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South Eden offers 20 individual sites that now have power and water hook-ups. There are 2 group sites in South Eden that can accommodate up to 30 people and 6 vehicles. This site is on Reserve America.
Brilliantly blue waters combined with sandy beaches are what call park visitors to play, fish, boat, and camp here at Bear Lake State Park. Minerals (calcium carbonate) suspended in the lake’s waters are what help create its spectacular aqua-blue color.
Located in the beautiful Bear Lake Valley in Rich County, there are three distinct recreation areas: Marina, Rendezvous Beach, and the Eastside, which offer a variety of recreational opportunities. Whether you plan on spending a day, weekend, or more, Bear Lake offers some of the best picnicking, camping, boating, fishing, or hiking that you will find in the great state of Utah.
South Eden: 5829 North Cisco Road, Laketown, Utah 84038 - GPS Coordinates: 41.9304 111.2830 Located on Cisco Road approx. 8 miles north of the UT State Road 30 / Cisco Road Junction.
The location is beautiful and well maintained. The camp host works hard to make it an enjoyable place for everyone and yes that might mean having to enforce quiet hours but she also understands that there are big families coming over and can suggest which group site is away from other people. I appreciated how hard the hosts worked so that we could have a good time. This is one of the campsites where you can find shade trees and it seems more private. This side is the lake is calm on the morning and late afternoon but a bit choppy in the middle of the day.
The sites here are nice and large, the camp host is friendly, the campground is clean, and you have a great view of the lake. However, it is quite a ways from Garden City, so don't stay here if you're planning to spend a lot of time there over multiple days. The beach is nothing but rocks, so you'll have to go elsewhere if you're planning a day at the beach.
Avoid this campground summer 2018
The State Park website mentioned road work on Cisco Road but . . . The last four miles to the campground (from Laketown) is extremely rough and dusty. Then once in the campground you are only about 50 yards from the road that is undergoing major construction. It's like camping in the middle of a major construction project.
Aside from the road construction (and the heavy smoke throughout the area) it's not a very nice campground. The lower section (lakefront) are the best sites. The sites are very large (48 feet wide) but the front 30 feet are in a dip about 2 feet lower than the back section. The site is a mix of gravel, grass and weeds and there's a water outlet on every other site.
Good location for the camping with plenty of space on each campground site. But because of strict rules and angry hosts would not recommend it or go back there. The host will run after you for any little mistake not following rules. We are all human beings not a robots. We have not received any complaints from our neighbors , everyone was pleasant and followed the rules . But when we made mistake, we were treated like criminals. It would be nice to be treated with respect. This location is good for kids and family gathering. Almost every campground had a dog and it pet friendly place. We camp quite often and this is based on the experience and treatment of hosts of other campgrounds.
Not much shade. The beach is rocky so you should wear shoes in the water. There is some lawn but it's crusty patchy (in July). Non-flushing toilets but they do have power and were clean. There is water and power at each site (50A and regular AC). They also have fire pits with a hinged grill and a metal picnic table. Not too many mosquitoes (probably because there were so few trees).
