Camp Edison

We hadn’t been to Camp Edison for over 10+ years, but had very fond memories of it. We just spent 3 nights there last weekend. Overall it’s still a beautiful campground on a great lake. The main difference now versus 10 years ago is that they seem to have relaxed the enforcement of their rules. I recall in the past they would have staff driving throughout the campground several times a day to make sure everyone was abiding by the rules. This time I saw no monitor. That meant that the 10pm quiet time was largely ignored by large/​loud groups, and campsites were overcrowded with cars parked everywhere. I prefer the law and order of previous visits. That said, I won’t rule out Camp Edison, but will also look for alternatives.

Such a beautiful place to go camping, and fishing, and hiking, and everything else. Worth the 4 hr drive. Took my wife and 2 dogs, very clean campgrounds, clean bathrooms/​showers. Showers are 2mins for .25, which is awesome. Boat rentals were nicely priced, and the sites were beautiful. A consistent 80° while we were there… definitely plan on going back again… posted photos
6÷6÷16−6÷8÷16

First time here and we were pleasantly surprised of the spacious area. Would have given it a 5 but think it’s wrong to have to pay for showers when you are a full hookup person. Friendly staff except for one grumpy lady at the check in.
Rented a boat and prices were good. Very peaceful, clean and nice accommodations.
If you haven’t been we would recommend.

Camp Edison is a perfect place if you live in the Central Valley good boating beautiful scenery and what seems to be well kept campgrounds. Just by chance this is the second weekend in a row that we were camping in the Sierras at Edison. My wife and I consider it a weekend getaway spot.
today I received a phone call from one of the staffers name Ladonna to talk to me about something about the camping spot and how it was left. I was still on property checking out our next campsite in a few weeks. I went back over to our camp site, and Ladonna accused me etching out my name on the picnic table and said «that is vandalism «. my wife and I are in our 50s. we didn’t even do that in our teens let alone now. I was absolutely offended. We went straight to the office and cancelled our next trip.
Camp host next to 237. You sure are grumpy… liers and I think two hours of pay per day is way too much and your resentments have mad you misrable.

Camp Edison, what a great place to camp! I came here for a class fieldtrip for a whole weekend. Camp Edison turned out to be a pretty good place for car camping and I was especially blown away with everything. The camp grounds is very well maintained and I love that the location is right next to Shaver lake. Things that made this place awesome were the clean bathrooms, water facits near your camp ground and the electrical ports. The bathrooms were very well maintained despite the ants and critters can came inside. The bathroom does not smell (thank goodness) and it is not digusting at all. I have pretty high standards and I thought this bathroom was totally fine. I was even comfortable enough to take a dump LOL okay tmi
anyways, the camp grounds also have water facits that can be used for drinking or cleaning dishware etc. I thought that was great just because you wouldnt have to go to a bathroom for water. But my FAVORITE part about the camp grounds was that the location had porter charging stations AND service. I know camping is a time to get with nature, but in this day and age, we all use our phones. The charging outlets are all located in a grey pole and I believe they are 2 outlets. There is also pretty good service up there so it’s doable for calling people etc.
Firewood may be a problem just because its a popular campground so what my class did was collect firewood elsewhere and to just bring it back to the camp site.
overall, this place was excellent and I would recommend this place to anyone!

It was like going to a place you could stay forever and WOW really not want to leave or forget. It was really so quiet and clean and so many deer and the birds OMG !!! You will not want to leave. The lake was huge. 4÷11÷16

Our first time to the lake. Pretty easy drive up and a nice little town just outside Camp Edison where we stopped for last minute supplies and firewood. We pulled up to the gate and an envelope was already posted with our name on it. Inside it had all the info. we needed: map, site number, rules, etc. I had made reservations on-​line and hand picked our spot. It was perfect! It was RV site 219. It backed up to a wooded area and then a meadow. There was a big natural rock pile on our left so we couldn’t even see our neighbors. The restrooms were a short walking distance. The site was clean, level and had power hook-​ups. Our 38′ moho fit no problem and there was a cool little spot behind us that the kids set up their tent. The lake and hiking trails were beautiful! The water level was low but didn’t make that big of a difference to us. We rented a boat one day and there was plenty of lake to fish and explore. The few staff that we encounter were very friendly and helpful. The overall experience was awesome and the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars was because we went early in the season (mid April) and the marina and general store were closed. Actually the store was open a few days but limited hours (which we missed so we had to drive back into town for more wood and supplies). Luckily, we had a car in the group to make the store runs for us. I already miss the place. We will definitely be back but maybe in the summer months.

I love Camp Edison !! This place is kept up very clean and has some great scenery. Great place to take the family and enjoy some good o’l camping. When you arrive you get a nice scent of pine. I love it.

Love this place. Camp sites are large and spacious. Fireworks for the 4^th of July. A large Lake which allows you to go out on your boat, kayak, and your other water toys. The fact that your in the Forrest makes you feel secluded from the world. It is also pet friendly. There really isn’t anything bad I can say about this place.

I can’t recommend this campground enough. We booked site 76 for a few days this summer. We were pleasantly greeted at the front gate and we were given all the information we needed to enjoy our spot. Our spot was well maintained. The campfire ring was cleaned, raked, and ready for us to enjoy. Our site was a little tricky to get into. We have a 36′ fifth wheel. This is nothing against the campground. It’s just for your information. We didn’t have a single problem with noise. Everyone was quiet by 10pm. We will be going back to Camp Edison soon. 3 nights wasn’t enough. One more thing… I was pleasantly surprised to find ZERO price gouging around Shaver Lake. I only gave this place 4 out of five stars because of it’s reservation system. There needs to be a phone number to call … or the websites reservation system needs to be less clunky. Otherwise… GREAT PLACE!

I was nervous about taking my family of four to Camp Edison and Shaver Lake prior to my arrival. I read the reviews and it sounded great, but none of my camping friends had ever heard if it. Plus the fact that we would be spending a week there in the hottest part of the year, mid-​August.
First, I was pleasantly surprised that the town of shaver lake was cute, quaint and had 6 or 7 eateries. Then the entrance to Camp Edison really impressed me, it looked and ran more like a national park than a private camp ground. Everyone was really nice and helpful and our camp site was lovely .we had a lake view and a large rock hill for climbing and star gazing. Our whole campground loop was clean and convenient.
As for the lake, it was beautiful, situated at around 4,000 ft altitude between the mountains and pines, the beaches were clean and the weather was never unbearable even in the 90’s because of the water and shade.
The whole week was amazing we swam, fished, boated, hiked, and even joined in some of the camp activities like yoga by the lake and the ice cream and cookie social.
One of the best family camping trips we’ve ever had! I cannot wait to go back next summer!!!

Spent five nights (⁸⁄₁₀ — ⁸⁄₁₅) at site 70 and my sister and her family were in site 67, right next to us. Let me just say that these sites are gigantic. There was really no need for each family to have their own site.
Site 70: larger of the two sites and on a corner. There are bushes and trees along the perimeter, but the campsite does not get much shade and it was hot! Can easily accommodate several families at this site, just recommend an EZ up. There is extra parking right next to the site along with dumpsters and water. Had electric hook-​ups.
Site 67: thin and a very long site with a lot of shade. Perfect for one family. Had electric hook-​ups as well.
Bathrooms were close-​by and were clean. One downfall was the showers were kind of icky, but not too big a deal since we were swimming every day in the lake. Also, the camp host was right next to us, but we didn’t once see him/​her.
Walk to the lake was about ten minutes to the water. Next time we will stay closer to the trail since we have toddlers and the walk was a little much for them at times. If you have small children, definitely bring a stroller.
The lake was awesome. Since we were there during the week, it felt at times like we were the only ones there. We brought our boat, kayaks, wake boards, paddle boards and rafts. We rock jumped, hiked and caught and ate fresh bass and trout from the lake. We saw a bald eagle, free range cows, and a doe.
This was our first time and we will definitely be back! There is a nice feel to this campground. Super mellow and the staff is really nice. We (even our dogs) loved our trip to Shaver Lake and are planning on making an annual visit.

Did NOT! Have a good time due to the fact that on a Saturday night we can’t even talk in our normal voices, we couldn’t laugh, we couldn’t do ANYTHING after 10! I can understand not having a huge raging party! But not even laugh with my family or play music down low and relax by the Bön fire! If I could not put any stars I wouldn’t have even put one!

We love this place, camping just doesn’t get much better than this. The folks here are super friendly & nice. Also, they thoroughly clean the bathrooms & showers every morning, which is a very cool perk that almost no other camp site offers, that I know of. Try to get a spot on the lake if you can, it’s so much nicer, but book very early. All the summer spots are usually booked by February. A+++++++

This is our first time camping here and we were impressed with the lush forested camp sites as well as the amenities provided in each campground. We always tent camp and actually appreciated the electrical hook ups so we don’t have to hear all the generators running from the RVs. The lake is beautiful and a lot of fun to chill in and hike around. The bathrooms are clean!

Very nice campsite. The bathroom and showers there were clean. We will definetly come back.
The camp host was very nice and kept things quiet at night. Bring long power cords and power strips to the campsite.

Went up here for the first time with a party of 6 people for 4^th of July weekend. The campground is HUGE!!! They have around 250 sites spaced out around the property. Our group stayed at site 11 and we were pleasantly surprised. We did not camp with an RV, our group drove up in separate cars and did tent camping for the weekend.
The fire-​pit and BBQ grill were clean when we arrived. After reading the description of the site online, I was worried about the site being too small for 3 tents, 6 people, 2 tiny dogs, and 3 cars. I was aware of the surcharges for extra people, pets, and an extra car. For most sites here, the base rate you pay for the reservation is for 4 people. After that there is a surcharge for each person, per night. Back to the site, we had room for everything we brought & setup ladder ball, beer pong table in the space where an RV would be parked. The electrical outlets at the site were useful for charging phones.
A walk down to the beach will take about 10 minutes and is all downhill. This made it easier to carry a cooler down to the beach area. The beach area at the southern tip of the map is located in a No Wake Zone so it makes it easy to relax by the water.
Considering we were there for a holiday weekend, I’d say the campground was relatively quite at night & early in the morning. The bathrooms and trash areas were clean. I’d definitely be interested in camping at this campground again and would recommend it.

NIce reprieve from the confines of the Central Valley. About 5400 feet up in the Sierra Nevada. This site is just off the 168 and by Shaver Lake. It’s an amazing place to escape! It has electricity, cable, and limited high-​speed WI-​FI internet access. There are day use picnic sites, modern bathrooms, showers, Laundromats, and in the summer a marina, stables, and a general store. Tons of trees and short walk to the beach of the lake (see photos). Reserve early here:

Just pulled out of the campground after an amazing 3 night stay. I am from British Columbia Canada but now live in San Diego and I have been missing «real camping». It took us nearly 10 hours to drive here in the RV with a 2 year old but was worth every second of it! Our campsite was right on the lake (lake was low so we had a small hill to go down to the beach) and the sites next to us were far enough away that it felt very private. We biked around looking at other sites and in our opinion this was the best site there was! We stayed Monday-​Thursday so we missed the weekend crowd and the campground was so peaceful. Staff was friendly. We rented a pontoon boat and a canoe and would highly recommend doing this. One night we didn’t fee like cooking the half thawed out salmon we had brought so my husband rode his bike to shaver lake pizza and picked up dinner. Short bike ride and good food. My only complaint about the campground was that it was very hard to get firewood. They don’t sell it on site unless you can manage to get a hold of the «emergency» stash. There is a guy that comes around to sell it but it’s easy to miss him. When we called for him to bring us some he would only come if we bought $ 20 worth, which we did not need. It worked out because it gave us a little adventure to scavenge around for wood in the forest and turned out to be fun! Recommend picking up some firewood in town before you arrive. Also it would be nice if they had a small store for those little items we forgot to pack but I hear they are in the process of making a new store. I would 100% recommend this place and we will be making this our new annual spot for summer camping! Thank you camp Edison for the lifelong memories that we made this week!
Also a special thank you to the camp hosts by spot 124… they were so friendly, especially to our son who they took time out to interact with!

We stayed two nights in early May when only Dogwood and Lupine loops were open. Like other reviewers, I found the sites close together, or rather site boundaries aren’t so obvious and sites seem to bleed together. We stayed in site 216 and it was so-​so; not much level ground and certainly not enough for three large tents as the description promises. Some of the sites along the outside of the loop seem more appealing with 230 perhaps the best, although again it bleeds into 231, which could be bad depending on your neighbors. For what it’s worth, site 222 looked like one of the worst campsites I’ve ever seen being as it’s wedged between 224 and the bathroom.
We stayed Saturday and Sunday night. Saturday the place was packed, noisy and somewhat unappealing (in a KOA type of way), but Sunday night was a different story. The place was peaceful and quite enjoyable. All in all Camp Edison is okay for a sprawling campground on the edge of a nice lake, but it is not a wilderness experience, especially on weekends.