Lyman Lake State Park is open year round and offers numerous camping sites, ranging from full hook-ups for RVs, to tent sites right on the waters edge. Lyman Lake is also one of the five state parks fortunate enough to have camping cabins. The camping cabins are only $65/night and Lyman Lake has 8 cabins, with 4 located just steps from the lake, and 4 new ones sitting up on top of a hill with amazing views. Camping cabins are a great alternative to tent camping, for those of us who don't own RVs, don't have the gear for tenting, or like me head out as the only adult with a few kids and can't imagine trying to set it all up solo.
My favorite part about the cabins are that they don't have cooking facilities inside of them. Some people would probably question why I find this a benefit, but my favorite part of camping is cooking outdoors. For some reason food always tastes better when you cook it outside, and lets be honest I can never stay on my diet bandwagon camping. Who could with camping favorites like s'mores and fire roasted hotdogs, yummmmm!!! The camping cabins do offer beds, tables and chairs, heat/ac, and outside you will find a picnic table, fire pit, and charcoal BBQ. The cabins do not have restroom's, but not far away you will find everything you could need, including flush toilets and showers.
There is so much to do at Lyman Lake, that you will have no problem keeping the kids busy. Lyman Lake is one of the few bodies of water in northeastern Arizona with no size restrictions on boats, making it perfect for wakeboarding, water skiing, and jet skiing. The west end of the lake is roped off as a no wake area, which makes for great fishing, the lake is home to walleye, channel catfish, and large mouth bass. There are great spots for kayaking and swimming, with temperatures reaching the high 80's and low 90's during the summer months, and great hikes that are safe with kids, where you can walk right up and check out amazing petroglyphs. The kids loved that they could ride there bikes, and I loved that I felt safe in them doing so, so safe in fact that I quite enjoyed sitting on the deck in the morning with my coffee while they rode about.
The park offers a store, where you can purchase hunting and fishing licenses as well as bait, tackle, firewood, propane, gas, ice, and grocery items. There are also 16 day use picnic areas, with shaded ramadas, if you just want to spend the day lakeside. With Lyman Lake being only approximately 240 miles from Phoenix or Tucson, this makes it a great staycation location, to beat the Arizona summer. You can find more information about the park as well as the camping cabins HERE.
Make sure to watch for my reviews on other State Parks in the near future, and don't forget you can still read my reviews on Alamo Lake HERE and Roper Lake HERE, both are locations that also offer camping cabins!!!
*** I received a complimentary stay for the purpose of this review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
