Best Camping near Amanda, OH

Whether you're a tent camper, an RVer, or just passing through, Amanda, OH has a lot to offer. There are tons of hikes and other fun activities to partake in. Experience some of the most stunning views that Ohio camping has to offer. Search nearby campsites and find top-rated spots from other campers.

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  • TThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Old Stone Church Campground
    Nov. 2, 2024

    Old Stone Church Campground

    Easy Access - Mostly Quiet

    Easy pull-thru site for our small travel trailer. Each pull-thru is set-up for horses, but RVs are allowed (according to NFS website). Maybe because it was Halloween night, maybe due to hunting season, I dunno, but there seemed to be more traffic than expected for this road. Our only neighbors got a little... rowdy, but it was okay.

    Campsite fee is $15 on the honor system. If you have a National Park's Golden Age or Access pass, they honor a 50 percent discount.

    I had good 4G ATT cell service. Worked well, with no drops. Data was a bit slower than usual but still good.

    The only facilities here were a single pit toilet (surprisingly clean) and a trash can at each site. There may be more services during the height of the season, at least water for horses, but nothing else I could tell.

    A short distance further down the road, just after it turns to gravel, at the Old Stone Church trailhead, there are grassy places to back in smaller campers/RVs. And even further down the road, after it turns back to asphalt :D, there's a private campground with utilities, I think, but we only saw it and didn't check it out.

  • Dan M.
    Camper-submitted photo from Cross Creek Camping Resort
    Oct. 14, 2024

    Cross Creek Camping Resort

    Nice spot in a good location.

    Sites are pretty close together and mostly permanent, but it’s in a good location and decent amenities. Our site needed maintenance but overall, it was a good week.

  • AThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Geneva Hills - Camp and Event Center
    Oct. 13, 2024

    Geneva Hills - Camp and Event Center

    Would stay again

    Tent site was nice. We could make dinner and there weren’t any mosquitoes even though it was right above a swamp. It was a nice driving distance from Hocking Hills and a neat place to camp.

  • j
    Camper-submitted photo from Wolfie's Campground
    Oct. 11, 2024

    Wolfie's Campground

    Great place, not peaceful at night

    Bathrooms very clean. Loved the free games. Cabin was very clean and had comfortable beds. Doesn’t make sense to have quiet time at dark when bar nearby plays loud music outside till late.

  • DThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Hocking Hills State Park Campground
    Sep. 23, 2024

    Hocking Hills State Park Campground

    Best place

    This is a great place to visit and camp. I am a tent camper so I was in the non electric site. The hiking is fantastic. Rose lake is also a wonderful lake and quite beautiful. Will always come back

  • Dan M.
    Camper-submitted photo from Cross Creek Camping Resort
    Sep. 12, 2024

    Cross Creek Camping Resort

    Nice place, lot of seasonal camps

    Roads are pretty tight and spots are on the smallish side but not too bad. Most sites are seasonal campers and the non-seasonal sites are kept up very good. We stayed at a Premium pull-thru and the brick patio was very uneven causing me to trip several times. The brick fire ring was overgrown with weeds and grass coming thru the bricks and half of it was a 6-8 inch drop-off.... imagine falling off at night! This was site#133 the neighboring sites didn't look as bad. We would consider staying again at a different site. We camped at Cross Creek Camping Resort in a Fifth Wheel

  • Wailym C.
    Camper-submitted photo from Alum Creek State Park Campground
    Sep. 9, 2024

    Alum Creek State Park Campground

    Road Noise

    First time visiting this state campground and we only stayed one night, did not explore entire park.  Grounds well maintained, clean and decent amenities.  The sites are well placed and a good size.  But no water view on any of the “premium water view” sites in loop L, other than one L17 (the picture with view)  Same for loop K.  Guests and hosts were friendly and welcoming.  Quiet except for the road noise due to nearby busy roads.  The boat launch to lake access is very nice with plenty of parking and space.  Not bad for a stop when traveling through or a weekend.  We stayed with 34’ camper.  Site L15 (picture with red truck)

  • Anna S.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Scioto Trail State Park Campground
    Sep. 9, 2024

    Scioto Trail State Park Campground

    Tent only sites - quiet, wooded

    I stayed in the non-electric, tent-only campground NOT the RV campground. Out of curiosity, I drove through the RV campground and it was so loud and cramped! But the tent-only area is separate. Walk-in sites with pit toilets and potable water. The map of how the sites are laid out online is extremely inaccurate, I would not have picked my site if it had been accurate. But there was only one other camper and we all had plenty of space - I could barely see them through the trees. All sites appeared to have a picnic table and fire ring. Many miles of trails / dirt roads for hiking and biking. Clear skies at night. Very relaxing.

  • afshar Y.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Hocking Hills KOA Holiday
    Sep. 3, 2024

    Hocking Hills KOA Holiday

    Awesome stay

    Stayed with the family for 5 days/ 4 nights and had a wonderful time. The KOA had a lot of amenities to offer. The staff was friendly, courteous and great to deal with. The sites were nice and wide but not all level but it's an area that has lots of hills. The pool was wonderful, the bathroom was clean and spacious. The camp store has everything you may need with a Walmart 10 minutes down the road. Close to the park to go explore but the KOA had a lot to offer for your stay.

  • Kyle B.
    Camper-submitted photo from Hocking Hills Camping & Canoe
    Sep. 2, 2024

    Hocking Hills Camping & Canoe

    New Ownership and its amazing!!!

    This campground has been a staple of Hocking Hills for decades. Finally some new owners took over in May ‘24 and have really done an amazing job renovating things. The staff is super friendly, large primitive campsites right on the river with tons of shade trees! They are even building treehouses to stay in. We love it here!

  • Anna S.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Scioto-Grove Metro Park
    Sep. 1, 2024

    Scioto-Grove Metro Park

    Great for a quick getaway

    Need to reserve online, books up very fast. Got lucky and found an opening for site 5 which was right on river and away from the busier parts of park - didn’t see a single person. Nice tent pads, campfire ring, and provided wood.

  • mThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Walnut Creek Campground and Resort
    Aug. 21, 2024

    Walnut Creek Campground and Resort

    Nice place to stop while traveling

    Did a quick one night stop while traveling. Just what we were looking for. Friendly family owned campground with nice quiet environment. Nice scenic drive to campground only 7 miles off of Hwy 35. No

  • David M.
    Camper-submitted photo from Pops Place Camping
    Aug. 15, 2024

    Pops Place Camping

    Hidden gem in Ohio

    I highly recommend pop's place.  I stayed there Aug 2024 and as of that date the rustic tent camping was $20.  This is an ideal base camp for riding your motorcycle on the scenic roads in that area of Ohio such as the triple nickel.  The owners are very nice people and helpful.  The porta john and shower were very clean.  The shower uses an on demand water heater.  The narrow cabin you see in some photos is now a gravel pad for RV type camping with electric.  The wider cabin in the photos is still there, but was currently rented so he couldn't take me on a tour of it.  He took me on a tour of the new cabin he is building and it will be a nice play to stay when he is done.  They sell firewood for $5.  The common grass area has wood lounge chairs, common fire ring, playground,  and cornhole boards.  If you are tent camping and need to charge your phone he has no problem with you using the electric outlet at the RV site if no one is there.  I forgot to suggest to him that maybe add an external electric outlet at the shower house since electric is there for the water heater.  There is a spigot on the outside of the shower house to get drinking water.  There is a basketball backboard near the current cabin if you happen to bring a basketball for your kids to use.  There is good verizon cell service there, I did not expect it because of the location and hills in the area.  I don't hammock camp, but it looked like there were trees far enough apart in the line of pines for hanging 2 hammocks.  One of the photos showed 3 picnic tables for tent campers.  There was only one when I stayed, but I assume it's a temporary or cyclical thing and I was the only tent camper and would have shared it anyway.

    Of note for motorcyclists is that the road the campground is on is paved (good riding to the north of it) and the campground drive is decent gravel for street bikes.

  • Janessa S.
    Camper-submitted photo from Pine Creek Campground and Cabins
    Aug. 11, 2024

    Pine Creek Campground and Cabins

    Equestrian

    I was here before they sold out and seeing it now makes me sad. The bathrooms were gross, the arenas had weeds shooting up. This was a very nice place to take the horses, now it's an overpriced average campground with absolutely nothing to write home about.

  • Brianna L.
    Camper-submitted photo from Campbell Cove Camping
    Jul. 28, 2024

    Campbell Cove Camping

    The perfect family campground !

    This is our first time staying at a non state park. I was a little nervous, but I already booked our next visit here ! To start, the staff are absolutely amazing and so kind. We stayed at site 61 and the lake view is perfect. Bring your hammock because there are plenty of trees !!

    There is a great playground for kids and a swimming hole. The bathrooms are so clean. You can kayak on the lake and they do have rentals .

  • Kevin C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Monday Creek OHV Dispersed
    Jul. 19, 2024

    Monday Creek OHV Dispersed

    Busy but good camping spot

    Camped at the west side of the vaulted toilet lot. Arrived about 5 PM and all 3 camping spots were empty. Lots of trucks and toy haulers heading up the various roads into the late evening. We slept soundly, made breakfast and were on our way. Great stop over location. Vaulted toilet and garbage cans were a welcome bonus.

  • Kevin C.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Campbell Cove Camping
    Jul. 1, 2024

    Campbell Cove Camping

    Wonderfully well kept campground

    This is a very nice campground near all of the attractions of Hocking Hills, Ohio. We had full hookups that were excellent, but if we didn't there were several new restrooms throughout the grounds. The camp store has the usual stuff you'll find and is always seems to have a friendly attendant behind the counter. There are several fun things for the kids to do, including a very large bounce pad and a pretty nice looking playground. There's a somewhat small swimming area, but it seems to be pretty clean for a pond. The campground is right on Lake Logan and there's access to the water at the bottom of the grounds. There's also boat rentals right around the corner.

  • Kim H.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Paint Creek State Park Campground
    Jun. 24, 2024

    Paint Creek State Park Campground

    Family Oriented

    We used site 64 Sunday through Tuesday. The park was peaceful and pleasing as the employees and volunteers obviously take pride in their efforts. A 12-year-old was with me; she enjoyed shooting basketball and swinging at the playground. Fellow campers were quiet. I'll be back!

  • J
    Camper-submitted photo from Dillon State Park Campground
    Jun. 16, 2024

    Dillon State Park Campground

    Nice spacious campsites

    First time at this park booked last minute so options were limited wasn't sure what leftovers we would get but ended up with 2 great sites. We lucked out and had 2 trees just right for hammock relaxing but it seems like lots of sites have no trees just depends on the section of park not alot of privacy between. Sites but there huge so you don't feel stuffed in next to everyone. Shower houses are limited 1 in each section but plenty of flush bathrooms located all over and kept very clean. Internet works very well verizon and att.

  • Ashley N.
    Camper-submitted photo from Hocking Hills Jellystone Campground
    May. 31, 2024

    Hocking Hills Jellystone Campground

    Disappointed. Waste of Money. Rude owners

    The site that we are currently staying in is nothing like the pictures online(I am more than happy to share photos.) I contacted the owner, he talked down to me, continually interrupted me and even raised his voice trying to intimidate me. The site has serious concerns. Such as the Nextdoor cabin fire pit is located less than 6ft from where I am suppose to park my brand new truck. There is only gravel, no grass for 12ft outside of our camper. Our site appears to be a driveway or turnaround and numerous ppl have tried to drive through, Esp with gulf carts. I raised my concerns and unhappiness to the owners and they argued and talked down to me. The husband raised his voice and essentially yelled at me basically telling me we could pack up and leave. This has not been a great experience so far and I am not sure I will ever stay at a jellystone or recommend one to anyone in the future.

  • M
    Camper-submitted photo from Alton RV Park
    May. 29, 2024

    Alton RV Park

    Convenient location

    Not a sightseeing destination, but very convenient place to stop for the night if you’re on a road trip doing a lot of driving. Safe neighborhood with a kroger right down the street.

  • s
    Camper-submitted photo from Jackson Lake Park
    May. 26, 2024

    Jackson Lake Park

    It’s was pretty decent

    So originally I was not super thrilled when we arrived but that changed quickly. We booked last minute on a holiday weekend and had like 2 options for a spot. I wasn’t happy with our spot but again that’s my own fault. I would definitely book ahead and look at the map to find a good spot. Some are very close to neighbors. Others are really nice. I was upset The pool was not open since there was no post about it being closed and the website says it would be open the weekend of Memorial Day. So I went into everything with a pretty crappy attitude. THEN, we went to the lake and at the desk was the new managers. They have only had it for 2 weeks now. They were super super sweet. She told us that they really did everything in their power to have the pool open and it just did not work out. They worked really hard to get it fixed and it needs to cure for like a week. I believe she said. So completely NOT their fault. Again they have only been there 2 weeks. We met some seasonal people and they were super nice as well. Our kids made friends quickly. The little lake was so much fun. My children were upset we had to leave early due to the storm coming in. We did not want to travel back in the storm. However I could have paid 100 dollars more and got into the jellystone park. I don’t think I recommend our spot though. It was on a corner which was nice but so small, no shade, fire pit was so little, no picnic table or anything. But if the pool was up, it would have been better.

  • CThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Alum Creek State Park Campground
    May. 23, 2024

    Alum Creek State Park Campground

    Large Established State Park

    Very well maintained, established state park. Sites are paved, level, and generally ample in space. Ample shade and privacy if needed. Amenities include boating, fishing, disc golf, MTB trails, live music select evenings, etc. Facilities are cleaned regularly. Staff are friendly and helpful..



Guide to Amanda

Camping near Amanda, Ohio, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and fun activities for everyone. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or an adventurous getaway, there are several campgrounds to choose from.

What to do

  • Hiking: Explore the scenic trails at Hocking Hills State Park Campground. One visitor noted, "Beautiful area with great hikes and views close by," making it a perfect spot for nature lovers.
  • Fishing and Boating: At Alum Creek State Park Campground, you can enjoy fishing and boating. A camper mentioned, "The sites are good sized...good for tent and RV," highlighting the spaciousness for families.
  • Disc Golf: If you're into disc golf, check out Buck Creek State Park Campground. One reviewer said, "Large park with a marina, archery range, disc golf and more," which makes it a great spot for active campers.

What campers like

  • Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the well-maintained restrooms and shower houses. A visitor at Alum Creek State Park Campground remarked, "Facilities are cleaned regularly. Staff are friendly and helpful."
  • Spacious Campsites: Many campers enjoy the large sites at Dillon State Park Campground. One happy camper shared, "They have very large sites and there is no trouble finding one with trees."
  • Family-Friendly Atmosphere: Campgrounds like John Bryan State Park Campground are noted for being family-friendly. A reviewer mentioned, "It was a great experience, we will most definitely be back!"

What you should know

  • Close Proximity of Sites: Many campgrounds have sites that are close together. A camper at Ohio John Bryan State Park Campground noted, "The sites are very close together," which might not be ideal for those seeking privacy.
  • Limited Amenities: Some campgrounds, like Lake Hope State Park Campground, have basic amenities. One visitor said, "The campsites are usually littered with trash and the latrines smell for a good distance."
  • Wildlife Encounters: Be prepared for wildlife, especially raccoons. A camper at Ohio John Bryan State Park Campground warned, "The sheer number and boldness of raccoons...freaked the kids and new campers out."

Tips for camping with families

  • Choose Campgrounds with Activities: Look for campgrounds that offer activities for kids, like Delaware State Park Campground. A camper mentioned, "Each section has its own playground for the kids."
  • Plan for Crowds: Weekends can get busy. A visitor at Buck Creek State Park Campground noted, "It was busy & loud...but it's still great for a night visit if you're in the area."
  • Pack Extra Supplies: Some campgrounds may not have stores nearby. A camper at A.W. Marion State Park Campground mentioned, "The town is close by so you can easily purchase what you need in town."

Tips from RVers

  • Check Site Sizes: Make sure to check the size of the RV sites. A visitor at Alum Creek State Park Campground said, "Sites are paved, level, and generally ample in space."
  • Be Aware of Noise Levels: Some campgrounds can be noisy, especially during holidays. A camper at Buck Creek State Park Campground shared, "Two different camp groups...got into loud verbal fights."
  • Plan for Water Access: Ensure you know where to fill up your water tanks. A visitor at Alum Creek State Park Campground noted, "Water was just across the street so it was convenient to fill the camper."

Camping near Amanda, Ohio, has something for everyone, from families to RV enthusiasts. Just remember to plan ahead and enjoy the great outdoors!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What camping is available near Amanda, OH?

    According to TheDyrt.com, Amanda, OH offers a wide range of camping options, with 105 campgrounds and RV parks near Amanda, OH and 7 free dispersed camping spots.

  • Which is the most popular campground near Amanda, OH?

    According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular campground near Amanda, OH is Hocking Hills State Park Campground with a 4.4-star rating from 107 reviews.

  • Where can I find free dispersed camping near Amanda, OH?

    According to TheDyrt.com, there are 7 free dispersed camping spots near Amanda, OH.

  • What parks are near Amanda, OH?

    According to TheDyrt.com, there are 21 parks near Amanda, OH that allow camping, notably Deer Creek Lake and Alum Creek Lake.