Trinity Lake KOA

The Trinity KOA is our favorite vacation spot. Even with the lake being low, there is so much to do here — hundreds of hiking trails, mountain biking, walking and fishing. The campground is incredibly clean and well kept. The amenities are first class, the camp store is well stocked and the staff are incredibly friendly, knowledgeable and helpful.
Stayed during September 2015 with Spouse

Clean restrooms, large camp sites, beautiful and serene atmosphere. You’re in the forest and it is lovely. Yes, there is no lake, but we are also experiencing a drought right now. The drive to the camp grounds was rather frightening (we drove the CA-​17 through the Shasta-​Trinity National forest) and I would not recommend doing that drive at night. This, of course, has nothing to do with the campground itself. I really enjoyed the beauty of the campground, the large fire pit, and the peace and quiet we experienced there. I would definitely consider going back.

super annoyed with this whole experience. You can see my review of mariposa koa as well. also shitty.
showed up at 630, no one to check us in. instructions to come up tomorrow to take care of it.
the pool hours at all koa. «till dusk». I had been at mariposa koa the previous day and «dusk» to them was 815. wanted nothing more than to hit the pool and cool off on arrival. the sun was still very strong in the sky, it was still hot. walked over about 710. it was closed. what the f — . quick google search told me that «dusk» for my area was 9:18 that day. cool, so one of the 2 or 3 amenities i paid 50 a night for, I dont actually get to use.
all of the facilities were dirty as can be. spiders, spider webs. at this point i am just furious.
woke up next day. is it my job to go check in on my watch when no one wanted to stick around to the crazy hour of 630 yesterday? of course not. breakfast, then me and the lady walk to the lake.
«where the fuck is the lake???»
its gone, this koa sits about 500 yards from an old puddle, there are pretty things like broken glass, and old tires. you can see where the lake once was. but dont make the silly mistake of thinking you will be camping on a lake.
well then i guess ill start drinking, it is 1 pm now after all. wait, this sucks too, i am basically sitting in a huge gravel parking lot with a bunch of other people doing the same. oh and the pool is back open. there are about 4000 children, none are getting out ever, so you can count on a fair amount of piss in there. be super nice if there was a lake.
we went on a tour of the area. found a campground (state) down the road (there was one every mile or two) for SIX dollars, thats right. SIX dollars. of course there is no one to check you in. :) ill survive. and there is no pool. ill survive that too. oh, and the state campground has kinda dirty bathrooms with some spider webs… wait, this is equally as crappy as the koa, only more trees, and it is 44 dollars cheaper per day.
still no lake. it would be nice if the koa website made ANY mention at all that you probably wont be fishing or swimming, or anywhere near an actual lake for that matter. How should i have known? I have never been there before, and its called «trinity lake koa»
Whiskey town lake was stunning. also had state campgrounds around it, and was far easier to get to. check it out if you are looking in this area.
PEACE.

First off, I love KOA’s. There’s no other way to camp in my opinion. We stayed here over the weekend of 4^th of July and it was our second year going with our family. We stayed in camp site #121 and the rest of our family stayed in the camp sites next to us. If you’re looking for a quiet campground, this is not for you, unless you stay in a cabin. I had an 18 month old and it was extremely noisy, especially in that site due to dirt bikes, quads, cars, trucks, etc going in and out of the gate that leads you from the campgrounds to the lake. It was so hard to get him to sleep for naps and stay asleep. For this fact, we will rent one of their cabins next time. When we came here the lake was so low that it was impossible for us to walk from the campground out to the lake like we did last year. We needed to drive out there and even the drive took us a good 15 minutes to get to the edge of the water. Thank goodness we drove our truck for this reason. There were two things that made me cringe while I stayed here. The first being that their playground was very dirty and black with hand prints. It could use a good scrubbing. The second being that from Thursday night to Saturday afternoon the women’s bathroom hadn’t been cleaned. I know this because every time I went in there I saw the same exact trash on the floor. There was also bugs on the sink, etc. I appreciated having a real bathroom and shower when camping, but I couldn’t get past the fact that it made me feel dirty even after I took a shower. For the other kids in our family around 6 — 8 years old they had an awesome time at all of the the programs they offered. They had a pool party, milkshake party, dance party, etc. We will be back next year, but will prepare a little better.

Amenities are great but that’s what you get with a KOA. If you want less people and more «roughing it», this isn’t for you. That old guy is extremely diligent about keeping his pool clean.

This is a great family destination! This is our second time here and we plan on returning every year. The young people who run the kids activities are awesome! Great role models! My kids went on the Bigfoot hunt two years ago and that is all they have talked about every camping trip. The pool is awesome! The snack bar has great food. They even have the Lyons club Bingo twice a week for the parents! Definitely a family destination! Even though the lake is so low, there is plenty to do without ever leaving the campground! Clean surroundings and nice families camping around us!

We just returned from a stay at Trinity Lakes KOA and loved it. OK, the lake’s waterline is quite low due to the drought (perhaps a mile from the facility), but the management was worked to be resourceful and help guests. The swimming pool was one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen, surrounded by big trees. The counselors ran kids’ activities with the patience of saints, and the restaurant on site provided my kids with lots of milk shakes and fries. We enjoyed the usual KOA activities (movies, flashlight candy hunt, backyard baseball), and thought the prices we paid were reasonable.
Locals directed us to a nearby pond where my husband landed 13 trout in only about 4 hours of fishing (and that’s with kids!). I found a hiking trail about 25 minutes up the road which was absolutely lovely.
Sure, the location is remote and grocery stores far away, but we loved our stay and will go back again.

We were the only tent trailer in a huge koa of trailers and toy haulers and boats and four wheel drives. Boating culture but most people were friendly and approachable. Seems like half the people are squatters and some of the tenters back in the woods felt they truly owned the sites they were supposedly renting. They were very territorial and stared at us suspiciously as we drove through checking out the tent sites. Staff friendly but poorly trained and advised. We rented a boat for half day which turned out to be just three hours of actual boating as the tutorial was long and we were forced to fuel up in the middle of our rental time and pay for the gas! So what was the price of the rental for? Luckily I brought my wallet on the boat because our koa Employee who put us on the boat didnt tell us we had to pay for the gas nor did the front desk staff when we registered the day before! Front desk also failed to tell us about the roadside trash pick up when we checked in. We found out three days in when I realized no one else was putting food trash into the bins outside the bathrooms and decided to ask. Sites are crammed together and too many people per site. We had premium site #11 and it’s the only site a tent trailer would possibly make sense in and not get swallowed by all the campers, boats, atvs, and monster trucks. Lake was low but beautiful and forrest made it palatable.

HUGE tent ghetto right off Trinity Lake — great place for beer drinking, boat hauling families with dogs. Probably not so much for people without kids, dogs or a desire to actually be out in nature.
This is more of a recreational lake «place to sleep’ — lots of RVs, car camping and pretty much a small town in itself. The little store is mediocre to adequate with sluggish cash registers that seem to require access to the internet via a strangled connection to get prices, even for a silly little thing like a sticker. Bathroom was pretty tidy…
All in all — I am glad such places exist, if only to keep people who just want to get away from their own backyards out to a less urban setting and to keep them out of actual nature where the rest of us want to camp without the sound of slamming car doors, car alarms or other people’s music.

This campground is in an isolated little town off Highway 3, 35 miles from the nearest grocery or gas station. It is advertised as being near Trinity Lake, but due to drought, this is less than true. The waterline is a good mile from the tree line, with no discernible trails thereto.
For some reason, this campground seems to attract every «toothless Tillie» in the state with mean dogs and loud music. It is not a pristine mountain getaway by any stretch of the imagination. The campsite next to us had their two Doberman Pinschers (unaltered, how lovely) on twenty foot cable that allowed them to attack all passing campers and their unsuspecting pets.
The pool was cleaned the day after we arrived, and was refreshing as a substitute for the lake we hoped to swim in instead. A blown main meant cold showers rationed off for two hours in the evening and limited water at hook-​up sites.
The sites: TINY! Even our truck and camper had difficulty wedging into the allotted space between the trees! And there is no real demarkation on where sites end and begin.
All in all, we have had worse by way of camping experiences. But this place is useful for little else than a place to crash in between better destinations, and even then, there are more efficiently-​located options with more amenities. Pass!

This is not one of the posh KOAs all decked out with every kid friendly program and amenity. This is a rustic HUGE sprawling KOA where you get a good amount of elbow room. It’s not fancy like the Santa Cruz or Petaluma KOA with all the modern amenities like wi-​fi (on and off here) and trains but you’re in a beautiful forest so your best amentity is mother nature.

I stayed here for two nights with my family. The campground is quite large, and there are even people there who seem to have made it their home for a few months. There are truly beautiful hikes around the campground, and the amenities are good. The cons are that this place feels a little run down, compared to some other sites, and that you cannot rent the boats by the hour. My family didn’t want to rent the boat for too long, but we were given no other options, so we felt that the cost was too high for what we wanted to do, and ended up not boating at all (boating was the whole point of staying there!). They should advertize the rates on their website, so that people know what to expect. Still, it is a nice site, located in a thick and beautiful forest, and we enjoyed our stay here, mostly thanks to the beautiful hiking trails.