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Best Tent Camping near Mount Ayr, IN

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Tent camping near Mount Ayr, Indiana provides access to several natural areas with tent-friendly sites within driving distance. French Post Park in Delphi offers a dedicated tent camping section with space for vehicles nearby, making it suitable for families and beginning campers. Davis Creek Campground at Kankakee River State Park provides walk-in tent sites with basic amenities and river access. These tent campgrounds offer varying levels of facilities and natural settings, from more developed sites to more primitive options.

Tent campsites in the Mount Ayr region typically feature basic amenities focused on essential needs. French Post Park provides toilets, picnic tables, and allows campfires with designated fire rings. Reservations are required and must be made by calling the town office. Davis Creek Campground offers drinking water and toilet facilities but prohibits fires, an important consideration for tent campers planning meals. Most tent-only camping areas in the region are accessible from spring through fall, with limited winter availability. Water access is variable between locations, with some sites requiring campers to bring their own supply.

The tent camping experience around Mount Ayr features several waterway-adjacent options. Mac Finn's Landing provides walk-in tent sites along the Kankakee River with excellent fishing access. According to reviews, it offers "one of the best no wake zones and fishing banks on the Kankakee River" with "lots of access to great fishing holes." French Post Park is noted as "easy for families with young kids" with "a tent camping section in one area with rooms to leave cars." For backcountry tent camping enthusiasts, the surrounding areas offer primitive sites with varying levels of isolation. Camp Shabbona Woods provides a more managed experience described as "set up very well for first time campers," though with limited shade as "new saplings are still growing." Most tent campgrounds in the region require advance reservations, particularly during summer weekends and holidays.

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252 Reviews of 5 Mount Ayr Campgrounds

  • n
    Jun. 8, 2018

    Ross Camp

    Lafayette Parks and Rec

    Nice sites. Awesome shower house! close to Ross Park. A little chapel. This is a relax campground for those not into all the hiking if you just want to sit by your fire. A few primitive sites. No alcohol allowed. We rent a site here instead of hotels.

  • Jill T.
    Aug. 30, 2021

    Enchanted Shores RV Park & Campground

    Never Again!

    We booked here sight unseen due to temporary employment in the area.

    What a terrible mistake.

    The best thing was, that there is "full hook up" here???

    This place is old and run-down to say the least, there's not a flat spot on any of the roads. The sites are dirt with something green in between. The stinkest water we've ever smelled, horrible!!! Our sewer connection was nearly buried. There is a laundry area, I don't know what it's like, I'd never wash our close in that nasty water, we found a Laundromat. The lots are verious sizes of tiny. Most sites you're back to back to your neighbor. Your door faces your other neighbor's door, it's like you shared a site. We asked for a picnic table and got one, but when we left for a week, when we returned it was gone! Despite the high rent, there's no internet or cable TV, basically no emenities. We were told there was planned activities, but we weren't there long enough to find out. There's a area for long-term, yearly sites. Several of the trailers in that area were old with beat up decks, some surrounded by junk.

    We installed interior security cameras to keep an eye on our rig. Then stayed in a hotel until we changed our job location.

    We can't image a worse location. I should be condemned.

    We feel bad for those who are on the road and fall into this trap for a place to stay on the way, or close to Chicago.

  • J
    Apr. 27, 2021

    Last Resort Campground

    Nice campground

    This is a Passport America campground, so the rate was great! We only stayed overnight, and we had a pull thru FHU site that was pretty level. The spaces weren't too close. We didn't use the showers or bathrooms. The laundry room was clean and had 2 washers and 2 dryers for reasonable cost. We did have a picnic table and fire ring and the office did sell firewood. There was a nice playground and game room. They also had a pond for fishing. There was some train noise.

  • amber P.
    Jul. 9, 2021

    France Park

    No alcohol , unfriendly, staff, nice swimming area

    No alcohol, unfriendly, staff, nice swimming area

  • Meghan B.The Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 18, 2023

    Sand Creek Campground

    Would stay again!

    Privately-owned and just a short distance from Indiana Dunes. The owner was very nice and helpful at check-in. There were several open spots on that rainy Sunday, so we were allowed to pick any open spot. Some spots were out in the open, others along the tree line, and a few in the woods. All sites had a picnic table, fire ring, and seemed fairly level.

  • Sondra D.
    May. 11, 2019

    Prophetstown State Park Campground

    Prophetstown State Park

    Prophetstown State Park is located between Lafayette and Battleground, IN. It proved to be a lovely place to stay. We parked in Spruce Loop which had spacious sites and full hookups. I especially appreciated the fact that all the sites were, at the least, partially shaded and at a distance from neighboring sites. We were also within easy walking distance of a spacious and clean vault toilet. A little further walk brings you to a large restroom/shower facility. It also was very clean. The full hookup sites are in Spruce Loop. Electric only sites are in Savanna Loop. They are fairly new so not offering much shade as yet, although plenty of young trees are sprouting. They park offers much in the way of hiking, biking, playgrounds, basketball court, spacious shelters, a farm and nature center to visit, plus a large fun, water park. We plan to return with our bikes and also with a grandchild soon.

  • Michael L.
    Mar. 29, 2021

    Prophetstown State Park Campground

    Prairie-style w half full hookups & half electric. Great for RVs & tents.

    Not too far out of the way, this is Indiana's newest state park, if I'm not mistaken, and it shows. The lower loop is all full hookups with 50, 30, and 20 amp service and respectably woody. The back loop is more open grassland type camping, but it has electric at every location and water every 2-4 sites. 

    There's a big playground including a section for younger kids and the main area for 5-12 year olds. About a half mile outside of the campground is another, smaller, playground in the state park. And about a mile and a half outside of the campground back towards the entrance to the state park is a water park. The aquatic center was not open during my stay, but according to the web is open Memorial Day through Labor Day and is $5 per person (3 and under free). It's a VERY short car ride, a maybe 30 minute walk, or a reasonably short bike ride from the camp sites. 

    AT&T service at my site seemed to average 2 bars. Sometimes 1, sometimes 3. No wifi.

    There's a primitive-style potty shack with 2 restrooms in between the two sections and a bathhouse in the center of the back loop. My wife said the hot water wasn't working (I would have docked them a half star for that, but The Dyrt only does full stars and we only stayed 2 nights), so you may just call and ask if they've had any complaints about it recently.

    Firewood was available, but it was honor system and cost $5.35 cash only. I assume the price is set by the state, but exact change is rare for us so that was a mild annoyance.

  • S
    Jul. 18, 2018

    Prophetstown State Park Campground

    Waves of Grain

    Well kept and clean area in the plains of Indiana. Great amnesties for the area such as a new, large public pool and a few hiking and biking trails.

  • JThe Dyrt PRO User
    Aug. 10, 2025

    Camp Shabbona Woods

    Not the best but acceptable

    Stayed the weekend. Definitely felt the urban community close by with ambulances and firetrucks noises in the background. They close the gates after 10pm was weird but overall ok. No electric or water hook ups can’t keep your vehicle close to your campsite. The good the bathroom are in good shape and the staff was friendly.

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