Top Tent Camping near Sylvania, OH
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Best Tent Sites Near Sylvania, OH (17)
1. White Oak Campground
10 Reviews•17 Photos•107 SavesWhite Oak Campground is a primitive campground. It has eight individual and two group campsites for tent camping. Only tent camping is permitted.
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$20 / night
2. Wiregrass Lake Metropark
3 Reviews•3 Photos•26 Saves- Pets
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- Reservable
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$25 / night
3. Cannaley Treehouse Village
1 Review•4 Photos•31 SavesThe Cannaley Treehouse Village is the only public treehouse village in the country, creating an experience that is truly one-of-a-kind. Treehouse Village includes six-, four- and two-person treehouses plus three raised platforms attached to trees for tent and hammock camping. The treehouses have electricity with heat and air conditioning. There restrooms and shower facilities are nearby. A large common treehouse available for day uses, a group gathering place around a campfire, connecting boardwalks, a canopy bridge and a crow's nest complete the charming village in the trees. Treehouse Village Features A six-person treehouse A four-person treehouse (ADA accesible) Two, 2-person treehouses Three tent/hammock platforms for camping in the trees A common treehouse with seating for up to 20 people (day use only; ADA accessible) A crow’s nest A canopy walk linking the common treehouse to the crow's nest Restrooms with showers Common fire pit (wood provided)
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4. Independence Dam State Park
4 Reviews•26 Photos•18 Saves- Pets
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$18 - $25 / night
5. Farnsworth Campground
Be the first to review!•4 SavesThis campground is a primitive campground. It has two individual and one group campsite for tent camping. Only tent camping is permitted. Please note that our campgrounds required 24 hour advance reservations via phone or online. All renters will receive an email confirmation, that must be brought with you. If you made a reservation and did not receive an email confirmation please call customer service at 419-407-9700, Monday through Friday. Due to the high volumes of campers, we may not be able to accommodate requests to move campsites with less than 24 hours notice and are subject to availability. Day Camping available November through April, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., to book call 419-407-9701.
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$20 - $30 / night
6. Rockland Lake
Be the first to review!•6 Photos•20 SavesRockland Lake is a private ten acre property with a spring fed crystal clear quarry, and lots of free space on all waterfront property. We have activities from volleyball, tether-ball, to fishing, swimming, and paddle boarding and much much more! There are diving boards, grills, and tents available. Reserve the camping trip of a lifetime today.
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$75 - $200 / night
7. 6 Lakes Campground
1 Review•14 Saves- Pets
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9. North Haven Resort - CLOTHING OPTIONAL
Be the first to review!Nude Resort - clothing optional
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Recent Tent Reviews In Sylvania
409 Reviews of 17 Sylvania Campgrounds
Wendy F.
Guide
Lake Hudson State 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.
Mano P.
Scout
Sterling State Park
Travel Trailers
This park will accommodate any size travel trailer? Fifth wheel camper of any kind, the pull throughs are huge. The park is enormous with lots of fishing activities. Great water, the only downfall is there's no shade. Showers and restrooms are updated and always clean.
- Mano P.Scout
W. J. Hayes State Park
Travel Trailers
If your longer than 40ft be aware most sites will not work for you here, they do have some but the wood line, privacy and nature is great. Lots of activities for the family by camp staff. Water sports and lots of trails
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Djakata S.Guide
Indian Creek Camp & Conference Center
Super friendly staff
I only stayed one night. I am a tent camper and where I was, it was only me in a fenced in area. I was right next to a cow field. The cows did not moo all night and there was no foul order. I needed no amenities so I can't vouch for that
- RRay K.Scout
Crystal Rock Campground
Lakeside - East Harbor State Park
Super nice people- small sites- bathroom/ shower cleaned - a interesting area by Lakerside which is an 1800s art with very nice restaurants and shops most closed after Labor Day / do not take your rv /small roads - skip Sandusky
Shannon G.
Legend
Harrison Lake State Park
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!
Gary G.GuideSterling State Park
Nothing seems enforced here
Stayed 5 days. Had a FHU site, of which there's a lot here. That all worked fine. Almost no trees here. None of the usual painted lines on the pavement to indicate your site boundaries, which sucks. You have to guess, and hope your neighbor doesn't spread out.
Nothing seems enforced here, and I mean nothing. Rarely saw anyone patrolling the park, never saw any staff checking sites before the next camper came in. My site had dog droppings and cigarette butts in the firepit. Neighbors had FOUR vehicles on site, two more than the rules. Witnessed endless speeding and people going the wrong way on the roads. Without exaggerating, 80% of the cars were going too fast, 75% going the wrong way. No one seems to care or enforces anything. I think the supervisor here should be fired or retrained. I camp in 4 to 8 MI state parks per summer, this is the only one where it felt like no one cares.
They need some "wrong way" signs and "speed limit 10" signs. (15 is too high, cause 15 means 20 to people, 10 means 15... ). Then they need to care.
At least the bathrooms were clean.
You can get TV from Detroit or Toledo, and T-Mobile service was ok.
Groceries and many dining options not far off.
We're 50/50 on staying here ever again.
- JJulia H.
Ranger
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.
- MMatthew L.Scout
Tall Timbers Campground
Loved Tall Timbers RV Park!
We loved staying at Tall Timbers RV Park in Tyler, Texas. We booked on their website https://www.ttrv.org and had a great time.
Tony T.ScoutHarrison Lake State Park
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!
Randall K.Ranger
Blue Heron Ohio Turnpike RV Lot
Perfect overnighter
Simplicity at its finest. Highway stop is open 24 hrs so you have food and bathrooms all night. Everything is bright, nice and clean and feels very safe. Free overnight stay allowed and for extra $20 you can get electricity (rows of hookups in the back of the parking lot). There was at least 10 other campers there. And no need to travel far to get back on the highway. Can’t be beat.
Oh and Mario’s pizza in the plaza has an off the menu gluten free pizza and it was pretty tasty! I was happily surprised!
FYI - you need cash to pay for the electric at a machine and then you get a ticket to display in the dash. The machine didn’t take cards.
Miranda J.ScoutW. J. Hayes State Park
Hayes State Park
We stayed in a tent on site 32, this was a very nice campground, peaceful, with trails and ample shade. Campsites were decently sized, fire pits were big, $5 per bundle of dry wood, showers were private with hot water, and there were activities and a beach/playground for kids. Checkin/out was simple, and coffee/hot coco was provided by the campsite each morning. Will be returning to this campsite again. I suggest sites 93-96 for more private/shaded sites.
- Wendy F.Guide
Hideaway RV Park
Great 1st camping experience
This was our 1st ever camping trip and it was a delight. Pull thru spot, super easy to get to, full hookup. Spots had plenty of room, some had grass others had concrete. Quiet, very chill RV park, small beach on a pond for fishing playground for kids and plenty of room for our small dog. Linda (owner) was amazing, very helpful and easy to use venmo for payment and for firewood use. Overall a great experience , would definitely visit again. Plenty to do around town, lakes everywhere just have to choose which one to go to.
Kelsey S.GuideSterling State Park
Great spot!
Wonderful views from site 117. We booked the last spot of the night. It was an easy pull through with water, electric, and sewer hookup. You are right across from some good walking trails and walking distance to the beach. Lots of electric scooters, dogs, and bikes around.
- lluke S.
Traveler
Mary Jane Thurston State Park
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
- Kelsey S.Guide
Mary Jane Thurston State Park
Great spot!
We stayed at site 8, enjoyed not having much of a crowd. View of the river was beautiful. Easy pull through access.
Mary S.Scout
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.
- CChris A.Guide
Maumee Bay State Park Campground
Clean Facilities / Great Location
Sites are large, level, and grassy with vegetation barriers between sites with mowed buddy site access at back of each site. Shower houses are limited but modern and clean. Sunday morning’s line at the dump station can get very backed up!
- CChris A.Guide
East Harbor State Park
Very Cramped in Season
Park on the lake and close to many amenities including Cedar Point Amusement Park. Sites are very tightly packed. Park was mostly empty while we were there early in season. We camped at East Harbor State Park in a Motorhome. Sites in our section were back in and would be difficult to back a trailer into a site with a full campground.
Rick M.Scout
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.
Mike M.Scout
Wayne County Fairgrounds RV Park
Closed 11/1 thru 4/1
I arrived for a 2 week stay in the area on 11/12. I discovered this campground was closed for the season.
Emily T.RangerEast Harbor State Park
Has everything you need
Very popular campground, lots of people. Easy drive-up spots, fire pits, clean showers, bathrooms, and a camp shop. Really nice bike/walking bath out to the water.
Zachary W.TravelerSterling State Park
Lots of driving
The campground was nice and the neighbors were quiet. The dump station is at the first buildings. So fill up before you head down to the campground.
Rebekah J.Guide
Green Lake - Waterloo SRA
Great Site
We stayed the weekend at greenlake rustic, the access road into the Campground is a nice 1/2 ish mile in. We were on sites 5 and 3. Both sites seemed larger then most suburban house lots. Site 5 had a decent view of the lake, Site 3 had odd fire pit placement under 2 trees. Even though the sites were large they didn't have much for privacy in between sites.
Overall, it was a quiet stay. The freeway is on the other side of the lake, but it didn't bother us. At night it was like white noise.
The Campground has a small boat dock, no swimming area. We checked out half moon lake, wasn't really impressed, was told sugarloaf but its only for sugarloaf campers. We were then directed to Portage lake beach, which was a larger beach but it was really silty.
Green lakes vault toilets had nice motion sensor lights in them. The hand pump took a long time to get going.
We went on both east and west sides of the waterloo-pickney trail, located off the Campground access road. I believe it was the west trail after Cassidy road we experienced some steep inclines.
We also were able to see some awesome stars at night
FYI sugarloaf and portage both have firewood for sale $6.
Tom M.GuideCrystal Rock Campground
Nice camping experience.
Nice campground, lots of sites, old style putt-putt but fun for kids. Well kept up and the staff were very nice to interact with. Close to some of the local attractions and sites. We plan to schedule future trips to Crystal Rock.
Jen S.GuideCrystal Rock Campground
Clean & cute
This campground was family friendly, dog friendly, and very clean. About 30 minutes from cedar point. Our only complaint and the reason we’re docking a star is because our site was right next to a giant generator that seems to run 24/7 and sites seemed a little tight. Otherwise we enjoyed this campground very much.
- PPhillip S.Scout
River Raisin Canoe Livery & Campground
Just what I like Simple and cheap. Not for partytime!
I am mostly a solo camper so finding cheap spots is getting MUCH too hard. @20$ a night flat for all spots (primitive with pit toilet) this place is not too bad, however it is HUGE deal for pull thrus and rvs and groups. Love this family run business, out of their personal residence and farm. Some caveats but It is a hidden gem! They lock the gate at 7pm since it is their home. No drinking.
This is also a kayak and canoe Livery so they have boats on site or you can bring you own and launch from their dock. Little playground area for small kiddos. Honestly not much else to do here, just how i like it.
Been here 3 times now, and will return again.11 is a great spot in the corner as far away from the house and entrance as you can get, almost always the first site booked lol. It is a tad uneven.
14 was great on the water but still some good shade. Mostly flat.
16 saw a family at this spot when I was at 14 so I chose this one the next time to see why. I get it now, Lots of shade, very flat, best spot for people that like to spread but want shade.
9 and 17 are the "pullthru" sites
Guide to Sylvania
Camping near Sylvania, Ohio, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and family-friendly activities. Whether you're looking to pitch a tent or park your RV, there are several campgrounds nearby that cater to different needs and preferences.
What to do:
- Explore the trails: Many campgrounds have great hiking and biking trails. For instance, at Maumee Bay State Park Campground, one reviewer mentioned, "There are miles of paved bike paths throughout the campsite and a short ride to the lake."
- Enjoy water activities: If you love being near the water, Kelleys Island State Park Campground is perfect. A camper shared, "The water front camping, swimming, boating, kayaking... Everything you need and more than you expect."
- Visit local attractions: Many campgrounds are close to attractions like Cedar Point Amusement Park. One visitor at East Harbor State Park Campground noted, "Park on the lake and close to many amenities including Cedar Point Amusement Park."
What campers like:
- Clean facilities: Campers appreciate well-maintained restrooms and showers. A reviewer at Maumee Bay State Park Campground said, "The bathrooms were clean, and the park store was efficient."
- Spacious sites: Many campers enjoy the roomy sites. One happy camper at Kelleys Island State Park Campground mentioned, "The sites are the perfect size, with enough parking either at your site or the extended parking lot."
- Family-friendly atmosphere: Campgrounds like Harrison Lake State Park Campground are great for families. A reviewer noted, "Lots of young children running around."
What you should know:
- Busy seasons: Some campgrounds can get crowded during peak times. A visitor at East Harbor State Park Campground mentioned, "Sites are very tightly packed."
- Limited cell service: If you need to stay connected, be aware that some areas have poor reception. A camper at Kelleys Island State Park Campground said, "The entire campground is a dead zone."
- Bug season: Be prepared for bugs, especially during warmer months. One camper at Maumee Bay State Park Campground warned, "There are sooooo many mayflies around."
Tips for camping with families:
- Choose the right site: Look for sites that are away from playgrounds if you want some peace. A reviewer at East Harbor State Park Campground said, "I stayed near the playground and the kids were there until late."
- Pack for activities: Bring bikes and outdoor games. A camper at Maumee Bay State Park Campground suggested, "Don't forget your bikes for this campsite!"
- Plan for meals: Some campgrounds have stores, but it’s good to bring your own food. A visitor at Harrison Lake State Park Campground mentioned, "Clean restrooms. Lots of young children running around."
Tips from RVers:
- Check site sizes: Make sure your RV fits the site. A reviewer at Sterling State Park Campground noted, "You are right across from some good walking trails and walking distance to the beach."
- Be mindful of hookups: Some campgrounds only offer electric hookups. A camper at Maumee Bay State Park Campground shared, "If you are looking to stay more than two nights keep in mind that there are only electric hook ups."
- Arrive early: To secure a good spot, especially during busy times. A visitor at Harrison Lake State Park Campground said, "Great site with grass for tents and no one behind us besides a cornfield."
Camping near Sylvania, Ohio, has something for everyone, whether you're a family looking for fun or an RVer seeking adventure.
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