This is a great place to go camping. The beach and lake are nicely set up with a lot of sandy beach along the shore, but a grassy area in the back area. There is convenient access to a hiking trail (I posted a picture of the map showing the trails) from the campsite. The Cathedral of the Pines is also just a short car drive from the campsite. If you want a quiet sanctuary style walk, this is the place to go and the tree's are absolutely amazing. Nearby Townsend provides access to a few items should something be forgotten at home, but overall this campground is smack dab in the middle of the forest with just the sounds of nature and fellow campers at night. I've posted some additional pictures of one campsite that we use regularly. I'll add some more pictures of other sites next time we are up there. Signal is spotty at best for just about every network, but a better signal can be had near the lake. So if you want to connect with the outside world while camping, go somewhere else. If you want to disconnect and really get away from it all then this is a great place to be.

Update: July of 2019 saw a large number of trees uprooted and down throughout the campground which forced this campground to temporarily close. This is due to one storm that spawned straight line winds and several tornadoes. Boot Lake campground is closed for all of 2019. 2020 is still up in the air. Speaking with some rangers in the area, their hope is to have this campground cleared and open no later than mid 2020. So if you want to book in January online, it is likely that you will not be able to. I walked through the area in August and there is a LOT to clean up. So mid 2020 actually sounds reasonable. However, the beach and boat landing are still open and accessible, only the campground is closed.

This obviously has a low priority compared with all the cleanup required for the surrounding communities. Many residents are still in cleanup mode six weeks after the storm. We will see how 2020 plays out. There are other campgrounds available that were not affected by the storm.