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From Hwy 299, 14 miles west of Burney, turn north onto Big Bend Road, drive 15.2 miles to Big Bend. Continue 2.1 miles, turn left onto Road 38 N11. Travel 3.3 miles to Iron Canyon Reservoir Spillway. Turn right, drive 1.1 miles, turn left onto dirt road for 0.3 miles.
Camped here over 4th of July weekend, we had a big group and had our tents close to the water, everyone was having a great time until 3 individuals decided to hit up our camp and go through our vehicles trying to steal stuff! They managed to get a brand new shade/tent out of my truck but luckily i spotted them and chased after them! Two of them were the ones checking cars while the 3rd person waited in the car on the road! Looked like they were just hitting up every camp around the lake! Will definitely not be coming back here!
This place was great! The roads both on the way to the campground and inside the campground are good. There are multiple vault bathrooms, as well as bear-proof trash bins and a water station. Apparently there’s supposed to be a $10/night fee, extra if you have pets or additional vehicles, but there weren’t any forms to register and no camp host on site.
This campground is pretty close to the reservoir. It was only like a 5 minute walk from our campsite to the water. We saw a few people driving their trucks out that way to fish or something. There is a concrete boat launch, but at the time we visited it ended way before the water level.
I would definitely come here again.
Beautiful beach area! The water was perfect, some grumpy campers but other than that it was a beautiful day and a wonderful time!
