Lake Casitas Recreation Area
Ojai / Oak View (Ventura County) · near Ojai · Los Angeles / SoCal
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 570
- Campsites
- ~425 across 13 areas
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- ~$40-87 (basic to executive full-hookup)
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- District/private (reservations.casitaswater.org, NOT ReserveCalifornia); bookable 1-180 days out. Huge capacity. NO body contact with the lake (drinking-water reservoir) - the paid Water Adventure Park is the swim substitute.
What is here
- Setting
- lake-river
- Amenities
- Full hookups on many sites · Marina with boat rentals · On-site Water Adventure Park (pools/slides) · Trophy largemouth bass fishing
- Best for
- A full-service west-side lake basecamp for anglers & families
- Features
- Trophy largemouth bass water · Huge capacity & full hookups · On-site water park (no lake swimming) · Balances the atlas to the west side
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv · cabin-glamp
- Intl tip
- No swimming in the lake (it's a drinking-water reservoir) - the paid Water Adventure Park is the swim option. Book through reservations.casitaswater.org (not ReserveCalifornia), and grab an oak-shaded site near the water.
The guide
Lake Casitas is a full-service lake basecamp for anglers and boaters near Ojai - trophy largemouth bass, a marina with boat ren…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Casitas Recreation Area — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.373, -119.334