Cozy Cove Campground

This place is fairly remote but well visited. Some amazing campsites. There are I think 3 main routes into the reservoir. All have a short stretch where it's a one way track with a steep incline on both sides of the road where you really hope you don't run into someone coming the other way. The roads in are closed during the winter months. On the Cozy Cove side of the lake there was no cell service. Rumor has it the other side of the lake has service but we didn't explore enough to find the way over there. I think we drove an hour back towards Garden Valley before our phones started to work as we came over a pass. Fishing from the shore is excellent with some fish stocked and a lot of native cutthroat trout. A lot of people fish for big fish from the boats. Sometimes a lot of motorized boats. You can reserve some of the improved sites. Vault toilets are clean and well maintained by the camp hosts. A big storm blew in one day and the camp host came around to check on everybody. Picnic tables in the campsite with level spots cleared for tents in most of the sites. Some are first come - first served. Weekdays are less crowded. Campsites are separated pretty well. Quite a few have access to the water. Experiences with other campers of course varies. We had some excellent neighbors and some who were a little less than considerate. We'd sit in our chairs where I took the video about sunset and watch the bats flying around above us. Several bald eagles and ospreys hunting. There's also a hot spring that you can hike to from near the dam that's about a 7 mile round trip. A lot of ebikes and motorized bikes and UTVs. Water pump near the entrance to the camp.

Great place to go and camp. It's practically in the middle of nowhere in the BNF but the drive is definitely worth it. We went through bear valley and had a wonderful adventure. We spent 3 nights up there with rain on two of them. The views were incredible and campsites well maintained. Will definitely return in the future. Note: fishing from shore is a joke. Probably better out on the water or near the damn.

Deadwood Reservoir was on my motorcycle route, taking back roads from Horseshoe Bend through Placerville and up to Warm Lake. Cozy Cove is at the south end and is one of several campgrounds on the Reservoir. I did not camp here, but only stopped for a quick break. The water is very low in the Reservoir. It looked like a great campground. Bathroom very well maintained. Campsites very nice and clean. The Dam is just to the north a few miles.

I wanted to go to the mountains, didn't have a destination, but followed the 20 miles of washboard road (was pulling our 20' travel trailer) took 1 1/2 hours to go the 20 miles! Didn't realize this was mainly a boat and tent campground. Had a hard time getting into a spot with the trailer, but made it work. Very clean campground on a peninsula. Beautiful lake Deadwood Reservoir great for the Trout Angler!

One of the best campgrounds I've ever stayed at! They have wood already cut and stacked near the fire pits at each campsite. Very clean, well worth the $12 per night fee.