Review: Handsome Lake Campground

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Kimberly Kroenke

1 year ago
4/5

We went in October for an evening and a day and only saw one person the whole time and from a distance at that. The campsite was nice. The hike there was a little over two miles and had a couple of long continuous uphills, which (embarassingly) had us questioning our physical fitness. We hiked to the campsite in a little over an hour and even saw a black bear and a toad along the way. Our campsite had a view of the lake and we discovered later that we were pretty close to a giant hornets nest in a tree (we had killed three during our fire at night because they kept buzzing around us). The tent sites were nice and level and cleared. The bathroom was a pit toilet and didn't smell too bad (but bring your own toilet paper, like we did). However, the bathroom door couldn't close to lock it. It didn't matter, though, because no one else was there and there was another one a short walk away nearer to other campsites. We hiked an 8.7 mile loop back to our site and packed up and hiked back out because of forecasted bad weather. The views during the hike were mostly just trees and we didn't have a clear view of the lake for really any of our hike (even at the "scenic viewpoints"). The lake was super low where you could see it, and the drop-off to it was super steep. So it was too difficult to get to for water (and in October, the water pumps had already been capped off for the season). If we really needed water, though, there were a couple of shallow streams on our hike that we could have managed with a water filter/pump. At this point in the year, not many people were on the water in boats, and we only heard one boat our entire time there. Overall, we really enjoyed our short stay there. We stayed about 24 hours in total, stayed one night, and two liters of water each was just enough for the two of us over that short time.

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