Sometimes its hard choosing your a campsite. Especially in a huge campground like Lake Hereon. You want to get in the goldilocks zone.
Driving around would be ridiculous. My strategy is to ride my bicycle!
It make for a great bike ride and day of exploration.
This time of year there are few campers here. So I had a bunch of choices.
This campground does require reservations online.
But you can make reservation on the same day during the off season.
Lake Heron is one of my favorite campgrounds.
No motorized boats allowed on the lake.
There is a very long trail running through the campground.
Its a very gravely trail so a mountain bike would be better then my hybrid bike.
But I enjoyed running along the trail as well as the shoreline.
Another campground with another lake is just several miles away. You can move back and fourth every two weeks to get around the 14 day stay limit.