Timberlake Campground

My family and I spent this last weekend (Aug 21^st-​23^rd) at Timberlake Campground. What a little gem this place is.
It is quiet and relaxing there under the shade of the countless trees. Not far are two ponds. The other smaller pond is for fishing only. There is no catch and release policy. You may keep what you catch if you want to. The larger one is for swimming and has a floating platform you can swim out to and get on. They also have lifejackets if you have little ones (or big ones) and don’t own your own. They will also allow fishing in this lake, but ask that you don’t if people are swimming. They also have bicycles you can use and many trails to ride them on.
This is a very peacefull place. My family and I occupied sites 8, 9 and 10. We had our own little compound there too. It was great! The thing I found even remotely distracting was the location of a home right up next to the campground only separated by a chicken wire type fence. But honestly, I was more concerned about being a nuisance to them than I was about them bothering us. So for us it was no problem at all.
The campground provides a fire ring with a grate attached for cooking over your campfire. There are two good sized trash cans on site along with water hook ups and electricity. The panel box on our sites, and I assume the others, had a single 30 amp plug and two standard 110v household plugs. Also, our site had a babbling stream right behind it and that sound was nice when in the tent just laying quiet and listening. The kids also just loved playing in the stream. I’d have done it too but oh great pumpkin that water was cold! You should excersize a bit more food storage protocols than we did. Pretty sure the racoons made off of a whole bag of marshmallows! Firewood is also available to purchase on the campground for $ 5 a bundle. It’s a good sized bundle, but ours was a bit moist and took some doing to get to catch. So be sure to bring some good firestarting supplies.
I will echo the statements of the other reviewers I’ve seen. The bathrooms were nice and clean. The one nearest our site had a drink machine as well as a coin operated washer and dryer. But I didn’t see a vending maching for soaps, so you’d need to pack your own. Now keep in mind, you’re at a campground, not the Hilton or the Ritz. So when I say it’s clean, it doesn’t mean you won’t see a spider or two in the corners. There was no mold or mildewy smells. Nothing that made you question your decision for coming in there as opposed to using that tree behind your car. I could comfortably place my toothbrush on the side of the sink and not feel brave like lion to put it back in my mouth. There are no offending odors, or other environmental issues that would wisk you back to that one truck stop bathroom you had no choice but to use and then felt the need to see a doctor. The men’s side had two stalls and one urinal, two sinks and two shower stalls. Each shower stall had a private changing area just in front of the shower itself. Private meaning if you’re 5′ 10″ tall your head will just pop up above the concrete block wall. Think about Wilson on Home Improvement. The shower area itself is blocked higher and much more private. Not that I care, I ‘m a dude. I can’t tell you if the woman’s side was equally setup or not because I again successfully defeated the urge to «check out» the ladies room.
They also provide wifi for a $ 5 charge per week if you want to spend your camping time looking at your phone while trying to smash a bejeweled thing into some angry bird. or whatever the kids these days are doing with those phones pressed all up in their faces.
All in all, we very much loved our time here and intend to come back. Thank you Betty and Jill for a great weekend!

First of all, the bathrooms are the best I have ever seen at a campground. The staff is really friendly and personable.
The campsites are nice, we were at #53, which we really enjoyed, not many people very close to us and very close to the bathrooms.
If you want cell phone service while camping, do not go here!