Whether it's a day trip or overnight camping, always beautiful and well maintained! Great hiking trails, beautiful, warm lake to swim in, bike riding trails. It has everything!
Ft. Custer Rec area offers a wonderful swimming beach on a large lake. The beach has a sandy bottom and plenty of area for swimming or playing. They also have a well maintained camping area, disc golf(watch out for poison ivy), mountain biking trails, equestrian trails, and some great hiking trails. If you are into geocaching there is a challenging multi-part cache here. The beach area has a concession stand. They also rent canoes, kayaks, and rowboats.Overall, it is a beautiful recreation area and well worth a visit. Also, Great Fishing!
Camped for two nights here with children. Pros: Family oriented, no alcohol permitted - therefore it was reasonable quiet with no craziness even on a weekend before July 4. Nice beach - too bad it was a bit chilly for swimming. Cons: Must drive to beach. Only two bathroom facilities for the whole campground - with five toilet stalls and I think only five co-ed showers. We stay at a fair number of campgrounds, and I would rank the cleanliness here as only average at best. No matter what time of day we visited the facilities, it was on the disgusting side. Tips: Remember the bug repellant and you will need a powerful one. If staying for a short time, plan to skip the shower - the dirt level just isn't worth it.
Great camping great biking. There are a number of trails at varing difficulties. Trails are in great condition and very well maintained. Get an annual park pass and you can bike anytime!
Fort Custer Recreation Area was once part of Fort Custer, where new recruits trained for deployment for WWI and WWII. Now it is a tucked away gem. There are camping sites large enough for 5th wheels, good fishing in Eagle lake, and trails for hikers and horses.
We have never camped here before. Drove around looking for three campsites. There really isn't a bad site. There may be two or three that were out in the sun for most of the day that we saw by driving around. Nice level and large sites. Great for riding bikes. The beach on Eagle lake is very nice, we rode our bikes from our campsite to the beach, not a bad ride at all. We will stay at this camp grounds again for sure.
I rode the green trail yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by the great scenery and view points the trail has to offer. Trails are well maintained and challenging. I even saw a pair of Sandhill Cranes along the way.
The drive was nice. The location was good. It was wet and cold though. There could have been more to do for a family with younger children. He was bored in just a little bit.We tried to look at other areas but more of the same.
We hiked the multi-purpose trail around Jackson Hole and the Witford/Lawler Lakes. It was a good trail, a little narrow at times, but passable, with nice wooded, marsh and prairie vistas to enjoy along the way. The flies were a little intense but we kept moving and they were not unbearable. We would consider camping here in the future, there is a well laid out electric campsites at this park with restroom facilities. The lakes were no wake and seem like a nice place to kayak or canoe, although we did not have time to do more than a couple hour hike.
Love this place, great trails for hiking, biking, dog sledding, horseback riding, camping. Several lakes for swimming and fishing. Have been going for over 40 years. It can get crowded, especially when they have a mountain bike race going on so check the schedule.