Best RV Parks & Resorts near Defiance, OH

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Best RV Sites Near Defiance, OH (65)

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    1. Arrowhead Lake RV Park & Campground

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    Bluffton, Ohio

    Discover Arrowhead Lake RV Park: Your Ultimate Camping Destination in Ohio

    Are you ready for an unforgettable outdoor adventure in the heart of Ohio? Look no further than Arrowhead Lake RV Park, your premier destination for camping and recreation. Located at 21876 US-68 in Williamstown, OH, our campground offers a perfect blend of relaxation, adventure, and natural beauty. Let's dive into why Arrowhead Lake RV Park is the ultimate choice for your next getaway.

    Unmatched Amenities and Facilities

    Arrowhead Lake RV Park boasts a wide range of amenities to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable stay for all our guests. All our sites feature 20, 30, and 50 Amp service, as well as water hookups and partial or full hook-ups. Whether you prefer back-in or pull-thru sites, we have options to suit your needs.

    Explore the great outdoors with activities like fishing, walking, biking, and non-motorized boating. Bring your golf cart along for convenient transportation around the park, and enjoy recreational activities like basketball, volleyball, and even GaGa Ball Pit.

    Family-Friendly Fun

    At Arrowhead Lake RV Park, we prioritize family fun and relaxation. Let the kids burn off some energy at our playground area while you unwind by the fire ring, perfect for roasting marshmallows under the starlit sky. Cool off on hot summer days with a refreshing swim in our swimming pool, or explore the nearby creek state park for even more outdoor adventures.

    Nearby Attractions and Activities

    Venture beyond the campground and discover the beauty of Ohio's state park campgrounds. Explore hiking trails, scenic overlooks, and breathtaking waterfalls at destinations like Hocking Hills State Park and Maumee Bay State Park. Take a day trip to Cuyahoga Valley National Park or John Bryan State Park for even more outdoor excitement.

    Convenient Location

    Arrowhead Lake RV Park is conveniently located near several accessible cities, making it easy to explore the surrounding area. Visit West Union, Manchester, Peebles, or Batavia for shopping, dining, and local attractions just a short drive away.

    Your Perfect Camping Experience Awaits

    Whether you're a seasoned camper or new to the camping experience, Arrowhead Lake RV Park has everything you need for a memorable getaway. Book your stay today and experience the beauty of camping in Ohio. With top-notch amenities, family-friendly activities, and nearby outdoor attractions, your perfect camping experience awaits at Arrowhead Lake RV Park.

    Book your slot now and contact us at 419-365-5374 or through our website at https://arrowheadlakervpark.com/ or visit us at 21876 US-68, Williamstown, OH 45897.

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    $225 - $250 / night

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      2. Indian Meadow Ohio Turnpike RV Lot

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      Fayette, Ohio
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        4. Manz Family Camp

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        Paulding, Ohio

        RV site, tent camping with pond for swimming in quiet rural setting.

        Kayaks, Row boat, SUP boards, paddle boat.

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        $30 - $75 / night

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        5. Angola/Hogback Lake KOA Holiday

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        Angola, Indiana

        Experience the tranquil beauty of Lakeside Cabins and Campsites at Hogback Lake transformed into Angola/Hogback Lake KOA Holiday. Nestled in Angola, Indiana, our campground offers a serene lakeside escape and a haven for fishing enthusiasts seeking solace from the hustle and bustle of city life. Whether you're seeking a laid-back camping weekend or a fun-filled family vacation, we cater to all preferences, providing a range of accommodations to suit every camper's style.

        Choose from a variety of accommodation options, including lakeside or wooded RV Sites, Deluxe Cabin Suites, Camping Cabins, and Tent Sites. Many of our sites are newly upgraded to ensure optimal comfort and convenience throughout your stay.

        Our campground boasts a plethora of amenities designed to enhance your camping experience. Enjoy lakeside relaxation and fishing opportunities on the shores of Hogback Lake. Immerse yourself in nature with scenic walking trails or unwind by the campfire under a blanket of stars. For those seeking adventure, indulge in water sports such as kayaking or paddle boating on the lake.

        Join us at Angola/Hogback Lake KOA Holiday and rediscover the joys of lakeside camping year-round. Book your stay now and embark on a journey to unwind, recharge, and reconnect with nature.

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          6. Fireside Resort RV Park

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          Garrett, Indiana

          Full Service Pull Thru Sites Year Round Shower House Laundry Facility ​ I-69 Easy Access

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          $25 - $38 / night

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          7. Van Buren State Park Campground

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          Van Buren, Ohio
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          8. Happy Acres Campground

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          Angola, Indiana

          In August 2021, Miller's Happy Acres is getting a slightly different name: Happy Acres Campground.

          RV, camper, cabin or tent, we can easily accommodate you on your vacation or if you're just passing through. From 100' pull-through sites to shady spots by the pond, we'll help you find your perfect site.

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          $25 - $45 / night

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            10. Ottawa Metro Park Campground

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            Lima, Ohio

            Ottawa Metro Park provides many different outdoor recreation opportunities for your enjoyment on 287.3 acres. Visitors can spend the day fishing & boating on the 89 acre Lima Lake reservoir and swimming at Ottawa Metro Park beach. Enjoy a picnic or stay overnight at the campground.

            Our friendly family-oriented self registering campground features thirty spacious campsites with three handicap accessible sites. Each site has hook-up for water and electric (minimum of 50 amp), picnic table, lantern holder, and fire ring. For the larger RV owners, eight pull through sites are available. A convenient dump station is located within the campground. Paved walkways and paths connect campsites to the modern shower/restroom facility with vending area as well as connecting to many other features of the Ottawa Metro Park. Campsites are available on a “first come, first serve” basis.

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          Recent RV Reviews in Defiance

          253 Reviews of 65 Defiance Campgrounds


          • Christie S.The Dyrt PRO User
            Camper-submitted photo from Johnny Appleseed Campground
            Oct. 27, 2024

            Johnny Appleseed Campground

            Suppppppper Bathroom s

            They have the best bathrooms that I have ever seen in the campgrounds.You can even look out at the skylight at the sky.Why you take a shower and while you go to the bathroom is well.It's a beautiful bathroom very well kept.Thank you so much to the campgrounds....

          • Wendy F.
            Camper-submitted photo from Lake Hudson Recreation Area
            Oct. 14, 2024

            Lake Hudson Recreation Area

            Spacious sites

            What an absolute gem of a state park. Almost every site is private, with a few exceptions. Nice trails, well built picnic tables, and huge fire pits. Overall a fantastic experience.

          • BluePitMom O.
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            Oct. 7, 2024

            Sauder Village Campground

            History Lovers Heaven

            There's so much to do at the village! What a wonderful place for history lovers and/or kids. In addition to the village, there is a splash pad, a pool (in the nearby inn), and a couple of hiking trails.

            We stayed in Site 23. The sites are sizable, level, and well maintained. The shower house and restrooms were extremely clean.

            The campground was peaceful. It was full during our stay, and the other campers were very courteous. Nobody was loud and obnoxious.

            We were able to catch the Northern Lights!

          • Susan B.The Dyrt PRO User
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            Sep. 16, 2024

            Ottawa Metro Park Campground

            Nice, clean campground, adjoining a big greenway

            Very clean and pleasant campground, not far off the interstate. A 13_mile Greenway passes by there. Very nice bath and shower house. All sites paved with water and electric. Great place to spend a night or two.

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            Aug. 26, 2024

            Ottawa Metro Park Campground

            Wonderful spot

            It is first come..no reservations. Water and electric 30 Amp and some 50 amps as well. Beautiful park with bike and walking paths. Camp hosts are very helpful. Bathrooms and showers are very clean.

          • Shannon G.The Dyrt PRO User
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            Aug. 24, 2024

            Harrison Lake State Park Campground

            Great site!

            Our first time at this park and got lucky with our site. The pad was a little unlevel but easy to fix. The fire ring was fantastic and had pea gravel around it so if it rained it wasn’t a muddy mess. Great site with grass for tents and no one behind us besides a cornfield. We had a sidewalk next to us to the bathroom but there were so many bathrooms we didn’t have very many people pass by. It had pretty decent shade but unfortunately a sweet gum tree nearby so watch out if you’re barefoot. The shower house was nice but no benches in the stall and only had curtains. They were very clean and the camp hosts were friendly. We are headed back in September!

          • J
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            Aug. 21, 2024

            Sun Valley Family Campground

            Clean facilities, poor book keeping

            Making the reservation didn’t go very smooth, the person taking the information didn’t sound like they knew what they were doing… They charged our credit card, and lost our reservation, however they did honor our word and allowed us to camp. The bathrooms and showers were clean. The camping area had portable toilets that were clean! For just overnight it was OK, not a place I would vacation at.

          • N
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            Aug. 15, 2024

            Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Barton Lake

            Great Family Campground

            We brought down 2 30’ campers and we had 4 adults 3 children and two dogs and stay right next to the craft barn. It is a really nice camp ground with lots and lots for the kids to do. My son had a blast and said this was the best campground he has ever been to. My only complaint is that it is quite costly to stay.

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            Aug. 6, 2024

            Arrowhead Lake RV Park & Campground

            Pretty Nice + Cheap

            Sites are large for the weekend campers. The seasonal ones all have back in and the weekends are pull through which is kinda nice. They have two ponds, one for fishing and one for swimming. The swimming one has a dock kids jump off but it only goes to about 3.5-4 feet deep at the deepest point. Overall a pretty nice camping spot. Oh and it was only $45 a night.

          • JThe Dyrt PRO User
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            Aug. 5, 2024

            Toledo East-Stony Ridge KOA

            Small basic campground near Toledo

            Our site was $59.95 a night.

            We were in Site# 504. We had Full hook- up with a gravel pull-through.
            We travel towing a 14 foot trailer and were able to fit both in our pull through site along with my jeep. The site was easy to level. We were charged $25 additional for my jeep since we were towing the trailer. We also were charged $10 because we arrived at 1:25 PM and check-in is at 2 PM. The park was close to empty so arriving early was not an inconvenience. We drove ourselves to our spot (no escort).

            Our site was shaded with lots of trees. This was a smaller lot with our neighbors fairly close.

            The lot comes with a concrete patio with picnic table and fire ring. They sell wood for $6 a bundle.

            There is free WiFi, although not strong. They offer Cable TV and there are many channels.

            There is not a community outdoor kitchen or community fire pit.

            They pickup your garbage at your site daily before noon.

            You are allowed to ride personal golf carts. They do not provide golf cart rentals. There is really not a need to have a Golf cart because it is a smaller campground.

            They do have a Swimming pool but it is currently closed due to maintenance (although it just looked closed- no signs of maintenance being done).

            There is a Playground. They also offer horseshoes, corn hole, giant jinga.

            They have a basic general store. There are not scheduled activities for kids.

            There is not a snack bar/restaurant on site.

            The streets are gravel so not great for riding bikes. This is an RV park with tent camping and cabins to rent.

            They have one shower house. The shower house has individual bathrooms with your own sink, shower, toilet. These are kept very clean.

            There is a laundry facility. It is a cash only facility, but they have a change machine. There are approximately 4 washers and 4 dryers. It is approximately $2.50 to wash and $2.50 to dry a load.

            They have a small fenced in dog park.

            There isn’t tons to doin the actual city of Perryville. But Toledo is a 20 minute drive.

          • Tony T.
            Camper-submitted photo from Harrison Lake State Park Campground
            Jul. 22, 2024

            Harrison Lake State Park Campground

            Great Campground

            The sites in the tent-only section were well sized and shady. We were on the lake side and were able to get some nice views of Harrison Lake. There were families on either side of us with little kids who were well behaved, albeit a little noisy (i.e a really young child was screaming for about 2 minutes straight non-stop at 9 am until finally the parents said something). Bathroom facilities (single occupancy with shower) were about a 3 minute walk and were clean. Good stay!

          • ABBI S.
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            Jun. 17, 2024

            Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Barton Lake

            Primitive camping right by a busy highway

            This was my husbands, and my 2 small babies first camping trip. We chose Jellystone in Fremont Indiana because it was only an hour from our home and has so many fun family activities. We wanted to do something close by in case things went awry, I am Glad we did that. We got to the site and we had booked primitive camping. From the map online you could not tell it was directly next to an extremely busy highway. So instead of the sound of nature we heard blaring 16 wheelers for hours on end. Our campsite was not labeled with our site number so we had to guess what site we had booked. The camp sites were on a slight hill and my youngest isn’t even 2 and is accident prone. This was dangerous given the fact that the picnic table was sloped right by the fire ring for a dangerous combination. Our chairs were unsteady and sitting around the fire in general was dangerous. We couldn’t relax at all and had to continuously be cautious of my 1.5 year old falling into the fire! It is currently June and the temps are high which we expected but the heat combined with the highway traffic at night led to no sleep for our children or us. Not to mention at 10:30 construction vehicles pulled up right next to the campsite and began their work. By 11:15 we had had enough. We decided to go home. It was the worst 7 hour experience of our vacation history. We called the next day and relayed our experience to the registration cabin and paid to have a cabin. The point of this thread is, I personally Feel like I paid to be homeless next to a highway for the week. I am Angry, camping should not be next to a busy highway. The entrance needs to be relocated to where the primitive camping is and the camping needs to be in a more secluded area. People are paying for this experience and it was the most chaotic/ anxious trip I have ever been on. We have not experiencedthe fun activities yet because we have had such a horrible time at the actual campsite we drove home and are coming back the next day so we could actually get some sleep. When we paid for a cabin and relaid our experience the woman working registration did not even apologize for our bad experience. We were not met with any form of compassion or understanding for the chaos we paid for. If you are going to keep booking primitive camping next to a busy highway, inform your guests! Be aware of construction schedules! Know what is happening in your area for the sake of your guests and their quality experience! Do not let your park become a thing of the past because you are neglecting to remember our experiences keep us coming back!

          • Mary S.
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            Jun. 12, 2024

            Shadylake Campground

            It's unfortunate that I have to give them even 1 star.

            It's unfortunate I have to even give them 1 star. Absolutely horrible people to deal with and filthy place! The grounds were unkept and the pond, well, dont swim in it. We paid for the season and could not even get into our spot because he had rented out our spot to someone else! Every time we went out to make sure it was empty someone new was rented out to it. Filthy facility and the workers, when you could find one, were rude and obnoxious. We had to talk to the manager, who was hiding in the house, over a speaker. We couldn't hear him because of all the dogs barking in the background but he refused to come and speak to us.

          • J
            Camper-submitted photo from Happy Acres Campground
            Jun. 4, 2024

            Happy Acres Campground

            Stay in the Skybox

            We rented site 95 in the “skybox” it’s on the backside of the property. Super clean campground with friendly workers and seasonal residents were so friendly. Enjoyed the pool, pickleball and walking the trails. Has a 9hole disc golf. Very cool place and Angola has a lot to offer.

          • N
            Camper-submitted photo from Twin Acres Campground
            May. 25, 2024

            Twin Acres Campground

            Good Time and nice place

            Stayed here with my family on memorial weekend. Nice campground with friendly staff. Would come again for sure.

          • Rick M.
            Camper-submitted photo from Adventure Bound Pleasant View
            May. 13, 2024

            Adventure Bound Pleasant View

            Scam company

            Place is a joke, ran by two little piece of shit trolls with a god complex to over come the lack of achievement in there lives. They have zero management skills and even less people skills. Must be overcompensating for something.

          • S
            Camper-submitted photo from Powell Creek Campground
            May. 8, 2024

            Powell Creek Campground

            Old & dilapidated,

            Old campground with very little to do. Dirty shower building and dirty bathrooms( be sure to bring your own toilet paper because it's always empty). Activity building looks like it is about ready to collapse, with cracks in the concrete big enough to trip over. Run don't walk away from this place!

          • Tina G.
            Camper-submitted photo from Happy Acres Campground
            May. 2, 2024

            Happy Acres Campground

            Unexpected gem

            We made an last minute stop here on a Sunday night. The owners were helpful and went out of their way to help us. The campground looks awesome and makes you feel at home. They are also big rig friendly. We will stop back here again.

          • N
            Camper-submitted photo from Sunny's Campground
            Apr. 1, 2024

            Sunny's Campground

            Lots of fun

            I took my family there and we had a great time. My 7 year really enjoyed the swimming and riding his bike through the campground. When we stayed the campground had brought in large inflatable water slide which was a great time. They charge for WIFI and it wasn’t very good at all, but that is my only complaint.

          • fThe Dyrt PRO User
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            Mar. 8, 2024

            Kimpels Hickory Acres

            Decent place, will try again

            There is a Waterpark, pool, and hot tub at this campground you can access for an additional price. I camped in a tent next to the cabin that my sister rented so I'm not sure about the tent sites that are available. There are ALOT of full time campers here so I was under the impression that a good site will be hard to find here, but the bathrooms were good and there were things to do so I will try this place out again.

          • Kim B.
            Camper-submitted photo from Fish Lake Family Resort
            Oct. 30, 2023

            Fish Lake Family Resort

            A real family campground with a friendly community.

            The owner was wonderful, friendly, and responsive! 

            The site was good for an overnight stay.

            It seems most sites were seasonal and those folks were very friendly.

            We would definitely stay again when going through the area.

            Lots of things happening...and even though we were just a one-night stay, passing through, we were invited to take part in everything going on.  We felt very welcome.

          • Shona S.
            Camper-submitted photo from Blue Water Campground
            Sep. 8, 2023

            Blue Water Campground

            Okay

            It had the facilities, but we were unimpressed with the service when booking, price quoted at reservation and online was different to price charged and we were placed right by the dump ground

          • Rick G.The Dyrt PRO User
            Camper-submitted photo from Johnny Appleseed Campground
            Aug. 31, 2023

            Johnny Appleseed Campground

            Great for Fort Wayne Visit

            Let me start out by qualifying my 5-star review by saying it is site specific. Our site was one of the more private which earned the 5-stars. But, even in a different site it’s a great place to stay for a few nights as you explore the area. Easy in and out, good electric service, water at the site, good Verizon signal, easy dump station access, and friendly camp hosts. Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) burial site is next to this county park. And he is celebrated each Fall within the park with a festival.



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