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Harmony Ridge Resort

3.7 (59 reviews)
Open • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Aleigh B.

Came here this weekend because the resort was giving out a promotion for 3 days and 2 night stay. First impressions of the place was that it felt very safe and was very well maintained. They are family and dog friendly. The staff was very sweet! The resort has so much to it! They have recreation rooms with puzzles, tv, ping pong, pool etc. they have a swimming pool, kids playground and space for events. I was very impressed with how clean the bathrooms were. Free to use showers which was a plus. The water pressure in the shower wasn't great but for camping, it got the job done! The site itself was simple, no fire pits so we brought our own propane one! They all have water spouts and a bench. My ONLY complaint was the amount of yellow jacket bees that were around our site was insane. We asked a staff member for one of the lure traps and they went and provided one which was appreciated however it didn't resolve the problem which I read that this time of year is prone to these bees but it was a struggle when making food and eating. Once it got darker though, they buzzed off. We also went on the trail that is in the resort and that was so much fun! It came with a scavenger hunt to win a t shirt so my fiancé and I were determined! The hunt was harder than it may seem but it was definitely worth it!

Sink is in the bedroom
Bruce S.

Up at HRR for a few days with Corina. This trip we are staying in one of the big cabins. Full kitchen that we don't need as we are exploring the area restaurants. The fridge is nice though, but we brought our own ice chest. The cabin has a bedroom. It also sleeps 2 in bunks and 2 more on the futon. The kitchen is fully equipped with pots & pans and everything you need to cook your own meals. Full bath is nice. Wi-Fi is marginal at this cabin, but the signal was perfect at the RV spaces we used with our travel trailer in the past. We have been members for 6 or 7 years now and love this place

Nice cabin were staying in
Monica M.

This is my husband and I 2nd time here with our friend this place is so pretty and the cabins are amazing and the staff is always nice. I would highly recommend this place for any family trips or a romantic get away or just a reason to get away for the weekend with friends and family members.

We were driving on Hwy 20 and wanted to check it out for regular camping, but found out it was a member only campground resort. Normally, I'm not into memberships and have shied away from them for years. I never feel the value is really there. And the maintenance fees...don't get me started. However, we're avid campers and over the last few years have noticed that the price at nice places is $80 a night because they're charging per kid, per dog, and at least three different taxes. We liked the nice places though because you get a certain kind of folk (the respectful ones) and experience. In comes Harmony Ridge and their network with access to about 6 campground RESORTS in a comfortable driving distance. I could easily make up my investment in a few years. My husband and I have a retirement plan of being in an RV for at least half a year at a time, and quite frankly, that dream was getting obscured by the per night rate at places we'd feel our up to our style of camping. Now, we just paid for a huge expense of our retirement plan in our 40s, and can enjoy free camping for years to come. I feel like I just took a weight off my shoulders! We did something today for our enjoyment in the future. Lastly, if you like the mountains, Harmony Ridge is a great home base for a membership! Beautiful park, plenty of sites, and secluded. The resort feature is amazing. Never stayed at a place with so many amenities, so it's really a great value for the money. Those campgrounds where we were paying 80 a night were not resorts and didn't have great amenities (because there are no dues to maintain them after the public trashes them), but at some point, you cross from crude camper to glamper, and you're going to want the amenities. Harmony Ridge does not disappoint. We had a lovely experience from start to finish. Staff was nice and the fellow campers even better. I felt at home. I sort of was because I was surrounded by lots of fellow Reno folks. We shared drinks, we shared stories, and we shared laughs. I can surmise that the people who have given bad reviews here weren't the type you wanted to be your site neighbors anyway. People who actually use the membership don't complain. That's the bottom line. I'm looking forward to many years to come of staying in our trailer or renting out one of the cabins at a great rate.

Belle B.

Love it here! Took the trip with a few friends and had a peaceful time out in nature, not to mention the staff is great and friendly. Can't wait to be back

Glenda M.

My Husband and I joined in 2017. We love staying at Harmony Ridge. We love the atmosphere. Our kids enjoy their time here and there's lots of activities for them to enjoy. I feel confident letting them enjoy the Campground by themselves since every member is screened. We have enjoyed the RV sites and just recently our kids wanted to Tent camp and we had a wonder big site. We hope to enjoy the cabins soon. Staff is always friendly and helpful. I have never had a negative experience here. There's many perks with the membership like staying at other resorts for free. Overall the surrounding are is beautiful and we love exploring lakes trails and beautiful views of nature.

Another example that it's not just me!
Johanna W.

So after I posted my experience with harmony ridge my husband received a phone call from Billy the owner. He admitted they had "issues with their billing software" and told my husband that if I removed this review they would delete the fraudulent balance they were trying to hold me accountable for! Wow really! So you can steal other people's money! No way guys I'll take the hit, and be transparent just as you should be, nice post tho trying to make me look like a loser that doesn't pay my bills! Gotta love businesses that steal from people, then beg them not to say anything and when they refuse they try and put it back on the consumer! And once again after my attorney had this fraudulent bill removed from my credit they sold it to another creditor just to make me waste more time and money getting it removed. It's ridiculous and becoming harassment! If you put a bad review on yelp they will try and go after you buyer beware-

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Lake Carr Campground - Lake Carr at Sunset... captured on the trail just beyond the last campsite at the very end. Ugh! Heaven!

Lake Carr Campground

5.0(2 reviews)
3.1 mi

- $15 per site per night. $5 for additional vehicles. Cash or Check deposited in an enveloped and…read moredropped off in a bin at the entrance to the campground. - Sites include: Picnic table, Bear Box and Fire Ring. - Camp Fires: As of July 20, 2020. Fires are permitted only in the fire ring. Plenty of wood around to collect and burn. *** Camp Fires are not allowed if you are dispersed camping. *** - Bathrooms: 4 portable bathrooms next to spot 1 in the front and a vault bathroom with 2 stalls by spot 9 &10. When we arrived on Friday, they were cleaned and stocked with toilet paper. By Sunday, they were a stinky mess. The Carr lake campground was great. Spot vary in size. Some of the spots in the front had lake access. The spots in the back have a lake view. You can still access the lake from the spots in the back, but its a pretty steep decent. The spots in the middle do not have lake access but some are pretty private and have lots of shade. Spot 8 has the most privacy and a good amount of distance from the neighbors. Spot 8 is also by a creek. This drowned out the noise other campers made in the evening. Carr Lake was very pretty. However, the main event is Feely lake. Access to Feely lake is between Spot 8 and 9. It's a larger lake with stunning views. A lot of backpackers were heading to Island Lake which is about a mile from the Carr Lake Campground. Due to the Covid related closures around the state, more people than usual are heading to the outdoors. This meant that this usually secluded area was not packed with day hikers and backpackers. The parking lot was at capacity by mid day Friday and people had to park on the side of the road as far as a half a mile away. I recommend that you stake your claim as early as Thursday or very early Friday.

Lake Carr Campground is a true gem for those adventurous enough to brave the road up there…read more Quick Campsite Stats: Number of Sites: 11 Cost: $15 per day, honor system by envelope (cash or check only) Amenities: - Pit Toilets, but generously stocked with toilet paper. - Metal fire rings with a grill - Picnic table at each site Does not include: - Water (unless you purify the lake water, plenty of that around) - Trash cans (you must pack in what you pack out) Pets Allowed? Yes! Elevation: 6,663 ft Reservations Required?: No. All first come, first served as far as I could tell. Owned and operated by PG&E Getting There (the hard part): It's a good 30-40 minute drive north of Hwy 20 up Bowman Lake Road (Forest Road 18) to where it splits off to Forest Road 17. From there you will see a giant log with "CARR" spray painted in white with an arrow to the right (pretty awesome, I know). Now you're in for three miles of rocky dirt road... and I mean rough. A road full of rocks ranging from the size of grapefruits to dodge balls... so take is slow and steady. I will warn all sedans or low-clearance vehicles to be extremely careful. I saw many cars bottoming out (a mini cooper and prius among them). Towards the top of the road, you'll need to navigate around some big boulder-like rocks embedded in the road. Here is where most low-clearance vehicles gave up, pulled to the side and decided to walk the rest of the way. I have a two-wheel drive Honda CRV. I decided to give it a whirl and made it up to the parking lot by some miracle. Entry to the Campground: Surprisingly the parking lot was already packed at 4:30pm on a Friday! Who are all these people brave enough to make it up that road? I was impressed. I wasn't quite sure what to expect campsite wise considering it was 4th of July weekend and I was hoping to snag one of the first come, first served sites. I wasn't too optimistic, but I threw on my backpack and decided to take a look around. You want to head to the top of the trail (i.e. the road barricade). There you will see a wood bulletin board of sorts with the campsite rules and a place to leave your nightly fee ($15). You put your cash/check in an envelope and tear off the receipt at the bottom. Put the envelope in the slot on the green post and take the receipt to your campsite of choice. Clip it under your campsite number and voila! Note: The PG&E people are checking to make sure you've done this word to wise, but I have no idea if and how they would "cite" you if you didn't pay. It's kind of the honor system. Surveying the Campsites Right after you walk past the bulletin board there are a number of campsites up off to the right. Some of them were already taken by the time I got there, so I walked on down the road, but I heard from some other seasoned campers that one of the first campsites was one of the best out of the eleven. I continued down the road and saw some absolutely stunning ones! I was thrilled to see a few were empty and available. On 4th of July weekend!! I couldn't believe my luck! After I checked out all the real estate I decided on my beauty, campsite number 8... I think? Can't remember exactly. Also recommended is the very last campsite past the bathrooms (farthest from the parking lot). Totally spectacular lake view. I was jealous. Most of the campsites do not have lake access. You're behind some seriously thick brush with no paths to the lake, but I believe the campsites at the very beginning and the very end do have lake access. Something to keep in mind. Not a deal breaker at all though considering Feeley Lake is just a hop skip and jump up the road and even MORE beautiful! :) The bathrooms are clean, although to get there you have to cross part of a river... a stream really, but might be hard to do in the middle of the night unless you have one of the campsites nearest to the bathrooms. Think hopping from stone to stone or just wading through up to your ankles. The campsites grew fairly crowded as the day went on but I observed there were still two or three out of the eleven campsites that were unoccupied throughout the weekend (I was there Fri-Sun). The crowd level was just enough to feel safe and not too much so that you felt it was cramping your solitude time. If you do end up campsite-less for some unfortunate reason, disperse camping is allowed and I saw a ton of people do it along the Round Lake Trail and Crooked Lakes Trail. This is something I will do next time for sure, as the scenery gets even more spectacular the father down the trail you go, espectially up towards Penner Lake. I will definitely be back here as it is one of my new favorite spots in the Tahoe National Forest. I hope this is helpful! :)

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Lake Carr Campground - Feeley Lake right next to Carr... who needs lake access to Carr when you have this 100 yards away! Gorgeous!

Feeley Lake right next to Carr... who needs lake access to Carr when you have this 100 yards away! Gorgeous!

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Lake Carr Campground - Last campsite at the end of the road by the bathrooms. Sweet setup. They told me they were here at 11am Friday morning to grab this one.

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Last campsite at the end of the road by the bathrooms. Sweet setup. They told me they were here at 11am Friday morning to grab this one.

Giant Gap Campground - #27 - very close to #28 (could be rented together to make a group site)

Giant Gap Campground

4.1(41 reviews)
20.6 mi

Camped over the 4th of July weekend. Was perfect weather at nighttime but got a tad bit warm during…read morethe day. Great man-made lake that is around 4 miles to go all the way around, half of the path is paved so bike appropriate and good for jogging. When we went a portion of the trail was washed out and closed off but we were able to bypass it anyways with our dogs. Trail can start at the day use park then keeps going through the camp sites till you make the full circle. We regretted not bringing our swimsuits. We reserved campsite #5. All the campsites are all pretty secluded and spacious, but when we passed by #10 we were jealous in that it was the end of the culdesac and walkable to the lake and very secluded. Dog friendly. Vault toilets (no lights, bring headlamps). They have a potable water faucet. I thought the fire pits were well maintained. If you are bringing a RV/Trailer and coming from the South, make sure to take the Forest Hill route (slower route when it shows up on Google Maps). It is much better maintained and spacious. On our way up we went the quicker route and had no trouble as we just had one truck but the trailer in front of couldn't make a sharp turn and was stuck and actually damaged a portion of it, we were able to guide it through thankfully but go at your own risk.

Omg!! What have they DONE to Sugar Pine??!!! I have been going there for 30 years. It has ALWAYS…read morebeen my PEACEFUL place. They have CUT DOWN SOOOO MANY of the beautiful TREES!!! I understand the 'fire issue'; HOWEVER, they could have cut small trees and underbrush, NOT the old, majestic, shade making TREES!! IT IS A SIN!!! There are LITERALLY NO more SHADY camping spots!! I am HEARTBROKEN at the CARELESSNESS of what the forestry department has done!!!!!!! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!

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Giant Gap Campground - #16 - pull thru

#16 - pull thru

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Salmon Creek Campground - Sand Pond

Salmon Creek Campground

4.0(11 reviews)
30.6 mi

We stayed at Salmon Creek Campground in late August 2020. There were fires all over that had…read morefinally been contained enough for us to feel comfortable going. We live in Sacramento and had been dealing with all the ash and smoke for weeks. Coming up to the campground was so nice, as the air was clear and mostly crisp. It was a much needed break. We stayed at campsites #27 & #29. According to the reservation site (recreation.gov), both of these sites are on the creek side, rather than the highway side. But when we arrived, we found they were on the highway side (along with #26, so not all of them are listed improperly). It wasn't so bad, though, as the highway is a ways up above the site and it wasn't too busy. At night, I honestly didn't even notice the sound. #26 is really close to #27, but no one was there when we went, so it was fine. #29 is on the creek side and is actually downhill a bit. It's definitely the most secluded site on the entire campground. The restrooms are almost directly across from #26 and the door has slams literally every time someone uses it (unless they hold it to stop it from slamming, but why would anyone do that?), so it was a bit of a nuisance at night or in the early morning. The campground was clean overall. We saw the Forest Service truck come through a couple times each day just to check up on things. There was no camp host when we went. We had no issues with bears or anything rummaging through our site at night (though we did put everything in the bear box). There also wasn't much of an issue with noise, but that really just depends on how considerate the neighbors are that happen to be there when you are. And since there is no camp host on site, there would be nothing done about noise anyway. We hopped in our cars to drive just a few feet up the highway to access the Sand Pond & Lower Sardine Lake. They were nice, but the issue here is that while Salmon Creek Campground allows dogs, neither of these allow them. And since we didn't have anywhere we could keep our dogs, our visit to these spots was very brief. If you want to bring your dogs with you, you have to head up to Upper Sardine Lake. This is an OHV trail, so you need 4WD to drive up there. Your other option is hiking it, but it is a bit of a hike uphill...not a simple walk. With that said, my 7 year old made the hike both ways without issue, but it is rocky, so be careful. My hubby has a truck that could handle it, so we took that, but it was terrifying for me, as the width of the trail is only a few feet wider than the width of the truck and you're literally on the edge of this mountain cliff with no guard or anything. And if another vehicle comes, one of you have to back up till there's a wide enough space for passing. It was very nerve-wracking. So while we loved the campground, we have opted not to return mainly because we enjoy bringing our dogs with us camping & it just wasn't an ideal situation.

I had reservations for site #33 at Salmon creek campground, 9/14/26-9/19-26. I've been there…read moreseveral times and this site was so perfect! Lots of tent site options, pristine, quiet and pretty private. When I arrived this time the site was pretty much destroyed by the Forest Service!! Gone was the pristine area I so looked forward to... They had torn up almost every place there was for a tent site as they had been using the site for access to store log decks and had large slash piles, debris and rocks and uneven ground EVERYWHERE!! I had only 1 option for my tent -next to the slash piles. I left early as I was so disappointed. IMO this site is dangerous due to the uneven ground and rocks everywhere. Very easy to twist an ankle and trip and fall. The original camp table is literally held up by cordage and rocks, the benches are split. They have a newer table but it is far away from the other table and at least 30 feet from the bear box. ( The old table is right next to the bear box.) No thought has been given to use by campers at this site- it is a complete mess! It will take many years for the site to recover if at all. No mention of any of this on the website...

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Salmon Creek Campground - Our campsite, late June

Our campsite, late June

Salmon Creek Campground - Another view of site 33.

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Another view of site 33.

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