Comments on: Wrights Lake: It was a beautiful week

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:47:57 +0000

Hi Maria,

Site 32 is a good site. Don’t worry. It will take a little negotiation to get into it, but if you go slow and take your time (with a good “backer-upper”) you will be fine. The road to your site has a lot of trees to look out for. Going through that area, what we do, is have my wife walk out in front of our car and help me look out for trees.

But don’t let that scare you. Just take your time pulling into the spot. Problems happen when you rush to get parked.

We have stayed in sites 24, 25 and 28.

Wrights Lake is paradise and worth the extra effort. Have fun and bring lots of bug spray especially if your there in July. We will probably try to go over Labor day weekend this year.

Regards,

Bob Erwin

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:04:18 +0000

Thanks for posting the map and pics. Beautiful. I scored a site after three attempts at reserving other sites and failing. I’m in Site 32 right now, but we have a small travel trailer and a Tundra to fit into the 25′ site. It’s ADA accessible; I’m not sure what that means. Did you notice if some sites are wider than others? Which sites have you stayed in? Did you happen to see any RVs in the 25-foot sites? I’m a little worried. My husband thinks we’ll squeeze the trailer in and angle the truck, but I’m not so sure… He’s a great backer-upper, but still.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:35:47 +0000

Hi Mary,

Yes Wrights Lake is some place special. We really love it.

The lake is great for kids to swim in but if you have kids who are just so-so swimmers and/or under six years of age I would suggest they wear a life vest while in the lake, so you don’t need to worry. Other than that the water can be a little cold, but you are at 7,000 ft. Also what is great about the lake is that no motorized boats are allowed.

Camping at the lake is generally quiet though there can be a lot of kids running around (like my kids). In the evening things were pretty quiet on the trips we have been at the lake.

Hope that helps,

Bob Erwin

By: mary

mary — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:55:26 +0000

Hello, thank you for posting this site… ive been wanting to camp at Wrights lake because everyone talks of how beautiful it is.. i wanted to ask you is the lake ok for children to swim in? and is this location a quiet place? thank you …

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:07:43 +0000

Hi Dianne,

Be sure to bring a good supply of bug spray. I’ve been told July is the high season for mosquitoes.

Definitely take the Ice House Road route the other road is pretty scary (you drive along a very steep cliff). Plus Ice House road is a very pretty drive, but Ice House does
take longer.

We couldn’t get a reservation to Wrights Lake this year so we are staying at Gerle Creek.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:49:54 +0000

We just reserved the last camp spot at Wrights Lake for a quick weekend trip in July. We’ve never been to the lake before and after reading you review, I’m very excited! One question is: what is the best route to take going there coming from the Placerville area? Google maps says to take hwy. 50 to Wrights Lake Rd., but you and the forest service say to take Ice House Rd. and go around Ice House Reservoir which seems much longer. We don’t have an RV, just a small SUV. Is there something we should know about taking Wrights Lake Rd from 50? Thanks for you help.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:34:18 +0000

Hi Michelle,

Gerle Creek sounds cool. I’ll have to put it on my list of places to RV camp. Wrights Lake is our favorite because after camping there we got the RV bug and bought our travel trailer.

Bob Erwin

By: Michelle MacPhearson

Michelle MacPhearson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:51:03 +0000

Looks like a lovely spot – you might also enjoy Gerle Creek, it’s got a beautiful placid little lake after the creek, just gorgeous. It’s also on the Recreation.gov site. We head up and picnic there all the time, it’s absolutely my favorite spot!