Fashoda

The campground and location are great. The hosts were great. I am not sure why people are loud past 10pm though. I would like to have rules reinforced.

We have been coming to Fashoda campground annually for the last 25 years. And I want to say that this was the best. Our host was so sweet, she kept our restrooms clean and stack. Thank you for making our stay wonderful.

Fashoda is a beautiful campground on the reservoir. It's a close drive to the Bossi Falls hike.

We had a great time beer going NG there for years always stay in 21. Camp hosts are always willing to help keep bathrooms clean and campsites cleans and safe. Wish I could get that one every year.

Fashoda is a super fun campground right on the lake. We paddle boarded every day and had a great time. It’s not the quietest campground, but it is a great place to camp.

Love the beach and trees! Our favorite campground! Friendly on site staff. Clean bathrooms. The showers take quarters only. They sell firewood on site.

Great stay awesome location but would have like the camp host to regulate quiet hour, had a party next to us being extremely loud till 3:00 a.m. not cool. Also did not regulate parking at all.

It is a wonderful campsite. Although very crowded for the Memorial Day weekend, it was relatively peaceful and the other guests very considerate.

Great Campground!

Kelly and Justin get 5 stars. Both were really nice and helpful. The rude campers next to me with their party lights get a zero. Like like being next to a live concert event. Fashoda is beautiful.

Camp bathroom were clean. Good camp hosts.

Great beach! Pleasant facilities, tons of shade and both grill and fire pit are well kept. showers having hours is a bit weird but we managed. Restrooms are vault toilets so be prepared. Bears are no joke, secure your goods.

Clean campsite, attentive camp host.

The camp ground was beautiful. The camp host, Kelly, was very friendly and helpful. The bathrooms were the cleanest and freshest smelling camp bathrooms that I've ever used! I'd definitely look forward to coming back. Mark

Amazing campsite with awesome views. Camp host Kelly was fantastic!

I’ve been to many campsites and don’t plan on going back to this one. The culture was off. People were making all sorts of noise till 4am. There was no noise curfew. People were playing loud music during the night. There was no peace.

Kelly the camp host was awesome!!

The camp host (Kelly I believe) was incredibly friendly. We've been visiting Fashoda 1-2 times per year for the past 5 years and I've never seen the bathrooms so fresh and clean. Loved it!

Been coming here for several years now. It’s a great place for families. I just wish the adults would pick up their trash and teach their kids how to respect wildlife and nature. As a parent, I saw many adults leaving trash everywhere, feeding wildlife, and disrespecting the space. People were also blocking the road and not parking in the turnouts correctly. Others went the wrong way when it’s a one way road. Kelly, our camp host, was really friendly and helpful.

The camp host and camp group was nice. It was the rude people in the next few camp sites. They played music until 11 pm. I enjoy camping but other people ruin the experience.

Kelly, the new camp host was very nice or helpful. The campground was beautiful and I have never seem any host clean the restrooms as often as she. Picnic areas along the trails were also extreme well maintained. Will definitely book again and hopefully see Kelly the next time I am there.

Our camp host Kelly was great and did such an amazing job. The site was well maintained. Great time there.

The location was easy. Plenty of parking. Right next to the beautiful lake. The trail head to Bassi Falls was about 20 mins a must see. We will be back.

The new camp host Kelly is the nicest and most welcoming host that we have experienced. We have been going to this campground for over 10 years now and always have a wonderful time. Kelly was always checking on all the campers making sure everything was ok and she kept the bathrooms clean. I hope she is there next year again!

We have stayed at Fashoda 3 years in a row . 10 is right next to the vault stinky bathrooms. Not a bad site short walk to the lake . Easy check in . Host is great & does checks frequently. Not the best at having people keep the noise down.. good fishing spots .

We really enjoyed Fashoda campground. The host was so helpful and the vault toilets were clean and well stocked. The only issue is I would advise people to either not choose site 5 or to be aware that campers in site 8 will cross directly through your campsite at all hours because the pathway from that site to the parking lot and additional bathroom around is far too long and people just don’t use it.

Always the best time here. Water was nice and full, be going here almost yearly for 16 yrs. 1st time we ever had a bear go through our stuff. Which cut our trip a day short.

Our family has been coming to Fashoda for last 20 years every year around July 4th. And unfortunately to say this year has been the worse. And it's all because of the ranger or the host there. She was always under the influence, always has an open beer can in her car. She was extremely unprofessional, very rude and very aggressive. She was dropping f words in front on our children, screaming and constantly threating to kick us out. Even though we had a really nice and quiet group. At one time she came in at 10pm and tried to force us to all go into our tents even though we had no music playing and we were not loud at all. Another thing there was never any toilet paper and toilets were very dirty.

Great location right next to restrooms , close walk to the water . On a slight slant.. we were able to fit 4 tents . Always a good time !

I give it only 3 stars because the camp host was not doing his job. All the bathrooms were out of toilet paper and were really dirty. Other than that everything was really good like always , we camp here every year and it’s always very nice place .

Wonderful experience! Stayed at campsite 13, lots of trees to set up guyline for our pup. Lots of space to set up and being so close to the water for afternoon dio was great! Wonderful hikes in the area that are dog friendly. Will return for sure! Especially mid week when things are quiet.

Campground clean. But generator out so showers were closed.

Best Family vacation spot! Love the lake, land, and the staff!!

It was ok except that the showers were not working so we had to drive to another site to shower. toilet remains unflushable. Site would be great with flushable toilet. Love that site is walking distance to Lake.

The lake was beautiful- too bad about the litter that was left at our campsite. The trash bins were over flowing- so I guess people decided to throw trash at the sites!

Dumpsters overflowing and bathroom clean out smelled up the entire campground for an entire day. But it was an amazing trip for my family.

Be sure to be ready for numerous jet skis and music playing in the campground till all hours! Most campsites have 20-30 people cramped into them for a drunken revelry!

The campground itself is beautiful, the lake is just gorgeous. Unfortunately, the grounds this year were in pretty bad shape. The restrooms were not cleaned and were missing toilet paper a lot of times. Our site was not cleaned properly, even though we checked in way later than 2pm. We have been coming to this campground for the last 15 years, this is the dirtiest we have seen it. We will be there next year no matter what.

Was ok, new host was learning how to take care of the sites. Overall good camp.

This is my second time in one month here! It's perfect!

The campground is very close to Sacramento, the water level is high and the scenery is great. The only complaint I have is the bathroom situation. They desperately need to clean out the vault toilets. The very first weekend they were open and the toilets were full to the top.

Only 3 of the 30 campsites were occupied coz we went just after Memorial day. Had a tranquil and relaxing time. Would definitely camp here again.

Campground was a lot cooler than the beach on a super hot weekend and nicely wooded. Love having beach access so close to our campground, and the water was perfect to swim in during such hot weather. But the toilets were horrible with hundreds of flies swarming around so we didn't use it much. Also the campsite had so many wasps that it was scary and stressful to eat and cook.

Fashoda may be the best campground I've stayed at! From the well shaded campground to the short 1 minute walk from campsite to Union lake with beach access, this place ticks many if not all the boxes. The vault tiolets and faucets are plentiful and well located. The pay showers are only a 2 minute walk. Cost is $3 for 3 minutes and  the machine will only accept quarters. The camp host are kind and very attentive and do a magnificent job of keeping the facility clean. They are also on top of noise issues, asking me if their were any noise issues from other campers at night and to let them know if there was. Two bonuses at Fashoda: 1. The beach access which offers great swimming and ability to launch our kayaks, canoe and paddle boards. The beach is located in a Cove so well protected from the wind and motor boats. 2. Cell reception is about 3 bars (on at&t and verizon), more than good enough to YouTube and work. My review covers two different stays. We camped at Fashoda June 20 and August 21. Both stays were for 3-4 nights. We stayed at campsites 9, 13 & 14. All sites were SPACIOUS but not very flat. Chances are your tent will be on a slope! Summary: This year was our first time staying at Fashoda. We chose Fashoda for its beach access for our boats and because our usual campground, Icehouse was still closed down for renovations from last year's fires. We also considered Sunset campground but decided against because it didn't have beach access.

Not a bad site we had but host was not good. We arrived at dusk got all set up had a fire ate dinner and went in our “roof top” tents and were woken up by the host at 1:30am by the host telling us we had to leave because we weren’t in ground tents. So we had to pack everything up and leave back to placerville. I booked this site months ago and it does not state anywhere that you can’t use rooftop tents. Very annoying.

Peaceful and nice camphosts

One of the worst camping experiences ever. We had to leave after the first night because the campgrounds nearby us all had at 5-6 tents on each campsite, and large groups of adults and kids. We asked the camp host what was going on and they said that the guests insisted they had eight adults at one campsite and eight children and that they were allowed to have as many children as they wanted as children don’t count towards the maximum guest count. I’ve never heard that you can have as many children as you want every other campgrounds is six maximum regardless of age. It was very unpleasant to be camping next to huge groups of people that were together and had no respect for the campground. The trash is overflowing and these large groups had food out all night which of course caused the bear to come by. These guests spent most of the night banging pots and pans and slamming the door to the dumpster to try to scare away the Bears that they welcomed with their left out food. They also shined flashlights all night and we’re up until 2 AM partying. It’s very uncomfortable to camp you feel like there’s no one that is managing it and can’t control guests and you don’t feel safe. We left and talked to the Ranger at the information station who told us that the Fashoda and sunset were not the best places to camp because of the type of clientele visiting from the nearby cities who are not used to camping and even at times have been known to fire shotguns to try to scare bears because they leave food out. I would never go there again, although the area is beautiful and there’s other campgrounds that are much better. If you have a good campground host that can control the guests, that would make it a better experience. It was disrespectful to the campground to the other visitors and of course to the wild life that’s been invited into this area with reckless guests that leave out food and no supervision by camp staff.

The location and sites were amazing. The lake is my favorite. Unfortunately, the facilities(restrooms) were not as clean as they have been in the past. The toilet paper was not restocked in time. Still had a great time as usual, definitly coming back next year.

Stayed at site 22 it was a little slope but a nice site. Bathrooms were good for PIT toilets. Use your bear box they do get bears! We didn’t have any this trip but I put my food away. In a past trip we had one come to our site.

The camp host Brittany was wonderful. Checked in once or twice and wasn’t overly involved and micromanaging. The lake had a lot of water this time around so we were able to jetski. It was however pretty cold, especially at night. Other than that, we love this campground and come here yearly. It’s beautiful, simple, had running water.