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Lake Campground offers an excellent escape from the city, just a short drive northeast of the Los Angeles metro area. It's set on the shores of Jackson Lake, providing a scenic, peaceful setting for fishing, swimming and canoeing in Angeles National Forest.
Visitors enjoy exploring the Angeles Crest Scenic Byway, which offers incredible views of oak thickets, high desert landscapes, chaparral and pine forests.
Campsites can accommodate eight campers and two vehicles. Food storage lockers, grills, picnic tables, vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Firewood can be purchased at nearby Mountain Oak Campground.
From Wrightwood, turn left on CA-2 W/Angeles Crest Highway and drive for 3.6 miles. Then turn right onto Big Pines Highway and drive 2.7 miles. Look for signs into the campground.
Really quite a great campground. There are only about 5 sites, so it's very cozy. Each site has a moderate amount of privacy, though you can still see other sites from your own.
Please throw away your trash before you go to bed! We had an animal visitor that went through some trash and then started shaking my truck looking for more! I thought it was hilarious (and a bit terrifying), but I could easily see it being super terrifying if I were tent camping on the ground!
This location on map is where Big Pines Visitor Center is located. Lake Campground is a little ways down (west) on Big Pines Hwy just before Jackson Lake. Great little campground. Yes right off the road, but at night its quiet and near Jackson Lake for a nice stroll after dinner.
Had a great time fishing and relaxing we caught a couple blue gill throw backs and a snapping turtle (pictured), seem to be a lot of Koi(?) Took the family and the dogs, great place to hike around and relax.
Small little campground with only 8 sites. Most of the sites are well shaded. Sites 3-6 seem to be the most level. The bathrooms are pit toilets. The campground is right on the side of the highway. So road noise can be an issue. It was relatively quiet while we were there.
I visited this area on March 14th 2021. I'm not guilty, to see that this is a Beautiful place to come relax and to chill. Great place for meditation and for Scenic observation. Very Serene, calm and peaceful. Definitely worth the 35 minutes it takes to get here from Palmdale. It does snow in the winter time but in the summer time is the perfect time to relax from the heat of the desert floor. There is also fishing at the California Aqueduct. Most common fish found here is catfish.
