Best Glamping near North Vernon, IN

Travelers seeking luxury camping experiences in southern Indiana can choose from several glamping options near North Vernon. Starve Hollow State Recreation Area offers upscale canvas accommodations with electricity, heating and air conditioning units, comfortable queen beds with linens provided, and private decks overlooking the lake. "Amazing property for quiet relaxing and star gazing," noted one visitor about the glamping options in this forested setting. Scottsburg/Raintree Lake KOA features deluxe glamping cabins with full utilities, en-suite bathrooms, kitchenettes, and furnished outdoor spaces. These resort-style accommodations provide the perfect balance of outdoor immersion with indoor comfort, complete with Wi-Fi access, premium mattresses, and climate control systems to ensure year-round comfort regardless of weather conditions.

The region's glamping destinations feature numerous recreational opportunities both on-site and nearby. At Raintree Lake, glampers enjoy access to fishing in the "gorgeous" lake, mini golf courses, a brand new saltwater swimming pool, yard games, and even boba tea and pizza at the on-site café. One reviewer highlighted that the "lake was beautiful and staff are always so helpful." Wooster Campground at Hardy Lake State Recreation Area provides lakefront glamping sites with picturesque water views, boat moorage options for overnight stays, and excellent canine-friendly policies though dogs aren't permitted in the designated swimming areas. Most glamping accommodations in the area remain open year-round with peak season running April through November, offering guests different seasonal experiences from summer water activities to autumn foliage viewing.

Best Glamping Sites Near North Vernon, Indiana (26)

    1. Starve Hollow State Rec Area Campground

    25 Reviews
    Vallonia, IN
    28 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 358-3464

    $23 - $52 / night

    "Starve Hollow offers camping from full hookup, electric only (by the lake), tent camping, and cabins.  The lake has a swimming area (no lifeguards), playgrounds, and bathhouse. "

    "There are full hook-up sites and electric. Regular electric sites on the water are beautiful but not sure we could park our 41 ft fifth wheel on a water site."

    2. Wooster Campground — Hardy Lake State Recreation Area

    3 Reviews
    Deputy, IN
    17 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 794-3800

    $12 / night

    "The electric campground is seperated so the Wooster stays nice and dark and generally quiet."

    3. Hidden Paradise Campground

    16 Reviews
    Waldron, IN
    28 miles
    Website
    +1 (765) 525-6582

    "Campground Noise: There is fun noise , but nothing out of line."

    "Our site had full hookup, flat ground so easy setup."

    4. Jackson Washington State Forest

    6 Reviews
    Brownstown, IN
    23 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 358-2160

    $13 / night

    "There are some awesome hiking trails here, they are very rugged for Indiana lots of hills. J-W offers some real pretty views."

    "I went hiking here and it was sort of rugged. The campsite was right near the lake which provided a perfect view. There was a picnic table and fire ring for only 13 dollars."

    5. Charlestown State Park Campground

    37 Reviews
    Charlestown, IN
    39 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 256-5600

    $23 - $30 / night

    "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."

    "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. "

    6. Scottsburg/Raintree Lake KOA

    8 Reviews
    Scottsburg, IN
    26 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 752-4062

    $45 - $125 / night

    "Lake was beautiful and staff are always so helpful. They even have an on-site RV Tech that works for them who helped us fix our hot water heater. Very professional young man."

    "The lake is GORGEOUS. Sites have mature trees, variety of singing birds. Really nice stay here as we were passing through."

    7. Thousand Trails Indian Lakes

    9 Reviews
    Batesville, IN
    30 miles
    Website
    +1 (888) 707-1477

    "With over 1000 sites they offer a KOA section, year round leased sites, Thousand Trails sites and individual sites."

    "There are several fishing ponds and a lake with a beach area. There are 2 pools, and a golf course. Laundry facilities are decent, and there are plenty of machines."

    8. Delaney Creek Park

    7 Reviews
    Vallonia, IN
    30 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 883-5101

    "Each lot has water and electric. There is a dump station at the exit. The only negative comment about this park is, every lot slopes down towards the lake."

    "Great place to camp, 20/25 mins down a heavily wooded country road so it’s secluded and quiet. The place was pretty full of campers, both tents and campers."

    9. Brown County-Nashville KOA

    11 Reviews
    Nashville, IN
    33 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 988-4675

    "Bathrooms/showers are clean. Laundry on site. Small store and library where you can borrow books. Nice dog walk and small fenced dog area. Sites level and good for big rigs down to tents."

    "Clean bathrooms and showers. Nice laundromat. Staff was very friendly. Was a little pricey but with water electric sewer and cable hookups and a laundromat. Definitely worth the price."

    10. eXplore Brown County

    6 Reviews
    Nashville, IN
    30 miles
    Website
    +1 (812) 988-7750

    $15 - $40 / night

    "Some staff were good others just okay. The ATV and ropes course on site were excellent! The free bike trails were hard to find. The “lake” was really more like a large pond."

    "Full hook-up or water and electric sites, sites are level. Tent sites available. This place has zip-lining, paintball, arrow tag, ATVs, off-road tours, mountain biking, hiking, cabins."

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Glamping Reviews near North Vernon, IN

194 Reviews of 26 North Vernon Campgrounds


  • Brandie B.
    May. 6, 2020

    Thousand Trails Indian Lakes

    Large property with lots of green space

    Indian Lakes Campground is 10 minutes east of downtown Batesville, an hour to the east of Indianapolis and an hour to the west of Cincinnati. With over 1000 sites they offer a KOA section, year round leased sites, Thousand Trails sites and individual sites. We’re a married couple in our forties traveling with two dogs and a cat in our 37 foot motorhome and members of Thousand Trails. We arrived on April 3rd, the day prior to Indiana Covid-19 stay at home restrictions. The property owners were gracious enough to allow us to extend our stay beyond the normal 14 day limit for our personal safety. We were assigned a 50 amp site with water and sewer in loop 4B. This is an open loop with very few trees for shade. Immediately across from our site is a large field about the length of a football field. We can see the lake in the distance past the recreation and pool areas. During our stay we did not access the restroom, laundry, recreation or store areas as we were practicing social distancing. We plan to make many return trips to this campground in the future. Because we were the first to stay in our site since the campground closed for the winter season we had a little site maintenance/pickup to perform but nothing too out of the norm. The noise from the highway can only be heard about once a week. On weekends there’s an increase in golf-cart users and most neighbors are respectful during quiet hours.

  • J
    Jun. 17, 2019

    Starve Hollow State Rec Area Campground

    Good variety

    Starve Hollow offers camping from full hookup, electric only (by the lake), tent camping, and cabins.  The lake has a swimming area (no lifeguards), playgrounds, and bathhouse.  The lake allows boats with electric trolling motor only. 

    We stayed in the full hookup section (camping facilities: electric, sewer, and water hookup as well as fire ring, picnic table, and parking spur at each site. Modern restrooms/showers(wheelchair accessible) are available nearby. 53 sites available, sites 222, 232, and 234 are wheelchair accessible).  The bathhouse was clean (even though it rained most of the weekend).  these sites are a good size and able to get any size Trailer or RV into these sites.  There is mostly grass on most of the sites in this area.

    The campground also offers electric only sites (camping facilities: electric hookup, fire ring, picnic table and parking spur at each site. Drinking water is available in area. Modern restrooms/showers(wheelchair accessible) are available nearby. Dumping station is available. There are 87 sites available. Sites 28, 44, 65, 75 and 90 are wheelchair accessible).  They have about 20 sites that back up right to the lake allowing fishing from your campsite.  Keep in mind that a lot of the electric only sites are very tight with a lot of trees in the area.  I can probably only get my 36 ft 5th wheel into a third of the sites, but there are many of sites that had shorter units on them.   

    Cabins:  Starve Hollow has 13 rent-a-camp cabins available March-Nov.(closed Dec.-Feb.)(NOTE: Local sales only during off season/winter months, contact property for details). Each cabin has a front porch with a swing, outside electric outlet and front porch light. Inside there are two small rooms each providing a ceiling fan with light, a heating/cooling unit and electrical outlets. The front room offers a small table with bench seats, corner shelf, chair, rocking chair, and a loft. The back room offers a bunk bed(single) and a double bed(NO LINENS or MATTRESS PROVIDED). Air mattress recommended.

    Fishing/Boating Starve-Hollow Lake has three boat ramps to choose from, one at the dam and two in the electric campground. Kayak, rowboat and canoe rental is available. A valid Indiana fishing license is required. Rowboat and canoe rental is available from mid April through October. Starve-Hollow Lake is a trolling motor only lake. For campers a fish cleaning station is available.

    Swimming A large beach is available for swimming from the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Restrooms, dressing facilities, showers, and food concessions are available to visitors. Wheelchair ramps allow access to beach and concession area.

    Picnicking There are picnic areas and picnic shelters that can be reserved. Both shelters can be accessed by wheelchair. The East shelter has an electrical outlet. Picnic tables and grills are located at the picnic sites. A wheelchair accessible playground, basketball goals, softball fields, horseshoe pits and a sand volleyball court are located on or near the swimming beach.

    Hiking Trails Starve Hollow has several hiking trails to explore that total approximately 11 miles.

  • J
    Oct. 19, 2018

    Starve Hollow State Rec Area Campground

    Great place! We will come back!

    There are full hook-up sites and electric. Regular electric sites on the water are beautiful but not sure we could park our 41 ft fifth wheel on a water site. Trails are rugged at times and you can access them through campground. We are here in the fall but the beach looks like a good size. Boat rentals. Cabins look cute. We peeked in one. Double bed with bunks in room. Theres a loft for kids. A/C and heat but not bathroom. Bring a mattress or sleeping bags or you will sleep on wood. I recommend the water cabins. Playgrounds are sprinkled throughout. DNR dont patrol a lot. Quiet campground.

  • Cherie B.
    Aug. 28, 2018

    Brown County-Nashville KOA

    Quiet and friendly

    This is our go to campground. Not overly large but it’s clean and quiet. The owners are friendly and helpful. Bathrooms/showers are clean. Laundry on site. Small store and library where you can borrow books. Nice dog walk and small fenced dog area. Sites level and good for big rigs down to tents. Three cabins also available. Owners are relatively new and have been working on improvements continually. Highly recommend!

  • L
    Jul. 1, 2019

    Brown County-Nashville KOA

    Camping with 5 & 6 yr old grandkids

    We’ve stayed at a few Koa campgrounds and this one didn’t compare quite as expected. It’s small, clean and owners are very friendly and helpful but one stretch of sites (where we were) is tight, short  and cramped. We had four 90-degree day’s so the big plus was the pool. Although dated it was large, clean and refreshing. The sites are on large sharp rocks too (not gravel) which was challenging. Even on our large rugs I could not take a single step without shoes. I also felt bad that our campfire ring was at the back canvas opening of our neighboring camper and a little frustrated that I had to keep moving our 4 camp chairs each time we walked from our door to the truck. The owners did advise they were working on expanding those campsite spots which is good. Our grandkids didn’t care to play in the playground (clean but small and dated) but nice playgrounds were plenty in the Brown County State Park whose entrance is just across the road which gives location an A+. Famous Nashville, IN was just 2 miles away.. another location plus. We’d go back again but I’ll be more site picky next time... but I still won’t like the big rocks! I like a little barefoot time when camping!

  • DThe Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 27, 2022

    Follow The River RV Resort

    Florence, IN…Nice campground

    Park is well maintained. Nice sized pool and very clean pool area. Park has a playground and dog park. Lots of space between campers with cement patio, fire pit and picnic table and lots of trees. We had no issue pulling in our 42’ 5th wheel. We came in after hours and our name with sits number was posted on the door and plenty of maps for the park. Nice layout! You could barely hear a train off in the distance which sounded cozy. Campground is about 30 min from Madison and Ohio River is across the street. Only con- trash cans are like in a whole different country and hard to get too. Would stay again!!!!!

  • Ima C.
    May. 14, 2024

    Scottsburg/Raintree Lake KOA

    Repeat Visit

    This was a repeat visit. Just as perfect as the first time. Lake was beautiful and staff are always so helpful. They even have an on-site RV Tech that works for them who helped us fix our hot water heater. Very professional young man. We also enjoyed live music at the pavilion, and PIZZA from their new café, it was fabulous. They even have Boba tea.

  • Daisy C.
    Jun. 8, 2020

    Oak Ridge Camping Area — Morgan-Monroe State Forest

    Off the Beaten Path

    We stayed at site 13 at Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Mason Ridge Campground in June 2020. Site 13 has a little trail that goes down to a large flooded sinkhole behind the campsite. There were lots of tree frogs singing because of the proximity to water. Mason Ridge Campground has vault toilets and drinking water available. There are outdoor sinks at the drinking water stations. There is a dumpster in the campground for trash. Mason Ridge Campground is first come, first served, self-register and pay at the park office. Bring exact change. Firewood is available to purchase, but only when the park office is open, and hours are limited. It is also allowed for campers to gather downed wood throughout the forest for campfires. Chainsaws are not allowed, so bring a handsaw and spitting axe if you want to do this. Campsites are mostly good for tents, but several of the sites would be fine for small to medium sized travel trailers and RVs. Sites are primitive, with gravel parking pads. Campfire ring, grill grate, and picnic table are at all sites. There is a dump station. There are no electric sites. Oak Ridge Campground is a second campground loop in MMSF. It only has a handful of sites but feels very secluded. Most of these sites are suited for tents only, or little teardrop campers. Oak Ridge is only open as an“overflow” campground, so only bet on it being open during summer. There is also a group campground for scout troupes and other groups. When we camped here, there was a rowdy group of car campers that came to have a bonfire and drink all night two sites down from us. They would loud and obnoxious. I do not know if this type of thing is common occurrence at this property, or if we“lucked out” that night. The rest of the folks camping there were quiet. There were no hordes of flashlight children running amuck through the campground like you get at the state parks. There is a playground and fire tower right next to the Mason Ridge campground, but both were closed due to coronavirus. There are many trails in MMSF. Good hiking. 

    Pros: sinks, feeling of seclusion, quiet(other than the one group), usually availability unless you arrive really late, long hiking trails

    Cons: limited office hours for firewood purchase, obnoxious car campers

    In summary, this campground is for those who like to“rough it” a little bit.

  • Randy P.
    Aug. 25, 2024

    Follow The River RV Resort

    Great campground

    We absolutely love this campground, very friendly staff and well kept and clean!! They are pet friendly and allow portable fences.


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