Ohio Campground
Ohio's State Forests
ZALESKI State Forest (26,827acres in Vinton and Athenscounties); 23 milebackpack trail with 3 walk-in camp areas (self-registrationpermit - no fee); Horse Campground (no fee); 50 miles bridletrails; Hunters Campground (in season only - no fee); Shootingrange; Forest of Honor; Grouse management area; Division-operatedsawmill; Lake Hope State Park adjacent. ... [Read More]
Mohican State Park
The family campground at Mohican offers 120 campsites with electricity, fire rings and picnic tables. Full service hookups are available at 33 campsites. The main campground is equipped with showers, flush toilets, dump station and a camp commissary. Twelve walk-in campsites are close to the main campground amenities. ... The campground offers many recreational activities such as bike rental, volleyball and basketball courts and horseshoe pits. The park commissary loans games and sporting equipment to registered campers. A naturalist program is offered during the summer months. ... [Read More]
East Harbor State Park
Camping The campground at East Harbor is the largest in the Ohio State Park system with 365 electric sites and 205 non-electric sites. The campground is equipped with showers, flush toilets, dump station, launch ramp and camp store. Pet camping is permitted on designated sites. A group camp can accommodate 120 units. Two Rent-A-RV units on full-service sites are available for weekly rental only. Two deluxe camper cabins are also available for rent. ... Campground Map .gif or .pdf ... [Read More]
Ohio State Parks Construction Projects
Approximately 80 new 50 amp electric sites will be available at Forked Run 's campground beginning May 21, 2004. Improvements are also being made to the lighting and electric system in two vault restrooms and the shower house. Portions of the campground will be closed during construction. ... [Read More]
Ohio State Parks Magazine - Spring/Summer 2003
West Branch: The Sequel. While campers enjoy hooking up at the electrical sites developed in Phase I of the major campground overhaul at WEST BRANCH STATE PARK , the second phase of campground improvements is underway. The blueprints feature two new showerhouses, 100 new campsites with electrical hookups, and a new check-in building. Both the old and new campground areas are scheduled to close temporarily late this summer while the campground access road is rebuilt and widened. See our website, ohiostateparks.org, for updates. ... [Read More]
VIP Program
The Ohio State Parks volunteer program started in 1982 with a handful of workers and has grown to more than 6,000 volunteers who donate almost 320,000 hours of public service each year. Their contributions are many, such as assisting staff at nature centers, greeting guests at campgrounds and helping them set up their sites, planting trees and flowers, helping out with special events, picking up litter, etc. ... The volunteers were treated to a wide variety of programs and tours of area attractions as well as good food and fun entertainment for the entire weekend. The 2003 camp-out also served as an opportunity for the volunteers to hear first-hand about the new reservation system that will begin servicing campgrounds and state-operated cottages in 2004. ... [Read More]
Pike Lake State Park
Camping The campground at Pike Lake features 80 sites with electricity. Latrines, dump station, tables, fire rings and camp commissary are provided. Campers with pets are permitted on designated sites. A group camp that can accommodate sixty people is available by reservation. ... The campground offers basketball and horseshoe courts, in addition to playground equipment for youngsters. The park office loans games and sporting equipment to campers. Additional playgrounds, basketball courts, horseshoes and disc golf are available in day-use areas of the park. ... [Read More]
East Fork State Park
Campground Map .gif or .pdf ... The campground offers showers, flush toilets, drinking water, a camper's beach, and boat ramp. Pets are permitted in designated areas. ... I-71 South to I-275 East at Cincinnati. I-275 East to Exit 63 (State Route 32), East- Batavia (Campground) or Exit #65, Beechmont Avenue East- Amelia (Day Use), come East 11 miles and follow the signs. ... [Read More]
Shawnee State Park
Camping The family campground at Shawnee has 103 sites suitable for tents or trailers. The campground features electric hookups, waste disposal, heated shower houses, flush toilets and laundry facilities. Pet camping is available throughout the campground. ... Shawnee State Forest is the largest of Ohio's twenty state forests. The forest contains impressive stands of oak, hickory, sassafras, buckeye, black gum, pitch pine and shortleaf pine. Other forest features include a 42-mile backpack trail with primitive campsites, over seventy miles of bridle trails, horsemen's campground, and an 8,000-acre wilderness area and five small fishing lakes. For more information about area attractions, visit the Portsmouth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau . ... [Read More]
Camping at Antietam
Campground assignments will be made by Antietam National Battlefield staff. Each site is assessed a $25 charge for either a one- or two-night stay. Extended stays are charged at a rate of $10 per night per campsite. Additionally, all scouts and scout leaders ages seventeen and older are required to pay the park entrance fee of $4 per person to be paid at the Park Visitor Center. ... Rohrbach Campground is part of the Antietam National Battlefield. It is a walk-in, primitive camping area available to Scouts and other organized groups, and is open each year from March 1- November 30. In addition, the Scouts can do a 10-mile hike on the battlefield and earn a patch. For patches, the guidebook and information contact our museum store at (301) 432-4329 or purchase them on our new online bookstore . ... [Read More]
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