Raccoon Ridge Campground — Brown County State Park

Holiday Fourth of July 2022 weekend the start Park was special excitement in downtown Nashville, Indiana a short drive outside the State Park. The town has souvenirs shops in the old 50's style look, dining, groceries, ect... The State Park has scenic mountain views, Campgrounds has over 250+sites and two lakes, T-Mobile (good 2 bars )there is a reservoir ( Lake Monroe )must see 30 minutes outside the park west entrance in Bloomington, Indiana.

Tons of campsites and most have decent trees and privacy (even many of the electric/RV spaces looked nice). As tent campers, we stayed in raccoon ridge which was excellent (quiet). Pit toilets at the back of the loop were probably the cleanest pits I've ever used. Bonus that there are dedicated mens/womens pits. The shower house at the top of the loop was dated but completely adequate with hot water (works for me). The picnic tables in the park are a bit odd (very short) but was plenty of space for my husband and I. With larger groups, it might be difficult to fit everyone around the table. 

The park has so many activities. We visited the nature center which was nothing spectacular but still something nice to do. We also hiked on 3 of the trails and went up the fire tower. It's nice to have a bike to explore since the park is so big. I wish I was a mountain biker, the trails looked amazing and the park was packed with mountain bikers. 

We will definitely keep this park on our list of semi-local camping for weekend trips.

We stopped by Brown County State Park for one night during our travels. This was our first visit and stopped here on a whim. We were very pleased with what the park had to offer. The campground area is very large. Several hundred sites spread out over miles of rolling hills. This place offers everything from remote rustic camping to front country modern camping. We saw a black bear at dusk digging through a garbage can at one of the picnic areas along the parks interior roads - black bears are reported as not being present in the park. I've witnessed countless black bears in the wilderness and this wasn't a case of mistaken identity. It was a black bear digging through a garbage can.

Brown County State Park is near Nashville....Indiana. Much smaller then the famous one, however a lot to see and to do. Excellent area to explore. The campground is well set up. The sites are nice size and level-ish. The facilities are newer and older depending on where your at in the park. They are well maintained though. There are a bunch of trails that are shared by horse back riders , bikers and hikers so be aware as you drive and move around the park.

The Campground is on top of the Ridgeline. When we pulled in it was raining and there was smoky mist hanging over the forests. We set up camp and since there were no bugs first week of October we slept with the screen open on the tent. There is a new pit toilet by our campsite which was very clean. We didn't bother with showers because we are stinky mountain bikers. So I can't comment on the shower house. The ranger told us that all the deer had been killed by over hunting in the park, but when we drove back to the Campground after dinner there was a whole herd of deer hanging out at the camp ground. He also showed us how to find paw paw fruit in the woods which taste like a cross between a banana and a peach. Delicious. We only camped two nights but we had a lovely time. We rode the trails which were surprisingly dry and fun. We wanted to ride the flow trail HogsHollow but we didn't know how to get back up the mountain. It's 5.5 miles down and I'm not in good enough shape to climb back up. So maybe next time we go we can call for an Uber since it turns out it is available there. There is supposed to be 200 miles of singletract trails in the area plus horse trails. There is a horse barn for trail rides and also a horse camp. There is a lodge there too but I didn't have time to see it. Also a swimming pool and nature center. The town of Nashville is right there with lots of artsy shops and restaurants in rustic buildings. There are numerous hotels and a music venue and a playhouse. Something for everyone. Unfortunately the bike shop right outside the park went out of business. Can't wait to go back.

Went for fall break & their Halloween week! So much fun