This campground surprised me! The weather was perfectly hot if not sitting directly under the sunshine. The lake is perfectly cool, not too cold, just cool enough to enjoy the weather. Yes, we saw one tarantula, be aware. The park ranger made their rounds. All campers were mindful and respectful. Definitely recommend this campground. It is affordable. Bathrooms were clean but out of toilet paper. read more

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I like a campground that I can go to in the fall and winter seasons that's not too far from the Sacramento area. Acorn Campground at New Hogan Lake fits the bill, and it's only about a 90 minute drive away from Sacramento. Would I come in here in the sweltering months? Absolutely not. This campground is fully exposed and at a low elevation. Yes, there's the lake, but camping in 90°+ weather is not my idea of fun. When the temperatures are mild and the summer crowds are gone, however, this is a great option. The 132-site campground is large and spread out well. In the fall and winter months you'll likely not have neighbors anywhere near you and there probably won't be a camp host. It's incredibly quiet and the lake becomes fantastic for kayaking without worrying about under-the-influence party boaters. It's also especially great if you have a camper or RV, with many sites level and paved for easy parking. Each campsite comes with a picnic bench and fire pit, with many also having lantern poles. Very few have shade structures. Happy Camping! read more

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Never again, once the sun goes down, roaches EVERYWHERE!!! Also, Most campsites aren't flat.

......... ok I got to see a freaking wind scorpion and I have never gotten to see one before in person so my bug loving self was so happy. Right after? A gentleman of a wolf spider came to say hello and he actually was going in circles around us and literally followed us to the tent. It was so cool. But.... I should have done my research. I had ZERO idea this was military owned. Drunk people screaming all night etc. Obviously there will be wildlife. Absolutely cannot have a weapon.... Not to mention they close the gate at night (again, was not told) so you can get out but not back in. I'm chronically ill and need an emergency dr too often for this to be a thing for me personally. I also think not being able to have or use weapons as a form of anything plus closing the gate at night is... not at all safe. In any way. Here's the thing- I read reviews while there. Some things that freaked me out- besides the bugs i mentioned above being excited about(and a giant problem I'm about to mention in a second)? There were no bugs. There were deer. There were not even mosquitoes. 2 spiders the entire time? And birds would not even fly above. I was watching them go in a huge circle in the distance around the area but not... above us?? Like what literal vibrations of what do they feel that they're outright staying away? Now, here's the bug issue I was NOT stoked about. I was completely unaware that there could be a cockroach infestation OUTSIDE. The second the sun went down you couldn't not see them. They were everywhere. I shut my car door and at least 100 scrambled from under the car. Across my feet etc. I am HIGHLY allergic to cockroaches. I did not think that would be an issue being outside. Wrong. Airways closing, lungs burn, throat on fire. We left as soon as we could this morning. We had to leave before the gate opened before we even packed up because I couldn't breathe. None were in the tent we made absolute sure of that. But I had a full blown allergic reaction to sleeping outside because the cockroach infestation is THAT bad. Fire went out early and we literally hid in our tent where we couldn't sleep. Not because of the loud music. The loud people literally screaming. I read that we would see military as they're the rangers or whatever. I saw ONE worker and it was the kid at the front who didn't even look up at us when we went to check in. He just let us in. Anyone can just go in and camp there without a reservation if that guy is there because he didn't check and again, no one patrolling. Campsite is clean for sure I'll give them that and the bathrooms that were close to our site were actually really clean compared to other campsite bathrooms I've seen. The town? There's a little convenience store next to an antique store. If you're looking for squishies- the convenient store has a VARIETY and the man working was very nice. The antique store?! Other worldly. Go in there. The man who owns it is the sweetest and he has an eye for really good stuff. Other than that? Don't expect any niceness or eye contact if you're an outsider. The town is so cute that upon arrival I had actually thought it could potentially be a place to look into to move seeing as how I'm looking. But WOW yall, if you are ALL THAT depressed? Go seek help. I will 100% be back to go to that antique store. But that will be it. The whole thing was weird besides those two places. read more

Had an amazing time camping for 2 days here with my family! Only downside was that we were on a slant which made the tent lean and we slept sideways both nights :(. Other than that, the lake was great, camp site and bathrooms were clean and our camp neighbors were friendly. We would definitely camp here again, just not at sight 25 lol unless you like leaning read more

Acorn Campground - Beautiful sunset/ view of the lake and moon - Campgrounds Near Me - Valley Springs, California

Just an overall terrible experience. The from our site was nice but it was way too hot with little to no shade. Both nights, a group of drunk folks decided to blast their boat speakers with no security to stop them. read more

We loved our two night stay here. There was a lot of wild life, deer would walk right up to us. There's no security or noise control form what I saw but everyone was pretty respectful. Bathrooms were a bit dirty, but better than a porta potty! read more

Acorn Campground - Boat launch at sunset - Campgrounds Near Me - Valley Springs, California

We just got back from it. It was super hottttttt and too much heat for me!! I know it's summer but this campground doesn't have a lot of big trees so there's no shed for you. 6am starts to heat up and by 7:30am, it's super warm. My campsite spot number 131, it was such a great view and we have a direct walk way to the beach on the lake down from our spot. I really recommend this spot. Also a plus with the roof over the table which nobody has it but this spot. It helps us to get some shed while sitting and eating food. You need to have a plastic tarp to do awning for more shed! Believe me it would help so much The toilet and shower in our area was not that great. It was that clean and the shower room was flooded and the water was super hot on the hot day--no please We had 2 kids with us on this trip and they both said that don't come back here again because of the heat and no shed at all. However, they liked to play in the water even though the water wasn't that clear and clean because of the mud in the bottom and there's a bunch of rocks on the shores. You need a pair of water shoes! Hope this help even a bit. The best: the view from our spot and direct access to the beach down there. Also only 9 mins by car to a grocery outlet to grab some ice-cream and all things you need. The worst: the heat and no sheds due to not many big trees. The toilet was okay if you need it. The night was still hot the temp was not that differ from the day time. Not much wind! read more

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We were site 91, by the water. I read all of these reviews after I had reserved our spot and was honestly a little nervous before going. We did not experience what a lot of these reviews said. We went the weekend before Memorial Day! Pros: beautiful views. The parking space at our site was long. Ranger went around at 10pm warning the groups next to us of noise levels. The rangers and booth staff were extremely friendly. Running water and flushing toilets. It was a very simple campground for anyone looking to stay somewhere that they can fish or go boating during the day. Cons: dry with fox tails (we were concerned for our dogs). The groups around us were very large even though the campsite had a "maximum". Both groups next to us had at least 10 adults and a few kids. This could be a pro if you're one of those groups, but it's a con if you're needing to sleep or if you don't like groups putting their items close to you. The ranger warned them of noise levels but did not come back around after 10pm. One of the toilets looked like it had been clogged for a few days, both stalls had run out of toilet paper by our second day. Boats were out on the water all night and they were LOUD, hard to sleep through at times. If you go down to the water you need solid water shoes right now. The water is so low, making the shore very rocky and painful. We did not see an infestation of bees/wasps. We did not see any out of the ordinary bugs in the water. read more

Acorn Campground - View from our site. The water is low right now - Campgrounds Near Me - Valley Springs, California

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We had a great time camping here over the weekend. Ok so it was way too hot but this weekend was way to hot no matter where you are. The water is super low but felt amazing. It was nice to relax at dusk and watch the deer in the fields . Rangers patrol the park all day and night , we really like that . The place is clean . Bathrooms are clean with flush toilets . I could not get the coin shower to work. That kinda of sucked. Make sure to pack sun block and walking shoes to make it down to the water. read more

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Do not recommend this campground AT ALL. The land you setup on is NOT even at all. We slept practically sloped because of the uneven ground. We arrived on Saturday and the people around us were mostly families and pretty chill, however, since we were checking out on Monday, many many super weird people came in as the families left on Sunday. At 3:00am on Monday some guy tried breaking into our tent and was scared off because I yelled at him that I was awake. The rangers barely come by to check up, there isn't much shade, the lake is super murky and dirty. 0/10. We thought we would take a shot since we wanted to go camping and this was the only place with a spot open, thinking people with negative reviews were being babies, we were WRONG. PROS: - Only PRO is the bathrooms are clean enough to use the toilets, but the ground was filthy which I can get over. - water spigots CONS: No security / ranger presence Dirty lake Extremely uneven surfaces for almost all sites (you will be sleeping slanted) Very little shade Criminals (as explained, someone tried to break into my tent) Shady people (around even on Saturday) Amenities: Water spigots for fresh water (do not drink, only use for cooking and cleaning pots and pans) Bathrooms Showers (coin operated) Bbq and fire pits on each camp ground Tons of firewood shops very close to the campground read more

Acorn Campground - Lake by the campground - Campgrounds Near Me - Valley Springs, California

the customer service personel its extremly rude! lady gave is a really bad attitude .. and no information!! really disappointed!!!!!

Nice camp ground... we had a really nice time... you can't go wrong for the price. Shade trees everywhere. Bathroom are good bring your own TP... it runs out at times... and because of all the rain last year lakes super full. So watch out for under water trees not properly maked... tree damaged our boat while fishing!!! Only bummer read more

May be hard to give 5 stars just because we are very fortunate to have so many GREAT camping sites around and the bathrooms were dirty and stinky, especially in the Memorial Day weekend heat. We were thankful they did have showers, but make sure you bring flips flops or some sort of foot covering. Not as level as I'd like, but level enough at our spots. You could tell some others were not very level.  They seemed to trim back the grass to keep us confined in the sites.  If  they trimmed back a bit further they could open up much more of each campsite so if you did have multiple tents you could space them out more. The biggest draw was not being able to back my truck into the site since I do camp with a bed mounted tent which lead me to sleeping over the pavement.  Our spots were pretty secluded so that was not such a big deal, but for most of the other sites I can see it being an issue with all of the foot traffic as campers walked and enjoyed the area. The water was clean and refreshing, but very low.  Being low was not at all the fault of the Campsite though!  The Rangers were friendly.   We'd head back.  Might not be our first choice, but for sure on the list of sites if our favorites are booked. read more

This place is Okay not the best but okay!!! I think it's perfect if you're going with your family and wanna have a good family time but if you're going with friends and want to be loud this is not the right place other than that if you know how to choose your spot you're going to have a good time it gets really hot speciality in June and the good thing is that you can just jump in the water, you can kayak paddle board or whatever you want read more

Recomendable 100% there's a small town near the campsite. Like 10 minutes away and we didn't got to see mosquitoes or get bitten by them. read more

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Rated this place a 1. * dirty lake * lake has Leeches (be careful especially if you have kids, which really freaked my kids out, probably traumatized them from going to a lake ever again.) * water is very low and murky and slimy (yuck) * camp site isn't leveled out * no one at the check in area (which felt unsafe) * Rangers are rude and act so high and mighty. * campsites are really close to each other * bathroom have no toilet paper and dirty * quiet time at 10pm we didn't even hear the next door campsite singing happy birthday to their grandma but they went up to them and told them their first warning (we only found out when we went to bathroom and they asked us if we received a warning too) * got kicked out the first night and didn't tell us the reason why, they just decided to pack up and leave. * never coming here again, I always wondered why this campground had so much availablity lol. Listen to the bad reviews, wish I had. It was a waste of $40. Sticking to Don Pedro campsite. And no you can't check in early like I said them ranger danger are jerks and they're always driving around eye balling every colored ppl in the campsite. Glad we were out of there. read more

The worst place to go camping or swimming. Be aware the lake has leches my friends had so many all over their bodies.

Restrooms were VERY DIRTY. They are disgusting looks like they haven't been cleaned in a long time. Also you have to pay 25cents for 7minuets of showering. The lake is very low. You have to walk fairly far to get to water but over all the water was refreshing. The officers "check" at night but I highly doubt it. All night there was a family that was extremely loud and they did not respect people around them. There is nobody to check you into your campsite. They say check in is at 3 but honestly I arrived at 12 without any hassle. read more

We were at camp 10, right in front of the lake. No complaints about the view! My opinions about this Campground, I've CAPITALIZE the takeaways. +bathrooms were clean with toilet paper | BRING SOAP +showers were very close to our location. To take a shower you need to enter quarters. 1 quarter = 2.5 minutes. But the quarters comes back out and you can use the same quarter over and over!! Essentially its free to shower. | BRING A FEW QUARTERS AND A SHOWER CADDY WITH YOUR OWN TOILETRIES +there was also a communal water faucet to wash dishes that were right next to our campsite | BRING A DISH TUB & DISH DETERGENT +frogs by the lake that kept the kids occupied -lots of mosquitos and bugs | BRING BUG SPRAY & CANDLE -no shade, we were thankful to have brought 2 canopy's. 1 we set over a tarp to chill on and 1 over the picnic table | BRING CANOPY -the lake is extremely rocky and we got a hurt a few times. | BRING WATER SHOES ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS -only one picnic bench campsite | BRING AT LEAST 2 TABLES AND TABLE COVERS FOR EASY CLEAN UP(1 for the food and 1 next to the grill for prepping) -no trash can at each campsite. You have to take it out to the dumpster located near the bathrooms | BRING A POP UP TRASH CAN AND TRASH BAGS Overall, it's not a horrible campground and if you enjoy camping, you will enjoy Acorn. If you don't enjoy camping to begin with you will have every reason to talk shit. read more

I had a great time at this campground. Everything was clean and well kept. If it wasn't, it was fixed the next day. I will definitely be camping here again!! Also, Riley was such a big help when someone was in my site and needed to be directed somewhere else! read more

Acorn Campground - Site #38 - Campgrounds Near Me - Valley Springs, California

Had to switch campsite (52) since my tent wouldn't fit on the horrible incline of the camping site. Changed to site 57 and way better. No BBQ on this site, had to use the site next to us. Bathrooms were clean. Bring quarters for the shower; $1.25 for 12 minutes. The sinks SUCK! You have to press the button where the water comes out of the faucet and you get like 3 seconds of water. No cold water which would have been great if it wasn't 100 degrees out. No ledges to set personal items or even a bench to sit and change. The lake is so dried up that the walk to it was probably half a mile. Oh yeah the best part........ LEECHES!!!! Yep LEECHES, all over our feet and lower legs. They had to be scratched off since they were stuck on us. The campground doesn't sell firewood either. I will not be returning to this dust bowl. read more

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Below average campground. I was looking for something that was under 3 hours drive from the Bay Area, with a lake to swim and camping. I was thrilled when I found this place had open spots on Labor Day weekend, so booked two. Pros: True, you can swim in the lake, but that's where the plus ends. The water and even day use area is silt. We were hoping for at least gravel. So it was unpleasant to go into. Both Berryessa and Del Valley lakes are much nicer swimming experiences! Since that part is true giving it 2 stars. Also the campsite had partial shade - with thin leaf covering, providing some refuge from scorching sun. Cons: Too many RV's, and the crowd to match. If that's your thing - maybe the site is for you. I specifically booked "non-electric site", looking for tents only around us - for a quieter get-away. This was not it. The few times we attempted to swim - some boats with obnoxiously loud music would pull up nearby. The beer/drinks and music with muddy water reminded me of a cheap, ghetto version of spring break. In early 30s, I don't consider myself that old, and also still enjoy a good party. But a quiet getaway on the lake into nature does not seem to be the time to do it! The rest matched - campsite nearby partying with loud music and dogs barking way past midnight, and no ranger in site to enforce the quiet hours. The bathrooms would run out of toilet paper every day past noon. Sure it might happen once in a while. But every day? The caliber of people matched the low standards. I saw a grown woman wash her feet under the drinking water spigot. There was trash by the water - plastic cups, beer cans, old towels, etc. Won't go back here again. There are many campsites that are close range to either lakes or rivers to swim in - that are tent only. It seems that tent only sites attract respectable people, who actually appreciate nature. Comments to other reviewers: - Yes, not much privacy between campsites - since there are not much trees/bushes in between. But space for individual sites is adequate. - We did go into the lake (tried going into rocky parts rather than muddy parts) and luckily without seeing any leeches. - there were several wasp traps around the campsite. The wasps were slightly bothersome during breakfast. But at lunch, dinner and late evening did not bother us. read more

Acorn is located in a decently scenic land scape (especially if you reserve the sites overlooking the lake) but the conditions on the grounds itself ruined the experience for me and my friends. One big issue we had was wasps. We tried our best to seal off food containers and throw trash in bags immediately but none of those really help if your camp site is built under several wasp nests. Additionally throwing the trash bags into the dumpsters are a challenge in itself due to the ungodly amount of-- you guessed it!--wasps constantly hovering the area. The site we got was nice though since it was on flat ground. I noticed some sites were on an incline or just abnormally rocky so watch out for that. read more

We camped here Mid aAugust. It was hot, never go in August unless you like triple digit heat. We had a bucket fan/air mister. The campsites were nice and spacious. Each site had a post with a hook for a lantern, and a medium sized fire ring. The dirt is red. Quite a few rocks in the dirt which was to be expected if you've ever been camping, but the ground was soft enough for plenty of tent stakes. The lake water was very low which was also to be expected. We could fit 3 full size tents plus 2 shade tents, plus camping chairs and room to spare. We were close to the bathrooms. Now the bathrooms were not maintained well this trip. we've camped here 2 times prior to this trip and the bathrooms were well maintained (Maybe the regular cleaning crew were gone on vacation or something but this crew came once, early am and didn't wash down the floors if needed) I say this because some inconsiderate noisy drunken folks about 20-30 of them, couldn't hold their liquor and apparently couldn't find the toilet so they missed the toilet. This happened friday night early saturday morning. Rangers do a final trip around 10pm and you can have a concert at that point and no one would ever know- well that's what the drunkards did, 7:0with the generator, then from 10pm till about 3:30am with loud talking, telling their sexcapade stories (i couldn't tell if the person was a man or woman by the voice, but it was very deep and loud, like a woman's voice with a lot of bass) very loudly and you could hear clear across the campgrounds. Imagine turning in at about midnight and then have to hear that till 3am, trying to sleep while people use the N word regularly (they were not african american but felt they could say it bc someone on their campsite was african american and "allowed" them to say it. I saw the cleaning crew from our site Saturday morn and figured they would hose it down, but all they did was replaced the tissue (in a bathroom with poop on the floor that no one could use). It was there when we left Sunday.The showers are free but you do have to put a quarter in and it comes back out. There is one shower stall and 2 bathroom stalls. The shower is pretty big/long for parent and kids to do get in at same time or 2 adults, etc. However the women's shower water was very very hot and barely trickled out, then men's was a little cooler and had a better stream. They were cleaner than expected. Overall, the sites are nice, but if the rangers aren't coming by after 10pm or their is no one to call for noise complaints then I would say don't go if you care about getting some sleep at a decent hour. The park can't say they are charging for maintenance bc that didn't happen, and what are they paying the rangers to do other than check your campsite register. There are no noise complaints in the daytime. So basically if you can wait until the night time, you can do whatever. If this continues maybe people will stop going there. Maybe the park can designate an after 10pm noise controlled section read more

Not the campground if you're looking for a quiet summer weekend. But nice nonetheless. I stayed for a sweltering week in August and the Reservoir really hit the spot to swim in each day. During the week this place is really empty. More than once I had the entire Reservoir to myself and at most shred campground with 15 people come Monday night. I will say this though, if you are looking to stay on the weekend and see a site empty when all the rest are full, it's cause the site is adjacent around 50 yards to a dumpster. While having exceeding amounts of dumpsters seems responsible, it makes for nothing short of dangerous, disgusting, and aggressive levels of flies around your site. It's so bad in site 129 that more than once I had to just eat and cook in my car. Even then and same with my tent, they will dive bomb tent sides and car windows like I've never seen. I'm used to bugs being from UP of Michigan, but this aggressive is really quite disgusting. Keeps you in the water though which is ok for me. read more

I give this place 1 star. Only because the people that take care of this place are so nice and helpful and because of the flushing toilets and showers. But bring quarters for the showers. I did enjoy seeing deer crossing through often and the woodpeckers. But thats about the only good things i can say about this place sadly. I will not be bringing my family here again because its infested with wasps. Like bad you guys. Youre basically fighting them off like flies. Watch out with your cans because they get in your drink if you dont keep an eye on it the whole time and could get stung when u try to drink. Be careful. I went and got traps because it was so bad and it made a difference but not enough. There are hundreds. The only time youre not being attacked by the hundreds of them is very early in the morning and at night. Another reason is the lake has leeches. Yes, LEECHES. And its muddy so if u dont like stepping in squishy mud i wouldnt go in. Well u probably shouldnt after i mentioned the leeches. I also didnt like that the site has very few trees so u could be stuck sitting in the sun depending on which site u get. Feels like u went to a nearby park to barbeque, not really camping. Not very private. Oh and watch out for rattlesnakes. read more

So, Acorn was an experience. LOL. I'm laughing because right when we got on site, it felt like a bunch of people decided to go out to a "park", hangout, BBQ and sleep. It didn't feel like "real" camping. That's what my kids said :) I don't think we'll go here again. We were hoping for privacy, nature, hikes, a lake to swim in. The area where we were was very slanted and there were gopher holes every where! However, I do have to say some positive things. The ladies at the front gate was very welcoming and nice. Very helpful too! I was impressed that the toilets were fixed at a reasonable amount of time. We did have a good time despite not feeling like we were camping, feeling like we were just at a park LOL because we enjoyed each other's company, family and friends. read more