Diamond Lake RV Park - Crater Lake, Oregon (July 2018)

Our trip to Crater Lake was a spontaneous idea. We needed somewhere to camp for a few days before heading to California and Crater Lake National Park was a great place to visit. 

We made reservations for Rosie, our 25 foot Airstream trailer, in the large federal campground along Diamond Lake near Crater Lake. Similar to most federal campgrounds, this was a dry camping experience without any utilities. As we were getting closer to that campground, we noticed that warm temperatures were in the forecast. The other factor was the wildfires in Oregon and the growing possibility of smelling smoke during our stay. We saw the haze from the fires as we traveled and we realized that we needed a plan B. 

We found Plan B on our iPhone's AllStays app. There was a private campground with full hookups across the street from Diamond Lake. That meant we could run our air conditioner and air purifier. It also meant we would have to forfeit the camping fees already paid for the federal campground. 

The choice was easy. We opted for the private campground.

Sign at the campground

As we were checking in, a campground staff person came out and looked at our hitch. He used his radio to inform the person checking us in that we had a ProPride/Hensley type hitch and that we needed one of the more level sites. That turned out to be a very helpful observation as we heard some sites in this park had front-to-back slopes. 

I was surprised to hear someone say my name as I was working outside Rosie. A fellow member of the WBCCI Alabama Unit was also camping there. It was great to see our Airstream friends in Oregon.

Meeting a member of our Alabama WBCCI Unit near Crater Lake

Here are some specifics about this campground:

• Our site was paved mostly with dirt 
• Our site had 30 amp electrical service 
• Our site had a water connection 
• Our site had a sewer connection 
• The park did not offer a WiFi service, as far as we could tell 
• We did not see any service from AT&T over our site 
• We could not see any tv signals while using Rosie’s antenna 
• The park had good restrooms and showers that were clean and well maintained 

We think the reason people camp in this park is to visit Crater Lake National Park.

Crater Lake National Park

Crater Lake is a beautiful park and well worth visiting. Our decision to come inland from the Oregon Coast and to move ourselves to a campground with full hookups turned out to be very good.

At Crater Lake

At Crater Lake

Haze in the background from the Oregon and California fires

Crater Lake