Eagle and West Eagle Campgrounds at Eagle Lake

Our 2nd work camping job was in Lassen County at Eagle Lake.

What an amazing place. It is considered high desert but our campgrounds were full of Ponderosa and Jeffery Pine trees. The Eagle had 50 sites and the West Eagle was for group camping. There were 2 sites there one would accommodate 75 people and the other 100 people.

The Host site was located in the Eagle campground.

This was the view from my office window in our RV. Where i could not only see watch over the park but also would see the most beautiful birds and golden mantles.

We did encounter snow our 1st couple of weeks there however, again since it is such a high elevation and very dry it did not last long, and believe it or not was not all that cold.

This is in the West Eagle which was closer to Eagle lake.

At the Lake there are hiking trails which run from the Aspen Campground all the way to the Christie Campground passing right by my campgrounds. Walking these paths are very relaxing and quite beautiful. The scenery is forest, meadow, and what looks like desert. You get to experience all in a very short easy walk.

Not only was I the camp Host for both of these parks, I was also the Interpretative director as well. Meaning that I would take people on Nature walks, Teach an arts and crafts class to children, have guest speakers and occasionally show movies at the amphitheater.

Did I love my jobs.. Absolutely!

I even had the use of this very cool electric cart for going between the campgrounds.

The Amphitheater.

We had deer which frequented though the campgrounds as well. There was a few mountain lions but thankfully we never crossed paths.

There were many different types of Birds at the lake of course Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Western Grebes, Osprey and Pelicans to mention on a slight few. I think I enjoyed them all but the Pelicans amazed me with their size and gracefulness.

Ronald McDonald has an amazing campground up at Eagle lake just past my Eagle campground. They have a benefit breakfast at the beginning of the season which we were all invited to attend. 

This absolutely beautiful bird is a Western Tanager. It was perched outside my window. They look a bird that you would see in a pet shop.

As the Interpreter I learned a lot about nature and plants in that area thanks to the help of some special Rangers.. Stacy and Dave.

The plant above is a woolie mullen. If ever you encounter the dreaded stinging nettle plant.. you can take a leaf off of this plant and rub the area gently to stop the stinging.. another fact about this plant is that it can in the case of an emergency be used as toilet paper.. There are many other uses for this plant as well.

What you see here is one of many nests in the area that the Eagles and Osprey use.

Much gratitude and Thanks to Stacy and Dave for all their wonderful helpful information about the lake.

The very 1st guest speaker which i had was from Idaho state University, she gave a really good program on snakes. Primarily the gardener snake which they study at Eagle Lake. Why? because they seem to age so gracefully and they would like to understand this to help you and me.

The Idaho State group w/ a group of girl scouts which were camping at the Aspen Campground at the time. In the middle is Karen.. She is one amazing lady, I am sure going to miss her.

Behind the lupine flowers here is a picture of the Dow Butte look out tower. It used to be located on the other side of the lake. It was relocated near the marina and restored.

This is an Alidade table it is a round, glass-topped surveying map board that lookout operators use to pinpoint the location of suspected fires. This one was located in side the Dow Butte tower.

I will continue to add more about Eagle Lake in the next Post. It truly is a beautiful area, one which i would highly recommend to others.