The lake is popular for camping, quiet boating (electric motors or canoeing), hiking, and biking on a trail halfway around the lake.

[3] The lake offers an eleven-site campground, administered by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the State of Washington.

[4] The lake is popular for fishing, camping, and boating, and often clearly reflects Mount Adams.

Adjacent Horseshoe Lake Campground is administered by the Cowlitz Ranger District of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

The popular eleven-site campground features the Green Mountain Trail, which halfway circles the lake, offering more views of the mountain, and up to the top of Green Mountain, offering outstanding views of Mount Adams and its sheer, glaciated northwest face as well as Adams Glacier, the second largest glacier in the contiguous United States.