We stayed at Emigrant Lake – The Point RV Park in Ashland, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice county campground, very convenient to Ashland.

Dates:

• Check in: 2024-08-31
• Check out: 2024-09-08
• 8 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny
• High temps 79-100°F, lows 51-64°F
• A little wind, gusts to 19 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

• #19, back-in, asphalt
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
• Somewhat unlevel site; high on back and driver side; used hydraulic leveling and extra blocks under the front
• Asphalt driveway about 50 feet long by 15 feet wide
• 18 feet to neighbor on driver side
• No neighbor on passenger side
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Some trees
• Clean site

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 75 PSI water, conveniently located
• Loose sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 57 Mbps down, 11-18 Mbps up, 32 ms ping
• AT&T: 35-72 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 100 ms ping
• Verizon: 5-22 Mbps down, 14-22 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Lake

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Perfect park close to Ashland

This is a great spot to stay and explore Ashland and the local area. It’s a shame the lake is so low, but that’s just the reality of the West these days. We still enjoyed the view from our site, regardless. Access to the campground is a little dicey for big rigs, but it is doable. Just watch out for the final turn into the campground, where you have to navigate between a rock wall and a barbed wire fence that comes close to the road. Our site (19) had a terrific view of the lake, and I think the only better view would be from site 21 (a pull-through site), which sits at the bottom of the loop. We camped at Emigrant Lake – The Point RV Park in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Ashland has one of the best dining scenes in the PNW, so be sure to explore some options (Cocorico was our favorite this time). Take in a show at the OSF, even if it’s just the Green Show, which is free. The Oregon Cabaret is a fun experience as well. And don’t forget to tour the many different wine trails in the area. We’re partial to the Applegate Valley…

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site:

Utilities:

Other sites:

The very end of the point is site 21, a pull-through site; we would have preferred to have this site, but it wasn’t available:

Lake view from site 21:

Campground entrance, with a tight corner:

Bathrooms:

A view of the lake from behind the bathrooms:

From the website, much the same view from many years ago when the lake was full:

Another view now:

And the same view then:

Some more years-ago views of the full lake:

A similar view of the much lower lake now, from our site:

More lake views from our site:

Sunset:

A truck stuck in the mud (see a timelapse video of it getting stuck and unstuck):

A couple of shots of the same part of the lake, where people enter it; the first one taken soon after arriving, and the second towards the end of our stay; if you look closely, you can see a significant drop in the water level:

And an animated GIF of the water level dropping:

(Check out today’s timelapse video of the lake level dropping noticeably during our stay.)

A view from below our site, that should have been underwater if the lake were full:

Looking back up at our site:

The very low water level was rather sad; the lake would have been much nicer if full. But still a nice place to stay.

We plan to stay here again next year. Hopefully in site 21 next time, but site 19 would be a good second choice.