Best Tent Camping near Lima, OH

Recent Tent Reviews in Lima

156 Reviews of 6 Lima Campgrounds

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  Brad H.

  Traveler

  

  Nov. 6, 2024

  Kiser Lake State Park Campground

  Great views of the lake

  We camped on lot 57 and the view of the lake was awesome! The new bathhouse is open year round

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  Brad H.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 31, 2024

  Indian Lake State Park Campground

  Very polite and helpful

  Everyone is very polite and helpful with anything you may need. The camp hosts are awesome 👍

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  Christopher M.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 15, 2024

  Indian Lake State Park Campground

  Road life

  Great park. Staff friendly and helpful bathrooms close to every site. Would be more convenient if all sites had full hookups

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  Brad H.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 9, 2024

  Indian Lake State Park Campground

  Friendly staff, great sites

  We had a great time. Lots of activities and trails.

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  Susan B.

  Traveler

  

  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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  Laura M.

  Scout

  

  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.

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  Shannon G.

  Legend

  

  Aug. 24, 2024

  Grand Lake St. Marys State Park — Grand Lake St Marys State Park

  One nighter

  We were just passing through for one night and we’d been there before but this is a new site to us. It had a decent level pad and plenty deep enough for our camper and tow vehicle. The site has a large side and backyard with a great view of the lake. The shower house was just a short walk. Check in was easy and so was finding our site.

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  J G.

  Scout

  

  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.

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  Megan M.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 12, 2024

  Lake Loramie State Park Campground

  Pretty lake. Parking lot campground

  First, the lake here is beautiful. It has many islands, coves and inlets and is perfect for a couple of days of paddling or fishing. That's where the two stars come in. 

  BUT. There are many buts. The campground is like a giant RV lot. The sites are tiny. We were in a tent-only site and we had two families right on top of us on either side. We could hear the entire conversations of one family, plus there were 11 people there, three cars, and they were partying the first night and extremely noisy.

  The reservation map is incorrect. When I reserved, it showed #13 as being on the end of the tent only area. When we arrived, I found out there was a site #14 that wasn't even pictured on the reservation map, and this is where the giant screaming family was parked! I thought I was going to be on the end- it is not very accommodating for a variety of reasons for a reservation map to be so incorrect. 

  The air everywhere reeks of sewage, ranging from what you smell outside a giant pig farm, to what you smell outside of a porta potty, to rotten egg smell. I don't know where these smells were coming from but it was nonstop. 

  The bathrooms were extremely dirty. It looks like they haven't been renovated since the 80s. 

  The employees in the office never seemed to be able to tell us what we needed to know. We asked on Friday evening where the Saturday morning naturalist paddle would be, and we were told to come back Saturday morning and ask someone else. On Saturday, the person in the office told us to go to a location that was miles away- we spent 40 minutes in the car driving around, trying to find where this activity was, only to give up and find out it was actually adjacent to the campground, not down the road in a different part of the park. 

  Last, the lake is in the middle of a residential neighborhood. You can see houses around the edge of the park while you are sitting in your campsite. It is not remote, and there is a noisy, busy highway running along the side of the campground. 

  I enjoyed the lake but I will not camp here again.

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  luke S.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 14, 2024

  Mary Jane Thurston State Park Campground

  Good spot.

  We had spot 8 and it was a good spot. It was a pull through spot that could fit a pretty large RV we will be staying here again if it is close on our travels. Highly recommend

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  Kelsey S.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 14, 2024

  Mary Jane Thurston State Park Campground

  Great spot!

  We stayed at site 8, enjoyed not having much of a crowd. View of the river was beautiful. Easy pull through access.

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  Mary S.

  Scout

  

  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.

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  Rustie L.

  Scout

  

  May. 17, 2024

  Kiser Lake State Park Campground

  Nice place

  My kids always loved fishing here was a great place to hike as well

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  Rick M.

  Scout

  

  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.

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  Brenda Z.

  Scout

  

  Mar. 8, 2024

  Stillwater Beach Campground

  Don't waste your time.

  The new owners of Stillwater Beach does not care about the local community nor do they care about family values. They are only interested in lining their own pockets with your hard earned money. Just ask the 150 campers that left this campgrounds within 4 months of them taking it over.

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  Richard R.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 28, 2023

  Indian Lake State Park Campground

  Nice park but check in online is miserable

  The online reservation system is clumsy to use at best. And you have to make a reservation. And reserving adds another $6.50. The campground is nice, clean restrooms and showers. Plenty of shade The whole process of trying to check in just made me wish I was at work instead.

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  Shona S.

  Traveler

  

  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

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  Allison W.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 8, 2023

  Poor Farmer's Campground

  Wonderful, quick stay

  We were just passing through for a night, but this was a beautiful, and friendly spot to stay for the night.

  Most of the sites are electric hookup only, some are electric and water, but we got a full hookup site, which was what we were hoping for. The bathhouse was clean, and well lit.

  The sunset last night was simply fabulous.

  They are also an rv service center, and have a shop with parts, if you need them.

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  Yanna C.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 11, 2023

  Ottawa Metro Park Campground

  So peaceful

  Stopped here for the night on a road trip. It was the best decision to make! It is such a nice peaceful campground! The sites were nicely spaced along with a wonderful bathroom. Its definitely one of the nicest campgrounds I have ever been to!

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  Amy B.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 30, 2023

  River Trail Campground II

  Quick weekend stay

  The papers were friendly ans helpful. Friendly patrons throughout the park. Clean saltwater pool, a park and a clean pond with a swimming beach. Catch and release fishing allowed. Bingo on Saturday evening! We all enjoyed our stay.

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  Rick E.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 26, 2023

  Venture Out Resorts Arrowhead Lakes Resort

  Tornado did damage

  Many of the amenities were damaged by a tornado. Therefore no pool or other water amenities except for the lakes. It seems that the 50 amp sights are very spread out and randomly located.

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  Jennifer

  Traveler

  

  May. 28, 2023

  Lake Loramie State Park Campground

  Very nice

  Very nice sites

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  Stephanie E.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 14, 2022

  Venture Out Resorts Arrowhead Lakes Resort

  It’s ok

  This is a timeshare campground. We agreed to come, so we could get full hookups. We weren’t able to get them anywhere else. So this place called and we agreed to come. So far the staff has been fabulous and very accommodating. We haven’t attended “the meeting “ yet. That’s not until tomorrow. The people who called us promised us several things, we got here and they weren’t available. We had to change sites 3 times. 1 time after we had everything unhooked, and set up. We have been here 2 days and this is the first time we could have a night time camp fire. The wind has been so bad. We did get a list today, of the activities for tomorrow. Some look pretty interesting. It seems like there is something for everyone.

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  Travis W.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 5, 2022

  Lazy R Campground

  Great place

  Great place to stay for weekend or for weeks. Great place for kids to have fun as well. Always something to do.

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  Ruby

  Scout

  

  Sep. 24, 2022

  A & E Camping Resort

  Worst hospitality very rude owner talks trash about other campers

  I gave a one start only because I had too the place is horrible kept  the spot we reserved from the map was not saved we got there it had a camper in it we had to take a spot down a steep hill no activities  the facilities was dirty  dumpster over flowing washing machines broke bathrooms dirty water had a bad smell and particles in it would advice not to drink the water ! Wendy the owner or owner want to be was extremely rude suppose be smoke free she was smoking blew right into out motor home  causing us a trip to the er my daughter went into a asthma attack  no activites for anyone no pool but a nasty green beach I would not even let my lab swim in when we ask for part of our money back  and not stay the whole week the person in the office Wendy said she would we went to the office when leaving she denied saying she would give any type refund lied to us I would advise another campground tbjs is poorly ran and way too much money and a dump who knows what's up with the water place needs condemned and start over with  better management  and someone with social skills I will not be back and I will not recommend to anyone else and we travel  a great deal and know.many who does also  wish I had take. Time to look at and read reviews I have learned a valuable lesson here .

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  Charlie H.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 14, 2022

  On Cedar Pond

  Review

  The stay was amazing! So beautiful

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  Bob M.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 31, 2022

  Mary Jane Thurston State Park Campground

  Decent, quiet

  We were in a premium site (#2) which means we had electric & water. Sites have ample space & shade. The only real negative is the bathrooms & shower house are a mile or so away at the marina, kind of odd.