Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area

Great place for tent campers on the water, or very close to water. There are a couple of sites with electricity that are near the water. We stayed in the cedar Bay loop of the campground. Also, a great place to see wildlife; deer, turkey, and eagle flying over and also on the beach area. We did not have a problem with raccoons, which was nice.😁

One of the most amazing and beautiful places I've ever been the stars out here at night are otherworldly the Milky Way rips across the sky and you are truly in God's country

We stayed at Cedar Bay campground, site #35. It is in the water and felt like a private beach most of the week. Great bathrooms, and electrical hook ups. Great star watching from the beach. We also went to the point on West side of dam during a 0% moon illumination night. Which I recommend day and night to see the lake.

Nice lake to camp at! Love that the RV electric sites are by the water, unlike a lot of places. Decent fishing. Great place to see the stars at night, as it's pretty dark out there, except for the campground host's overabundance of decorative lighting at their site... Wish they wouldn't have had so many outdoor lights at their site...

Stayed at Cedar Bay campground for 2 nights and the weather was great. We don’t fish so pretty much stayed in the campground. Restroom was very clean and so were the showers ($1.75 for 5 minutes; change machine takes $1 and $5 bills). The lake is down a lot since we were here in 2018 but there were still a lot of boats around. Camping spots (electric) vary from level to pretty difficult to park. Some spots are somewhat isolated but most seem to be kind of close to one another. For parking there seems to be no limit to the amount of vehicles in a spot (our neighbor has a 30-foot pontoon boat and a 40-foot 5th wheel) and parking on the grass is widespread. Only one dump station for all of the campsites (at park entrance) and water is at a spigot for the campground. Our only complaint is the prevalence of sand burrs, they are EVERYWHERE! Would it hurt to put down some pre emergent around the common areas?

There are many campsites to choose from here. We stayed at the Cedar Bay campground and had an amazing overlook of the lake with a sandy beach. The water had a ton of algae in it when we were there so we couldn't go swimming. There were two groups of extremely rude campers while we were there as well. There was a trailer full of drunk early 20s kids blasting music until 4:00AM. I woke up at 2AM to ask them to respect the quiet hours, but they were too wasted/oblivious to even understand it seems. If you're one of these people, please go camp and get wasted in your mom's backyard next time.

I'm only giving it a four star because the campground roads are sand. Makes it pretty slushy to drive through when it's rained. Otherwise, one of the prettiest camp spots we have found across the US. Very, very nice! Do not drive the Merritt Dam road with an RV. It's not gravel, but it's not been repaved for many, many years.

Beautiful area. Even if you’re not camping it’s worth it to pay for the day. Beaches look tropical and the water is cool.