$7 - $30 / night

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Charlestown State Park Campground

33 Reviews

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Location

Charlestown State Park Campground is located in Indiana

Directions

Located 7 miles East on Hwy 62, straight through stoplight, one more mile-gate is on the right.

Address

12500 Highway 62
Charlestown, IN 47111

Coordinates

38.44818319 N
85.64405275 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site
Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.
Hike-In
Backcountry sites.
Boat-In
Sites accessible by watercraft.

Stay Connected

WiFi
Good
Verizon
Good
AT&T
Unknown
T-Mobile
Unknown

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group
Cabins
Tent Cabin

Features

For Campers

Market
ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
Big Rig Friendly

$7 - $30

/ night

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General Info

Makada L.

Guide

Reviewed Apr. 14, 2024

Great Adventures in Charlestown

First time in RV sites, loved it! Great hiking opportunities and cool exploration of historic Rose Island Theme Park. It's definitely a new favorite!

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Month of VisitMay

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Kelsey R.

Traveler

Reviewed Mar. 14, 2024

Very nice

We stayed in the off season and it was lovely. Area is clean, outhouses were well maintained. My children loved all the playgrounds around the state park, great trails. Highly recommend.

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Month of VisitApril

Wesley S.

Scout

Reviewed May. 31, 2023

Very nice

Clean and quiet. Very nice park. Clean restrooms and showers.

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Month of VisitJune

Stephen D.

Guide

Reviewed Mar. 2, 2023

Quiet especially off season

Quiet campground especially off season. Would come again

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Month of VisitApril

Paul

Traveler

Reviewed Dec. 20, 2022

Wonderful clean quiet state park

Great park for quiet camping. Picnic table and fire ring at each site. All have electric hookup...others are full service. Many relatively secluded sites. Bath houses clean. Multiple hiking trails which can be mixed and matched for longer hikes..all moderate.

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Month of VisitApril

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Jason M.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 15, 2022

Just ok, not at all private

Campground is OK. Camp hosts came to complain about their jobs when they greeted and met us, which made us uncomfortable enough to not stay here as long as we intended to. Campsites are not at all private, everyone will be sitting outside their tent or rv watching you. Felt like I was on TV. Not much for amenities, and some of the campsites were full of horse or dog poop. Be very careful which site you choose, or your tent will be full of feces and you'll sleep smelling it all night.

Sitenear bathhouse

Month of VisitOctober

catlin W.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 2, 2022

Beware the rv

Basically it's a class a RV camp with tent options. I got stuck next to a guy who decided to throw a concert at midnight. If you like peaceful relaxation. Make sure not to be here during a weekend. Otherwise it is awesome. From rose island to the gorgeous main gate lady who is super nice. Everything is great. Just beware of the massive amount of rv's

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Month of VisitOctober

Melissa C.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 1, 2022

Great Stay

Awesome campground! We stayed for 6 days with full hook up. Didn’t really see a bad site!

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Month of VisitSeptember

Jerry S.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 25, 2022

Quick stopover

This place is nice a quiet. Many sites had natural grasses between them. Lots of room on the sites. Bathrooms were clean and very kept up. The only downside was the trail to rose island. It was over 400 feet drop in elevation. Be prepared for a climb back up it.

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Month of VisitJuly

Lindsey M.

Traveler

Reviewed Jan. 23, 2022

Good for a weekend close to home

Great location close to Louisville. Local hiking in the park is good. Enjoyed just the weekend, likely not a ton to do for more then a weekend.

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Month of VisitDecember

Steve L.

Guide

Reviewed Dec. 17, 2021

Quiet but bathrooms closed (December)

Had an okay time at this campground while we were traveling through. It's very flat and open. I noticed there is not much shade, but the park itself is very clean.

The bathrooms not being open was a downer, especially when dry camping in our RV.

No wifi but had decent enough Verizon/AT&T signal, and paid around $20/night.

Electricity was fine though.

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Month of VisitJanuary

Lisa S.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 19, 2021

The perfect weekend get away

This was perfect being only 20 minutes from our home. It was quiet and the bathrooms were super clean. The sites were flat and generous.

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Month of VisitSeptember

dick K.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 2, 2021

Very nice, clean and friendly park

Great experience

Site127

Month of VisitAugust

Andrea

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 1, 2021

Very nice campground, staff a bit careless

We loved the campground, it was very luscious and beautiful and even though there was a lot of people (June 2021), it still felt like you had your privacy in your own site. However, only 4 stars because we got there and somebody was parked in our assigned spot, so we called the front desk and they didn't seem to care much or tried to get them out, so eventually we just decided to go to another open site, which worked out fine, however we shouldn't have needed to deal with this considering we paid almost $60 for a one night stay.

Sitefull hook up site

Month of VisitJuly

Kassie K.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 25, 2021

Our Stay at Charlestown

Right off the bat we appreciated the layout of the camping spots, while you have neighbors not more than 30’ from you it feels more secluded because of the vegetation growing between sites. We also loved the hiking opportunities, Rose Island is definitely a must see

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Month of VisitJuly

Barry C.

Scout

Reviewed May. 19, 2021

Charlestown State Park, IN

We live locally and travel nationally. Who would have believed this great park would be only 30 miles away. The grounds are very clean and well maintained, the sites are very wide and individual with the landscaping aiding the feeling of "private". There, of course, are never enough full service sites but enough with good planning. In Indiana, INDNR, allows for advanced reservations with a maximum stay of 14 days. $7 at the main gate + camping fees get you access, unless you have membership, into any state park. Go to the website for full details https://www.in.gov/dnr/state-parks. The bath houses are always clean and well maintained. Importantly, feel safe as the grounds all have a host and are well patrilled. Charlestown is a model for both public and private camp grounds east of the Mississippi. Lots of nature trails. We recently watched two doe's with their 4 young fawns grazing while we ate breakfast.

Rica Z.

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 21, 2020

Charlestown State Park

Went here for a day hike and it was an absolute treat.

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Caleb C.

Ranger

Reviewed Oct. 8, 2020

Spread out sites

Had site 151. Partially shaded, level, not far walk from potable water. Only electric. No water or sewer at my site. No problem though. Had some trails to hike on. Nothing spectacular but a great place to stay a night or 2. Very clean and well kept campground. Sites in “Paw Paw Loop” are much more desirable. Especially sites 143-154. Shaded, private, near potable water 👌🏻

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Lisa D.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 22, 2020

Full-hookups, short but rugged hiking trails, great base to explore area

My husband & I spent 5 nights at Charlestown State Park in mid-September 2020. Campground was nice with concrete pads and full hookups. Campground was not heavily shaded, but we didn't mind that at all. We biked throughout the park and hiked 4 of the trails, 3 of which were pretty rugged and all had elevation changes for a good hiking challenge. From here as a base we also spent half a day in Madison Indiana, (shopping, dining & winery) and biked the Ohio River Greenway path - nice 7 mile one way bike path from Jeffersonville to New Albany and stopped for lunch before turning around to head back. The bike trail also has a bike/pedestrian bridge across the Ohio River to the trail which runs along the river on the Louisville side. Would absolutely recommend and would go back again.

Site69 - full-hookup, full sun

Month of VisitOctober

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Philip K.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 6, 2020

Wouldn't go back

This state park was totally boring nothing to do.

Stacey S.

Ranger

Reviewed Aug. 24, 2020

The history lesson is so fun!

Campground is pretty understaffed. But....it was still fairly clean & quiet. Be mindful of the showers, you only get a 10 seconds d burst of cold water 😆 It was pretty shocking! The trails are nice, pretty well maintained. There is a tour of Rose Island, which was very intriguing. Everything is “driving” distance; the park, trail heads, picnic shelters, camp store (which doesn’t stock much), etc. We will definitely be returning. Loved the peace and quiet of this place.

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The School for Y.

Legend

Reviewed Jun. 27, 2020

Pretty good

This is a nice state park campground. The spots were decently spaced out, the bathrooms are clean, and there are some hiking trails from the campground.

The campground is over 2 miles from the park entrance, so it’s definitely not an easy in/out kind of place. Also, they started mowing the grass at 6 am right outside our window. That seems inappropriately early.

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Kim B.

Scout

Reviewed May. 1, 2020

A waterfall and all

Looove this hidden gem. We stayed there in early March, the first weekend it opened for the year. It's a fairly new park on the site that used to be the Indiana Ammunition Plant. Good-sized sites with a very helpful staff. I hiked trail 2 and found the waterfall and several other gorgeous views. Will definitely be back!

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Month of VisitApril

Burns G.

Guide

Reviewed Jan. 1, 2020

Incredible long October weekend

Spent 5 nights and had a wonderful time. Enjoyed trails, big lots and lots of stuff for the kids to do.

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Barry C.

Scout

Reviewed Oct. 19, 2019

State of Indiana Part

Absolutely 1st Class. Beautiful sites, clean, well kept, spacious. This is the model for ALL campgrounds.

Laurance L.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019

Great campground

Campground has clean facilities and good hiking including historic areas

Month of VisitJuly

Laurance L.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 31, 2019

Great campground. Clean facilities

Lots of sites to choose from.

Tonya D.

Guide

Reviewed May. 14, 2019

Extremely Quiet

This is one of the quietest campgrounds I have stayed at so far. The sites are large with many options for shade or open. They have great hiking trails, a creek off of the Ohio river to fish, and a boat ramp to the river. We did hiking trail 3 and 7 visiting Rose Island. I am only giving it 4 stars because the bathrooms could have used a good cleaning. They weren’t disgusting by any means but I have been to campgrounds with cleaner.

Nicole M.

Traveler

Reviewed Dec. 2, 2018

Our favorite local campground

Charlestown State Park is a great, quiet campground for us to get away in our RV. We love that all of the sites are paved and most of the full-hookup sites offer a lot of privacy.

There is always a bathhouse close by and they are usually very clean. Staff is always super nice.

We prefer Charlestown because the hiking trails are wonderful, there’s lots of paved roads for biking, but the lack of a pool means that there tend to be fewer kids and it’s a lot more quiet than some of the neighboring state parks. There is a great boat ramp for the Ohio River so many campers are there to spend time in the river on their boats.

SiteWe’ve stayed at about 15 of them! All great!

Lauren M.

Ranger

Reviewed Aug. 1, 2018

Unexpected Hidden Gem!

Charlestown State Park is known for its great hiking trails, particularly the Rose Island “trail.” The short, paved Rose Island trail is family friendly as long as you are prepared to take on the steep hill on the way. Once you cross over the beautiful new bridge, you are on your way to a self-guided tour of the ruins of the historical theme park that includes a gravel pathway and river views. I have been on all of the trails and they are all beautiful and great for a day trip.

The campground itself was also very nice. Our group camped in tents but we were outnumbered by camping vehicles. The bathroom facilities were incredibly clean and fairly new. We enjoyed a trailhead on our very own camping spot!

Highly recommend!

Month of VisitNovember

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