quiet hours. It didnt bother me too much but the campground personal are stationed at another site so they couldnt hear it to do anything unless it was reported. Site 9 has some immediate neighbors that might bother some. Id say they are closer together than some of the other sites. My boys ended up hanging out with the neighbor boys. So all good there. Bathrooms were portapotties and are pretty hard to use when full. Luckily we stayed through days where it was emptied and its not bad at all then haha.

@DennisL7397034 · Camped on Jul 10, 2024 at Campsite #13

The campground is reasonably quite. Very little drive through traffic. Campsites vary in size, some are large but not moverable for large trailers,It is not convenient to the Lake alpine at about 2 1/2 miles farther up the highway.

@AndreaC2078371 · Camped on Jul 10, 2024 at Campsite #A1

We have stayed in a group site here before and really enjoyed it. This time though the porta potties were extremely full and were very overdue to be emptied. It was disgusting. They added bear boxes but unfortunately our ice chest wouldnt fit. The positives are that the camp host was good and Alpine Lake is wonderful.

@DennisL7397034 · Camped on Jul 10, 2024 at Campsite #10

We enjoyed our stay in Lodgepole Campground. There is a wide variety of camp site sizes. The camp sites are large and spread out, not side by side. Sites have large heavy duty wood or concrete tables. Each site has a metal fire ring and plenty of wood to split and burn.There is only one source for water from a mid western hand pump source. It provides cold, clean, great tasting mountain water.The camp ground is very quiet and without very little drive through traffic since it is an considered overflow camp sites when the other camp grounds around Lake Alpine are full. Lodgepole campground is located on the highway about 2 miles away from Lake Alpine.

@Nathaniel52924 · Camped on Aug 17, 2023 at Campsite #7

The campground was wonderful. The cleanup after the winter storms was impactful, but the team and camp host communicated things well. We were surprised with how good a condition the place was in.Cell service was passable. T-Mobile had LTE service, for voice and text. Data service was quite slow, around 150 to 250kbps.Shopping is available at Lake Alpine Lodge or Bear Valley general stores. Both are wonderful, and quite close.

@MaureenT755180 · Camped on Sep 2, 2022 at Campsite #B1

We stayed in Group Campground B at Lodgepole, it was a great site! We had a blast! It is unfortunate that the porta potties were a bit of a walk away, would have been nice to have one closer to the furthest part of the camp site. But still doable. The sign to turn is off highway 4 is very hard to see especially at night. Should be located closer to road or at least a warning sign before the turn. With an travel trailer it was more difficult to turn around to go back. But once in campground it’s a great place! Lots of shade! We would love to go back!

@MehdiA5684361 · Camped on Aug 26, 2022 at Campsite #19

The people next to my campground were very loud and partied until 2 to 3 am every night. Unfortunately there was no ranger to give them notice. No permanent bathroom. I will not stay in this campground next time

@Konstanti25802 · Camped on Aug 20, 2022 at Campsite #13

quiet and natural

@VictoriaW12824 · Camped on Aug 6, 2022 at Campsite #10

We had a fantastic stay! The grounds were beautiful and it was so relaxing! There is a bear box at each site and pretty much every site we saw had plenty of shade throughout the day. It was perfect. Highly recommend.

@SilviaG8806536 · Camped on Jul 23, 2022 at Campsite #B1

Beautiful place second year going we have fun no body bothers us lake not to far not that many mosquitoes just perfect was 40 of us no complain we be there next year .

@JuleeB4428251 · Camped on Jul 17, 2022 at Campsite #16

Lodgepole is a over flow campground for Lake Alpine. It was a very nice, clean & had bear boxes. It is less than a 5 min drive to the lake. The camp host was friendly.

@AprilL7916355 · Camped on Jul 15, 2022 at Campsite #15

Unmaintained entrance road, porta potties, and only one water pump. Will likely never stay again and pick another campground up in the Lake Alpine area. Host was friendly and helpful.

@KevinO6807738 · Camped on Aug 15, 2021 at Campsite #3

Nice camp site. Great camp host.

@KevinO855 · Camped on Aug 15, 2021 at Campsite #3

Nice camp site. Great camp host.

@DidarM9758220 · Camped on Jul 30, 2021 at Campsite #16

Campsite was great. Very scenic and a nice location to go hiking. The lake is just a few minutes away driving from our campsite. The lake was also beautiful and quiet when we were there. Lots of fish in the water jumping around. Hubby did see a bear late at night near our campsite but apparently the bear walked away at the sight of my husband’s flashlight. We made sure to put all of our food in a vehicle since we didn’t have any bear proof containers. There is one water pump, dumpster and porta potties nearby. Temperature during day was a comfortable 79 degrees but at night it gets chilly about 48 degrees. Cell service is also very limited depending on who your provider is. Overall great experience and we would definitely come again.

@DidarM712 · Camped on Jul 30, 2021 at Campsite #16

@DennisL611 · Camped on Jul 21, 2021 at Campsite #17

We enjoyed our stay at the Lodgepole Campground. We used several sites. All of the sites were well kept and clean when we arrived. We enjoyed a lot of shade, empty fire pits, and good tables. The campground was quiet, sites were nicely spaced. The campground is a couple of miles from the lake so there was little traffic though the campground.

@DennisL7397034 · Camped on Jul 21, 2021 at Campsite #17

@AnnetteC868 · Camped on Jul 16, 2021 at Campsite #2

Enjoyed our stay at Lodgepole. Host Daniel is very friendly. Experienced a bear at our camp. Make sure you put food inside car. Experiencing a bear was exciting and scary. Camp host Daniel was available to assist anytime of day or night. Wonderful experience plan to stay two times a month until October.

@RonM996 · Camped on Jul 7, 2021 at Campsite #18

Nicely kept area; close to Lake and day use parking; like anywhere today, get your day use parking early though! A lot to do: hiking, biking, water sports with lots of shoreline areas; easy boat ramp. Do not forget anything as store prices are HIGH! !!!!

@SonjaM344 · Camped on Jun 25, 2021 at Campsite #14

We had a wonderful time camping here! The campground was beautiful and private. The camp host Dan was awesome! The lake as well as the lodge was just a short 2 minute drive from the campground. The lodge has a restaurant, bar and a store. You can also rent paddle boards, canoes, kayaks, peddle boats and motor boats at the lodge to take on the lake.. Overall our family had a wonderful experience and we will definitely be camping here again in the near future!

@SilviaG540 · Camped on Jun 20, 2021 at Campsite #A1

Beautiful calm water in the lake crystal clear amazing ready to go back. Host on logepole group campground really nice.

@NoreenM535 · Camped on Sep 1, 2020 at Campsite #18

A desolate campground with one water pump and no bear boxes; you must keep everything in the car. Closest town (bear valley) closes at 5p. Nothing else in sight. The groundskeeper was nowhere to be seen. I had made reservations from 9/1 to 9/4. But left after the second day, 9/3. I tried to cancel my reservation but due to no service. I had no chance of getting my money back. I went to Silver Creek Campgrounds, closer to Markleeville and they had no water, but did have bear boxes.

@nelidap785 · Camped on Jul 27, 2020 at Campsite #17

Great experience. Blessed to find 2 adjacent sites for 2 consecutive nights on short notice through this site. Especially during these tough COVID-19 times. Vault toilets, water from a pump well, on-site camp host, and plenty of quiet blissful nature. Couldn't ask for more.

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