Best Glamping near Bainbridge, IN

Recent Glamping Reviews in Bainbridge

200 Reviews of 20 Bainbridge Campgrounds

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  Jacob A.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 4, 2024

  Shakamak State Park — Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve

  One of our favorite parks!

  We have been coming here every year since 2016. Most of the sites are shady. Our favorite site is 72. It is close to a water hookup if you need to top off your fresh water tank, shady, and not too close to other sites. They added a new shower house close by in 2022 or 2023.

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  rickie F.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 10, 2024

  Oak Ridge Morgan-Monroe State Forest

  Beautiful as it should be.

  We stayed pretty much on our site. Generally, we aim to do a bit of exploring, but we used their camping as a rendezvous. I was slightly disappointed by the site selections being mostly on a slant, but we did find one on the overfill site that suited our needs and we ended up loving it. I do plan on returning specifically to update a better review on the available views.

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  cathyL

  Guide

  

  Jun. 7, 2024

  Turkey Run State Park Campground — Turkey Run State Park

  Fabulous Park, Nice Campground

  Turkey Run is a fabulous state park with a nice campground. My only complaint about the campground is that many sites are in an open, level area without a lot of trees or bushes between them. You don’t have a lot of privacy. Two sections of the campground, with the higher numbered sites, are much more wooded. If I go again, I will try to be there!

  But the campground has two large modern bathrooms that are cleaned regularly. It also has clean well maintained vault toilets throughout the campground. Best of all, from the back of the campground you can access Trail 7, a moderate level trail that leads unexpectedly to a small stream running past a recessed cave. It’s a peaceful spot.

  Be advised that a “moderate” hike at Turkey Run can be challenging, with plenty of steps up and down the hillsides. Many of the trails go along stream beds, so you often need to make your way across the rocks to avoid wet feet. Be prepared with hiking boots and sticks.

  There are two covered bridges on the edges of the park. Be sure to check them out!

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  Staci W.

  Guide

  

  May. 30, 2024

  Turkey Run State Park Campground — Turkey Run State Park

  Pros and Cons you Should Know beforehand

  Turkey Run is arguably the most popular campground (and state park) in Indiana and has its pros and cons.

  It is definitely designed to accommodate RVs, as the majority of the sites are situated in an open field. There are a few dozen sites that are in “loops” that are situated in shaded areas. Some camp sites have zero privacy while others have a little. Either way, if you’re here on a weekend, you’ll definitely have neighbors close by. You can see the entire campground via google maps street view, just FYI

  This is a very family friendly campground and you will see lots of kids on bicycles flying around. I’ve stayed here a few times, and no matter the day of the week or the time of year, there are always lots of kids.

  This campground has a raccoon “problem” due to campers having poor camp etiquette and feeding them. They come out of the woods towards dusk looking for food. They will come right up to you without hesitation, so don’t be alarmed if there’s one next to you while you cook s’mores over your fire (ask me how I know, hah). They will take any food that is left out. Do not turn your back to your dinner table at any time if there’s food out.

  On my last visit to turkey run (I’ve camped here 3 or 4 times) I arrived to my campsite and someone had left dog food out for the raccoons in little piles all over the place which was super disappointing. Additionally, my neighbors didn’t put their campfire out when they packed up and left.

  Perhaps I’m just used to camping in other areas where you have to worry about bears and burning the forests down…But campers here just aren’t as mindful or respectful of the campground.

  The restrooms and showers (at least the one I use at this campground) is modernized and cleaned daily but there’s no dish pit/wash room available if you cook. Just be prepared to clean up accordingly and put trash in trash receptacles. There are a few vault toilets in the campground as well.

  You can hike from the CG into the state park (highly recommend. It’s gorgeous!) just wear shoes that youre willing to get wet.

  Overall, it’s a beautiful state park with a conveniently located campground. It’s not the best campground ever but for Indiana standards, it’s great. Even with my complaints, I always return because I enjoy visiting and hiking through the state park.

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  Julie H.

  Traveler

  

  May. 4, 2024

  Rockville Lake County Park

  Spring beauty

  I stayed by the lake, the spaces there are parallel to the road. Which gives you a beautiful view of the lake. I was there early in April when all the flowering trees were in bloom! Full hook up made it even the nicer!

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  Helen M.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 2, 2023

  Cecil M Harden Lake Raccoon State Recreation Area

  Tent camping during XC road trip

  Super easy reservations online, and if it’s a weekday or a Sunday you could likely just roll up. $16/night for a tent site plus $9 out of state car fee. Security is at the main gate until midnight so later check-ins are possible. Great set-up after driving 11+ hours!

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  kaitlynn N.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 7, 2023

  Indianapolis KOA

  Beautiful Campground off the interstate

  Booked here last minute for the night on my way west. Beautiful campground with lots of activities for the family. They are all dog friendly with a few small dog runs spread throughout the sites. Primitive is $60 n/, full water/electricity is $80 n/. A bit pricey, but It’s worthwhile due to all that they have; horses, goats (that you can feed), a medium camping store with an ice cream shop attached, showers and running toilets.

  GPS will take you to the back entrance that you cannot get in at. Instead of turning at the light, continue going down to the roundabout until you see the KOA sign and it’ll take you to the actual entrance and then office to sign in.

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  Liz

  Guide

  

  Aug. 26, 2023

  Cecil M Harden Lake Raccoon State Recreation Area

  Beautiful, well maintained park

  On an east/west trip and only had an overnight here. Campground is well maintained. Bathhouse clean, plenty of showers, flush toilets. Will need to fill your water holding tank as sites only have electric. Most sites are very spacious. Only negative was our site description and picture. Described the pad as level when it was actually about a 30% grade. We are camping in a truck camper and had planned to leave the camper on the truck but had to take it off to get level. And said the “yard” was grassy but it was only dirt which then became muddy after a bad storm. Great areas to walk your dog. We would definitely stop again but pick a different site. Camp store and ice, other items sold.

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  Marianne W.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 13, 2023

  Turkey Run State Park Campground — Turkey Run State Park

  GREAT park, but the campgrounds need an upgrade!

  While this is always listed among the top Indiana state parks because of its amazing beauty and historic sites, the campgrounds are not up to the same level. The shower houses are old. No sinks, no flush toilets, no solid doors for privacy. Just curtains. So yes, that means put/vault toilets only, and there is no light for a middle of the night visit except the flashlight you will hopefully remember. Other state parks in the area do have modern shower houses. If you are disabled or just prefer better hygiene amenities, camp at Raccoon Lake SRA and take day trips to Turkey Run. I’m not sure of the status of nearby Shades Stare Park comfort facilities since we haven’t camped there yet.

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  Cami R.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 26, 2023

  Fowler’s park

  Great Park

  Our family loves this park. There is plenty to do or not do. Lake is great for fishing, also the beach is very nice. Pioneer village is so neat to walk around. Camper spots are a little small but nothing you can't work around. Park is very clean, personnel is very nice. Can't say enough nice things.

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  Barry S.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 6, 2023

  Old Mill Run Park

  Clean and Comfortable

  Not a lot of tent-camping options, but we found a nice open area not far from the showers.  Quiet campground in September.  I would do this again...

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  Brian B.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 2, 2023

  Rockville Lake County Park

  Worth the stay

  Place was huge and packed. Really nice and it was quiet to sleep with nice facilities.

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  Kate M.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 27, 2023

  Cagles Mill Lake

  Good times

  Nice quiet secluded lots of nature great atmosphere family friendly

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  Jeremiah G.

  Guide

  

  May. 6, 2023

  Rockville Lake County Park

  Great location and amenities

  We stayed in the modern section of the campground. This is the electric and water only section. The sites range from very uneven to moderately uneven in this section. The full hookup site section is flat but with less tree cover. The sites in modern electric water only can be awkward to back into with no room to pull forward due to a ditch in some areas. We stayed in site 10 which was uneven, no room for a tent, and small. Next time we would try 9. The campground offers a beach and fairly busy fishing lake, some trails. Over all it was less busy on opening weekend than Turkey run or raccoon lake.

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  chris

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 22, 2023

  Shakamak State Park — Shakamak Prairie Nature Preserve

  Great campground and park

  Stayed for 5 days , very nice park with lots to do, hiking, biking,fishing, bird watching. Hiked 3 trails all well kept. Trail 3 favorite. Good place to ride bikes. Shower house clean also new one just built. Wi-Fi was ok, was able to download email and get on company site for work, limited Verizon connection but some. Larges sites Staff friendly and helpful. Will go back again

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  Melissa B.

  Guide

  

  Nov. 13, 2022

  Indianapolis KOA

  Fun place!

  This was a fun week here! The water park is so fun. But then there were the farm animals, which was so sweet and amazing.

  We took over our leftovers on the approved list to feed the horses and goats. The animals were sooo sweet!

  The campground is huge with a cool stream separating them. There’s a trail with a bridge to cut across which is fun!

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  Sarah B.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 4, 2022

  Turkey Run State Park Campground — Turkey Run State Park

  Sloped but spacious

  Large campground with spacious sites. The pictures for each site and details they give while booking are pretty good. However, it said 202 was level and for a tent there's def a bit of a slope (manageable but definitely present). The women at the gate was friendly and buying firewood from her was easy. Only checked out the pit toilets near our site, but they were incredibly clean!

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  Megan Y.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 30, 2022

  Indy Lakes Campground

  Long term stay

  We have been here for 6 months and it has been amazing! Clean, friendly staff, and safe!

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  Jessica S.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 18, 2022

  Cecil M Harden Lake Raccoon State Recreation Area

  Best Campground ever

  This whole campground facility is top notch! Wow. I’m speechless. The wooded walking trail all around is beautiful. Highly recommend early Fall!

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  Cynthia K.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 15, 2022

  Cecil M Harden Lake Raccoon State Recreation Area

  Nice SRA

       We last visited in 2014 & not much has changed. This is a good base camp for visiting the covered bridges. The DNR office in the park has lots of area info, I got a map of where the bridges are & we were set! 

       The bathrooms are typical state park. They look like they were updated in the last 15 years, but are state park clean( which means surface it looks ok, but needs a deep clean). There are pit toilets scattered around the campground too, which were pretty good according to my husband. 

       The hikes are really run down. They need to start maintaining them better. Lots of erosion & broken slats on the bridges. Signage was ok, but I was let down a couple of times. Trail one has scenic overlooks & vistas, but none of them are signed if you're on trail.

      This campground has a reputation as being a big party place. That might be true, but we were on the far end of White tail loop & noise was moderate on Friday & Saturday. 

   There's plenty of sites that have a VERY bad incline. Bring extra levelers. People were complaining on Facebook that the site descriptions have the inclines wrong.

     White tail loop is where we camped the last time too. We looked at the other loops & I marked down a few I thought were pretty good. White tail: Site 130/145 are somewhat secluded & large. There's a bad incline on 145 though.

    Sites 135/136/137/138 are paved & relatively flat. 139 is paved. 140 has a nicer view of the lake, but to get to it you have to walk. There's a trail from the campsite.

   These sites are at the end of the loop & there's a walk to get to the bathrooms. There's also a large playground here, which gets loud during the day. 

     There's an overflow site 141 that's not marked on the reservation map. It stayed empty the whole weekend we were there. There's a trail from this site leading to the lake. Be prepared for the rest of White tail campers to use this site to access the lake & trail 4. There was a constant stream of people while we were there. They don't think anything about walking through site 140 either. Very annoying! 

  Lakeview is the nonelectric side. The vegetation was covering the view of most sites. Sites 93/94/99/102 looked like sites with a view of the water. I only saw access to the lake from 102. 

   Songbird I only wrote down site 8 as being level& by the bathroom. 

   Hideaway looked nice & it's a small loop.

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  Chris H.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 29, 2022

  Indianapolis KOA

  Great one night stop

  Clean and friendly..easy access to the highway..a lot of transient sites..nice pool!

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  Peggy B.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 27, 2022

  Indianapolis KOA

  Friendly and clean

  Nice place. Clean. They deliver fire wood for $7 a bundle. Just kind and warm place.

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  Amanda B.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 23, 2022

  Big Fish-n-Camp Ground

  Big fish pond and swimming pool

  Surprised to see they had a pool too and the water to fish from was much larger than. It appeared from the road hit wraps around so you can’t get it all in one picture. Very tranquil and quiet

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  Bonnie F.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 22, 2022

  Turkey Run State Park Campground — Turkey Run State Park

  Nice campground

  Pleasant experience. Only crowded on Friday and Saturday. Shady spot.

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  Lerin P.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 7, 2022

  Cecil M Harden Lake Raccoon State Recreation Area

  It’s all in the name 🦝

  Primitive sites are very nice. We had a fairly quiet weekend. The raccoons definitely are active so make sure you lock it all up at night. The water was breathtaking and very calm even with all of the boat activity.

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  Lily B.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 30, 2022

  Hawthorn County Park

  Forested large tent areas

  The primitive camping spots are very spacious and there’s plenty of trees for hammocks and a little privacy. The lady working there was super nice and it was pretty cheap. A road was next to our spot though so it was kinda loud.

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  Eric S.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 18, 2022

  Turkey Run State Park Campground — Turkey Run State Park

  Close to the creek - tight spots.

  The Turkey Run State Park Campground is great because of its location to the various creek tour spots.

  The camp store is small, but has enough stuff to get you out of a basic bind: food items, household stuff, some clothing, souvenirs.

  Campground had decent signal for Verizon and AT&T.

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  Camp spots were tight, uneven, and many had strong-to-severe grades.

  The campsite has a wonky layout and for a lot of the bigger rigs, this is a tight camp ground to navigate.

  We had a pull-through site so no complaints.

  Septic dumps were almost a complete 90* angle turn from the main camp road into the lane for waste dumping. For a longer rig, the angle of the turn will give you some anxiety.