Clear Lake Recreation Area

Man what a place, we had such a great time. We got there in May and didn't leave until Mid August. I can't say enough about the Staff, Mike Johnson is the manager and he will do everything he can to make sure your stay is the greatest ever. Fishing is great and you can rent a boat to go out on the lake. The picnic area is well maintained and the grass is cut every week, thanks to Judy and Chris. Everyone is incredible, Travis, Judy, Jim, Chris, Jason, Megan ZJ, and of course MIKE JOHNSON. I tired to make my reservations for next year but they said I would have to wait. Can't wait. Thank you guys! Don, Peggy. Bella and Rube

I have to agree with parts of many of the existing reviews. We have found our brief, mid-week stay to be a good one. The sites ARE close together. I understand that this is a RECREATION area, and it is busy with folks playing and having an active time. The exterior maintenance of the buildings is very good. There is attention being paid to the playground and the lawns. The marina appears to be very well run, and the equipment is in good to excellent condition. The Marina staff were thorough and on the ball. The Cafe in the "Lodge" is just fine, although I am not sure how they manage if there is a very busy time. The burgers were good and the fries top notch. Office staff were friendly and knowledgeable. That is the good ... now for the bad. The women's bathroom and shower was awful. On a Thursday at about noon, it was littered, muddy and in poor condition. The handicapped shower equipment was broken and on the floor. One of the sink faucets was unable to be shut off. Dressing room curtains were torn, one toilet bowl sagging (but useable) ... just not at all what I expected, compared to the outdoor experience. We have been warned that on the weekends there are large groups who party loudly and long past quiet time. There is no camp host here, just a caretaker. Perhaps that is why some long-term campers have been allowed to accumulate lots of junk piled under and around their units. Most sites are not bad, but I had to empty a tote filled with water & dirty dishes that had apparently been sitting outside my neighbor's rig for most of the week. It was breeding mosquitoes!! I hate to sound like a crab, but I am not used to seeing this kind of behavior at any military facility, on or off base. This facility could be a gem ... but there are some things that need to be looked at with fresh eyes.

Everything was First CLASS, we will be back.

Exceptionally well maintained and managed. Staff was very friendly and helpful. The fishing was good, trolling, with a variety species available. About 10 miles to Spokane and 6 miles or so to Cheney and Medical Lake, all worth the visit. The wind can come up occasionally. I would prefer the spaces be a bit farther apart but the distance was okay. Some sites appear to have a little more back to front downslope than others. I had to use an extra couple of blocks and I noticed a few others did as well. The Marina provides a variety of boats/watercraft and there is a good dock facility for campers with boats. They also have a large fishing pier with benches. I noticed that inexperienced folks had marginal success with fishing from the pier but folks with a little experience seemed to do quite well (trout). The snack bar provided some tasty lunches/snacks, corn dogs to burgers & fries etc..and a couple of breakfast items as well. A very enjoyable experience, I WILL be back, this one is on my A+ list.

Our family with 2 younger kids visited Clear Lake and stayed in one of the cabins last week. We had an amazing time! The cabins were basic but clean and had great views of the lake. The staff was amazing and so helpful. You can't beat the price for the boat rentals and the lake was beautiful. We are looking forward to making this place a part of our family's summer vacation every year!

We stayed here for one night only, but we found a lot of activities to do. We called en route to make a reservation and the staff was very accommodating. Upon arrival, we saw a spot just across from the playground and requested that spot. The staff made this switch possible for us. The kids were able to play in the playground while we backed and set up the trailer. After set-up, I inquired on different activities within the facility. We rented a canoe, paddle boat, and swam in the lake with the kids. The playground is awesome, the facility is remarkable, and that the overall experience was awesome. We marked this on the GPS, so we can come back again.

This place is great. It has everything a family could use. The prices are great as well. I have been staying there for 5 weeks now and the Staff has been bending over backwards so I can stay there. I have not had to move my trailer yet. I had only planned on staying weekends. Jim and Judy are Awesome. Monday and Thursdays are half price days for their boats. The camp sites have everything I need. There is free Wi-fi in the lodge. The food at the snack bar is good. I have a place to park my boat. I do not know of to many places I can have boat morage and a campsite with full hookups for 100 a week.

This FAM CAMP was exceptional, There is no doubt the Camp Host and staff are top notch, they made you feel like their quest and treated you as such. I can't say anything negative about Clear Lake Resort. I had some difficulty when I first arrived (My own fault) and Judy (camp Host) made it her mission to try to do everything she could to help me. Just to make this issue clear to what happened, I ran into a car in the parking lot with my RV. What a wonderful host and staff. The fishing was great and I am planning to return in May of 2012 for a length stay. Thank you, Don and Peggy Homack

Spent a week at the camp ground for a family reunion and stayed in a full hook up site. We had a large group of about 50 people ranging from 6 months to 60 plus years of age. On top of that we where spread out from the yurt to the tent sites up to the cabins and back to the cottages. The staff at the facility were absolutely wonderful. Judy, Mike, Brandon, Travis and all the other wonderful employees went out of the way to make sure anything we needed was given to us if possible. I have seen comments in reviews about the bathrooms. The bathrooms ARE clean. In the week that we used them I never encountered a bug while showering or using the toilet! When the toilet paper ran out, I simply went down to the office and advised them, and they immediately fixed the problem. They have a machine similar to a pressure washer that sterilizes the bathrooms when cleaning. Instead of being irritated at the staff for the mess in the bathroom look around at the patrons, they are the ones making the mess! Honey buckets are located around the property and again are as clean as the guests that are using them! It seems that Friday is cleaning day for them. The showers you do have to push for warm/hot water. I am sure it is much better than what our men and women are getting out in the field so we should be happy with it. Just keep pushing every few seconds and your water will stay on, not a big deal. Water boat rentals are inexpensive, and renting the BBQ for the week was also a great investment. This camp ground is amazing. If you do not like it, check out a State camp ground then you will learn to appreciate things a little more. Thank you to Fairchild AFB and the staff for making our vacation extra special. You will always be a special memory to our family reunion.

We were a part of a family reunion of about 50 people for a full week. We found the facilities to be in excellent condition, more importantly the staff (Judy, Jim & Mike) made us feel very welcome by their sincere desire that we enjoy ourselves and went out of their way to be helpful in many ways. We would recommend this facility to everyone and especially because of the great people who clean, maintain and operate(host)it!!

Stayed there for a weekend. It was very busy, but a nice place. Users don't obey the quiet times. The bathrooms were a pig sty! I've never seen such filthy restrooms at a military campground. The showers are the push for water type which you have to keep pushing to get more water. The men's bathroom needed painting badly and had toilet paper pieces, trash etc scattered all over. The floors were very duty. We left mid-morning Monday and the bathrooms had been somewhat cleaned-at least the toilet paper picked up.

Nice location, easy to find, really busy on weekends, sites a little to close, no laundry facility clean, employees really helpful especially Judy and Jim, I would go back for a longer stay.

We spent 3 midweek nights there (July 26-29)and really enjoyed it. My granddaughters enjoyed the very nice playground area and caught several small fish from the fishing pier. The staff were courteous and helpful. Our 5th wheel site overlooked the lake and the view was spectacular. It was a pleasant stay and I would recommend Clear Lake faculity to anyone camping in the area.

My first visit to Clear Lake, plan on coming back. Great location, a fisherman's paradise. Close proximity to many great lakes to fish in Eastern Washington. Staff is friendly and courteous. Spaces are a little close, have stayed in tighter quarters though.

After reading through some of the comments left concerning visits to Clear Lake resort, I would like to set the record straight on a couple of key points that would otherwise keep people away from a GREAT experience. One of my favorite quotes is “You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all the people all of the time.” Fairchild’s Clear Lake Resort IS a RECREATION AREA and a VERY BUSY one. If you are looking for someplace completely quite to hang out for a few days, then you need to either try the FamCamp on base or limit your stay at Clear Lake to Mon. through Thur. when it’s less active. This is a nice time for a little relaxed fishing and just sitting back watching a nice sunset. Weekends are EXTREMELY busy with filled dumpsters, noisy parties, water skiers, picnickers and people that ignore every rule despite every effort to enforce them. Although the sites are close, every site in the resort fills up starting Friday and the activity doesn’t let up until sometime late Sunday with not just locals, but a wide variety of people that travel a long way to spend time at Clear Lake. You bet, I work at Clear Lake Resort, am of the senior generation, and am very proud to be part of the Clear Lake staff and Fairchild AFB’s Outdoor Recreation program. The Clear Lake staff work very hard to insure you have an enjoyable stay and try to take care of things as the need arises, but we can’t always please everyone. Although Clear Lake Resort may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it has some of the BEST FISHING, FUN AND FOOD around. Don’t let a couple of unhappy camper reviews color your thoughts about stopping in at Clear Lake Resort for a few days.

I understand this place was very very busy over the July 4 weekend, as it should be, but it is very very quiet now during the middle of the week. There seems to be some of the good old boy stuff going on with one trailer being parked on a year 'round basis and rented to friends while the trailer owner is employed at the FamCamp and lives in a house nearby?? The leash law was not enforced as I watched someone let their dog run freely in the picnic/playground area for at least fifteen minutes. This is a good place for young military families to have a day or a week at the lake, but there is room for improvement. It would not be a destination site for us, but is adequate for a short stay while on the road. This web site says the fee is $15/day, but we were charged $16 - perhaps for 50 amp? The RV sites are very close together so your bit of "grass" is occupied by your neighbors water, electric, and sewer hookups. The lower numbered sites, closest to the entrance and office, face a green picnic area with very nice playground equipment and a view of the lake beyond. We stayed here in a motor home.

Initially tried to get into Famcamp at Fairchild AFB, but no stay limits and electrical upgrades made it unavailable. Host at Fairchild was helpful and got us a spot at Clear Lake, which is the recreation area for the AFB. Sites are close together; we were placed directly in front of the dumpster. Unfortunate for us because it was overflowing (smelly) for 3 days after July 4th weekend. Rules state no parking on grass, but was not enforced as a truck overlapped on our lot and was not moved for the whole three days that we were there. The area was quiet during the week and no problems other than already stated. Probably won't return.

Nice setting, amenities numerous, boating, swimming,(fishing according to the regulars is spotty at best)? Sites are packed too closely together making it an experience of overwhelming 'togetherness' it's probably great for the locals who know one another, - but not for an outsider. Won't go back,,,

Although Jim and Judi appreciate all the kudos,(they are really not hosts, they like to call themselves Worker Bee team members), most of the kudos belong to Mike Johnson the facility manager. Mike has many years of experience at Clear Lake and has had the insight to put together a team that is hard working and people orientated. This facility has come a long way in the last 5 years.

WOW, what can be said about Clearlake. What a beautiful spot for a Recreation facility so if your coming here for rest, peace and quiet, don't count on it the place is alive with family activity, squadron parties and alike. That's the purpose of this facility. Water activities are endless. Fishing is fantastic. The hosts Jim & Judi are outstanding, An example of how you can be friendly, respectful, courteous, good humored, and extremely helpful and still run an exellent, well maintained facility. A concept that's lost on several Hosts at Military Campgrounds.