Russell Pond Campground

First off. The actual tent spots are awesome. Very spacious and plenty of room between sites. It feels very private. Now to the bad. As of this writing, the majority of bathrooms are in complete disarray. A lot a bathrooms are completely shutdown or at 50%. Signs posted stating things are closed for renovations, but there are no signs of renovations… just things closed down. There is literally ONE shower available to the entire campground. I mean one! And it’s coin operated as well. I mean at a steep 30$ a night for a tent site, bathrooms is complete disarray, and forcing you to pay for a shower, I don’t see the value. At this point, I’d probably just go camp out in the national forest somewhere. Plenty of port-a-pots out there for taking poos. Just not a lot of value for a s

My observations|--The woman who worked at the campground was very friendly and helpful|--I stayed over 4th of July weekend and the noise level at the campground was surprisingly reasonable given it was a holiday. People were definitely talking into the night but nothing rowdy going on|--Only one working toilet in the C loop and no working showers to be found |--The showers (when working) require 10 quarters to operate

Recent reviews are accurate. The campsites are nice and I would stay at them again. Note: Most, if not all tent sites are either up or down a set of stairs and may not be accessible to those with mobility limitations. Your loops bathhouse may also be up/down a decent incline. Additionally you will need to routinely carry food/items back to your car or bear box. There was no "check in" and I only saw the host once at their site. Quiet hours were NOT enforced. The site next to ours had a roaring fire and music going still by 4:30am. The bathhouses are in need of repair. The loops ranged from no working toilets to one working toilet and there was only one working shower in the campground. The pond is exactly that, an 'unimproved area' pond with a mucky bottom and a sand/dirt beach. Good f

Read some reviews about the facilities issues prior to arriving. Fortunately the bathrooms near our site (B loop) were working but no showers. The D loop bathrooms and showers were out (portable potties available) and the only functional shower (one) was the one closest to the lake and often had a line. Camp host was mostly at their site. I've been to other grounds where the camp host will walk or drive the site daily checking in on new arrivals and review the rules and answer questions. But this one did not. At one point we had our garbage and some items taken from the bear box near our site (which specifically noted it was for food and food garbage). I guess the host's understanding of the use of the box was different from ours. Sites are nice and mostly separated from others, but a f

We love Russell Pond and have been visiting for many years. The location and atmosphere are unmatched however to echo recent reviews the toilet and bath facilities are in need of serious repair. We stayed at Russell Pond from July 3rd - 5th, 2025 and can confirm that the bathrooms and showers are still an issue. Very limited bathrooms that are working (the women’s room by C sites only had one operable toilet), lots of portapotties in place, and only one operable shower down by the pond that there was a very long line for (we didn’t end up using it and instead got by using baby wipes). Such a shame because it’s such a lovely campground otherwise. Really hope to see management repair the plumbing.