Top Tent Camping near Marietta, OH
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Best Tent Sites Near Marietta, OH (20)
1. Hune Bridge Campground
3 Reviews•13 Photos•53 SavesAccess the Hune Bridge Campground along the National Forest Covered Bridge Scenic Byway (S.R. 26) in Washington County. The campground is located across the historic Hune Covered Bridge.
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- Fires
- Reservable
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Group
2. Lane Farm Campground
1 Review•12 Photos•15 SavesFormerly the Lane family farm, this small campground is approximately 5 miles north of Marietta along the National Forest Covered Bridge Scenic Byway. The site has four campsites on the Little Muskingum.
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3. Kinderhook Trailhead
1 Review•3 Photos•12 SavesPrimitive camping is allowed at no charge at the trailhead, but only during the horse and mountain bike riding open season.
- Pets
- Fires
- Phone Service
- ADA Access
- Tents
- Equestrian
4. Lamping Homestead Recreation Area
1 Review•8 Photos•26 SavesIn Monroe County, this area offers camping, picnicking, fishing, canoeing, and a scenic hiking trail. The site has six walk-in campsites, eight picnic sites, and a picnic shelter. There are two loop trails for hiking, one at 3½ miles and the other at 1½ miles. A 2-acre pond at the site is stocked with bluegill, bass, and catfish.This secluded recreation area was once the farmstead of the Lamping family. The family homesteaded this area in the 1800s.
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- ADA Access
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- Trash
- Picnic Table
5. Zaleski State Forest
16 Reviews•65 Photos•98 Saves- Pets
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- Phone Service
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- Group
- Equestrian
6. Benton's on the Baileys
4 Reviews•9 Photos•13 Saves- Fires
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- Reservable
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- Group
- Cabins
$40 - $125 / night
7. Wayne National Forest Haught Run Campground
1 Review•1 SaveThis site has four campsites, and access to both the river and trail system. The site is just south of the Rinard Covered Bridge. This site is closed due to erosion causing a safety hazard to the campsites.
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8. Baileys Trail Tent Camping
2 Reviews•11 Photos•33 SavesLocated 1.5 miles from the Baileys Trail System (Chauncey Trailhead) and even closer to Wayne National Forest. Site is secluded in summertime yet close to state SR 13. It is situated off the old Sunday Creek Coal Mine railroad bed and Sunday Creek. Tent camping and portable/pull-behind units only. Amenities include an 8' x 8' deck pad and a fire ring with plenty of wood available. The campground has municipal water, a gas generator, a composting toilet, as well as a gas camping stove. Cell service (Verizon) is excellent. Gate is locked and night and there are security cameras. Owner lives on the property. There are two group campsites of three tent pads each. Price listed is for a tent pad, fire ring and amenities. 2 guests per tent pad, 1 car per guest. Campers are free to set up camp (or hammock) anywhere in the designated 2-acre space.
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- Reservable
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9. Pops Place Camping
3 Reviews•31 Photos•24 SavesGet away to Pop's Place Camping and Cabins. A small primitive camping area in SE Ohio. Where you are 10 minutes away from Burr Oak State Park, Tecumseh Trails Off-road and Scenic Trails Recreation Land. Other areas of interest are The Triple Nickle, Perry Forest ATV Park and Wayne National Forest. A hunters or ATV riders place to be, off the beaten path. We are tent, Motorcycle & ATV friendly. Please call ahead for availability.
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- Phone Service
- Reservable
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$15 - $125 / night
10. Conaway Run State Lake
1 Review•3 Saves- Tents
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Recent Tent Reviews In Marietta
321 Reviews of 20 Marietta Campgrounds
- jjean A.
Scout
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.
Joshua B.
Traveler
Salt Fork State Park
This place was great.
More trails to add to the collection.
James P.
Legend
Cokeley Campground — North Bend State Park
Nice state park
Come in via Harrisville as the way in via Cairo has very bad roads. Campground is very nice and well maintained. Sites have electricity and water; dump station is very well done and easily accessible with any RV configuration.
- GGary H.Traveler
Salt Fork State Park
Great fall camping
Dated, but pretty clean bath\shower building with clothes washer and dryer ($2). Sites in C-loop are far enough apart to not feel too crammed together. Power pedestal has 20, 30 and 50 amp service. 30 amp worked fine. Lots of trails, allowing dogs on leash. True, other amenities are a drive of at least a couple miles to get to. ATT service was fine for streaming using ROKU and my phone as a hotspot. Paved, level pads, but not long enough for largest trailers. Check size if you have one. Sites at South end of loop get the most shade
- James P.Legend
Forked Run State Park
In need of TLC
Narrow roads getting to state park. Campground in need of an update and targeted maintenance. Ensure your rig can fit into your selected site prior to booking as sites can be small and hilly. Sites are asphalt. Not many sites are level. Most patrons seem to be local - weekends full of loud music and drinking.
- AAlicia W.Scout
River Run Campground — North Bend State Park
Great experience
The campground was pretty packed for much of the weekend, but it never got too loud. Bathrooms are clean and the sites seem pretty spacious. I was at site 2, which is on a slight incline, but it didn't matter too much because I camp in a teardrop so keeping it level isn't an issue. Wifi and Verizon cell were both strong. Easy access to the rail trail and close to the river. I'll definitely go back.
- David M.Traveler
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.TravelerSalt Fork State Park
Equestrian
Always love going to salt fork. Bathrooms are always clean and I appreciate having wash racks for the horses. If i had a complaint it would be that the campground is always pretty busy
- Janessa S.Traveler
Blue Rock State Park Campground — Blue Rock State Park
Equestrian campground
Very quiet campground with little to no other riders around. Only complaint would be the non equestrians staying in the equestrian area
Jeremiah S.
Guide
Kountry Resort Campground
Family Fun at Old Campground
This campground has been around since the 1800s. It has a lot of permanent residents and we had a lot of fun checking out the different set ups.
There are a lot of amenities but they need updated. The playgrounds need replaced. The activities building had a pool and game room area, which we used a lot. These were dated as well but our kids had a blast and that is all that matters.
Everyone we engaged with at the campground was very pleasant. We went midweek so it was not very crowded other than the permanent residents. The park is very quiet.
We did a couple day trips down to Pomeroy, which is a nice little river town with ice cream, playgrounds, and shops less than five miles from the campground.
- Kim M.Scout
Cokeley Campground — North Bend State Park
Nice deep sites. Cokeley is W/E. Restrooms/showers are clean. Laundry on s
Do not follow GPS to get to North Bend SP(Cokeley or River Run) Call the park office directly. 304)643-2931.
GPS took us up some nasty horse-shoe hills! Call the office! Park personnel said some GPS will bring campers up a bad gravel road!
Most of the sites are not shaded, ours had partial shade.
Will definitely return.
Wi-Fi worked!
- MMandy J.Traveler
Forked Run State Park
Great local campground
We stayed there years ago. Our only complaint was how close the sites are together. Some are down over banks & some are on a slant. It was rather noisy when we were there too. Nice beach area for swimming though!
- SSabrina B.Traveler
River Run Campground — North Bend State Park
Too many behemoths
Beautiful campground but all giant RVs with lights like a Walmart lot T night. Nice Nature Center with attentive rangers. We camp in a tear drop and will not camp here again.
- Jeremiah S.Guide
River Run Campground — North Bend State Park
Great Family Campground
We had a wonderful time. The Park is great and we have stayed at lodge 4 times before but this was first camping trip.
We stayed during historic heat wave but kept cool in the river, the pool, and with the ice cream store nearby. There wasn’t easy river access from the campground but we climbed down the hill with no problem and waded the stream for hours.
The property was very clean and family oriented. Nice spacing at our site in particular. I would also recommend sites 10, 11, 17, 19, 13, and 14.
Marty M.Scout
Monday Creek OHV Dispersed
Primitive (off the grid)
My kinda place
- Daniel & Heather U.Legend
Salt Fork State Park
Average Campground, Amazing Park
Someone cancelled and this amazing site fell into our lap. I always put a ridiculous amount of time into finding sites that match our wants/needs list. This campground has very few sites that make the cut, but F08 was perfect. Backed up to the woods, has a view of the lake, shade, privacy, hammock trees, medium size, electric, bathroom directly across the street, water and grey water dump directly across the street.
Everywhere we camp, we color code a campground map with sites we like/dislike. This campground had about 7 sites we liked out of over 200. There are almost no sites with shade or privacy, many are small and oddly angled towards the road. They do all have 15A, 30A and 50A hookups and newer, level pads. The bathrooms however are very outdated. They still have the spring loaded faucets that you have to hold open and the men's shower houses is still a shared room for your things and changing. Worst of all, the water pressure was terrible and constantly changing.
This campground is in one of Ohio's largest state parks and is very popular. Which is why a lot of these negatives are pretty shocking to us. Like the never developed D loop. You would think for such a large and busy park, they would want as many sites as possible and to update the facilities.
One of my complaints about all of Ohio's state parks is the lack of tree preservation. Almost all of the state parks just clear the land to install power/water. You'd think a Ohio State Division of Wildlife State Park would take a bit extra care and attention to preserve some of them which also makes for a much better camping experience.
Overall, the positive rating isn't for the campground but rather the almost 20,000 acre state park. It is insanely huge and has many, many places to see and explore. There are beaches (even a private one for the campground), boat launches, hunting roads, historical house/cottage that is a museum, a cave and more.
Lastly, The Dyrt never seems to map the campground correctly so I couldn't do their cell network tests. However, Mint/T-Mobile and Verizon had pretty strong 5G. It slowed down a few times but was there the entire time.
- Ashley N.Traveler
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.
- JJulie C.Traveler
River Run Campground — North Bend State Park
Weekend Getaway
Great place to stay! We were at site 13, right on the water. Check-in was easy and the staff was very friendly! Plenty of ice and firewood at the store and a cute little gift shop. The site was mostly flat where we parked the camper and very close to the bathhouse. Plenty to do around the park - biking the rail trails, hiking, fishing, basketball, and a nice playground, to name a few! We definitely plan to make another trip there this year!!
- BBethany R.Scout
Kittie Wilson
Not too shabby
A small dark sky campground with cabins to rent as well. Water and electricity are on most sites. No dump station. Free fire wood for campers and each site has a grill and fire ring. Showers and flushing toilets are at the main building and the honor system is how they do business. 20 bucks a night! Nice people and great night time sky watching. Easy to get any size rig in. Plenty for the kids to do and great hiking trails. Ridge walkers are known to be in the area (Bigfoot) avoid making eye contact during breeding season.
- DDoug H.Guide
Dorr-Run Red Oak Trailhead
Nice FS camping.
Stayed one night. OHV trails closed for winter. Hiking allowed year-round. Most campsites inaccessible during off-season. Pit toilet closed for winter. Probably busy on weekends during the season. Nice place.
Brittany R.Traveler
Backwoods Campground & Winery
Best campground ever!!
So peaceful, beautiful views!!! Always have a good time, and always love enjoying time with family and friends and time together!!! Have to check it out! Experience is amazing!!!!
Emily M.
Ranger
Benton's on the Baileys
Very nice, private site
Excellent campground that is tucked out of the way. You have to walk to the site, up a steep hill, but it is very private and quiet. The bathrooms are down the hill too, but very clean and private. There are showers too.
The hiking is decent, but seems like it heads into private property pretty quickly. It is not a long drive from Hocking Hills so that is a better bet for hiking.
- TTaylor P.Traveler
Dorr-Run Red Oak Trailhead
Trailhead Camping
Stayed here for two nights. Saturday was super busy, and we snagged the last available spot with a fire ring. The second night we only had one tent near us. There are plenty of pull-off areas on the road leading up to this trailhead that were being used night one as well. There were restrooms and several fire rings. Cell service was available, but not great.
- Steve S.Guide
Bicentennial Campground
Great place to stay for a night
Pulled into the campground late. First come first serve. Lots of deer hunters there. Did find a nice level spot though
- BBrenda M.Scout
Statts Mills Campground
Neglected campground
This was the most neglected campground I have ever seen. The swings were all broken and on the ground in the playground, the picnic tables were broken and falling apart, the grass had not been cut, and the electricity did not work in all of the sites. It was disgusting. The entrance does not accommodate an RV or a large camper even though the owner said it did. I would not recommend this place to anyone.
- SSteve A.Guide
National Road Campground
Last stop on the way home
We loved this spot right on the pond.
Megan P.Scout
Blue Rock State Park
All the essentials
Small campground, lower camp sites are pretty close together but it's treed and shady with a creek running through. No one was here during our stay so felt like we had the campground to ourselves. Newer flush toilets near the group camp sites are nice. Camp store has showers for camper use. Really pretty lake!
Guide to Marietta
Camping near Marietta, Ohio, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and fun activities for everyone. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or an adventure-filled weekend, there are plenty of campgrounds to choose from.
What to do:
- Hiking: Explore the scenic trails at Hocking Hills State Park Campground. One camper mentioned, "Beautiful area with great hikes and views close by," making it a perfect spot for nature lovers.
- Swimming: Enjoy a refreshing dip at the beach area of Salt Fork State Park Campground. A visitor shared, "There is a private beach for the campground, and the lake is very clean."
- Fishing: Cast your line at Wolf Run State Park Campground. One happy camper noted, "We had the whole back section to ourselves! Not a soul on site but a few boats out fishing."
What campers like:
- Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the cleanliness of the restrooms and shower houses. A reviewer at Dillon State Park Campground said, "The bathroom/shower house is as clean as can be."
- Spacious Campsites: Many campgrounds offer large sites. A visitor at Burr Oak State Park Campground mentioned, "The site was a good size, but not secluded."
- Family-Friendly Atmosphere: Campgrounds like Campbell Cove Camping are great for families. One parent said, "There is a great playground for kids and a swimming hole."
What you should know:
- Close Proximity: Many campgrounds are near popular attractions. A camper at Lake Hope State Park Campground noted, "Great area. Camped here with my friends and I’ve been here on a backpacking trip."
- Limited Privacy: Some sites can be close together. A reviewer at Hocking Hills State Park Campground mentioned, "The spots were pretty darn close together for a state park."
- Variable Amenities: Facilities can vary widely. One camper at Forked Run State Park Campground said, "Campground in need of an update and targeted maintenance."
Tips for camping with families:
- Plan for Activities: Look for campgrounds with kid-friendly amenities. A parent at Campbell Cove Camping said, "The bathrooms are so clean. You can kayak on the lake and they do have rentals."
- Bring Extra Gear: If you're hiking, consider bringing a cart for your gear. A camper at Hocking Hills State Park Campground advised, "I highly recommend some sort of cart for your gear."
- Check for Events: Some parks host family-friendly events. A visitor at Salt Fork State Park Campground mentioned, "The park is super nice and well taken care of."
Tips from RVers:
- Check Site Sizes: Make sure your RV fits the site before booking. A reviewer at Forked Run State Park Campground noted, "Ensure your rig can fit into your selected site prior to booking as sites can be small and hilly."
- Look for Full Hookups: Campgrounds like Dillon State Park Campground offer full hookups, which many RVers appreciate. One camper said, "The campground was immaculate."
- Be Prepared for Noise: Some campgrounds can get loud, especially on weekends. A visitor at Wolf Run State Park Campground mentioned, "Our main issue was lack of oversight/patrolling after quiet hours."
Camping around Marietta, Ohio, has something for everyone, from families to solo adventurers. Whether you're looking for a quiet getaway or a fun-filled family trip, these campgrounds have you covered!
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