Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Upper Sandusky, OH

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Best Dog-Friendly Sites Near Upper Sandusky, OH (76)

    Camper-submitted photo from Alum Creek State Park Campground
    Camper-submitted photo from Alum Creek State Park Campground
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    1. Alum Creek State Park Campground

    76 Reviews
    181 Photos
    111 Saves
    Lewis Center, Ohio

    Large campground features shady sites for all types of camping. Pets are welcome on designated sites.

    An equestrian camp has 30 primitive sites available on a first-come, first-served basis.

    286 electric campsites offer both wooded and sunny areas, some of which overlook the lake. Each site has 20-, 30- and 50-amp electrical hookup. 24 full-service campsites offer electric, sewer and water hookups Heated shower facilities with flush toilets and dump station Beach and boat ramp for exclusive use of the overnight guests Basketball courts, volleyball, miniature golf, horseshoe pits, and playgrounds Nature programs Equestrian camp has 30 primitive sites available on a first-come, first-served basis.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
    Camper-submitted photo from Mt Gilead State Park Campground
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    2. Mt Gilead State Park Campground

    23 Reviews
    187 Photos
    52 Saves
    Mount Gilead, Ohio

    Located between Columbus and Mansfield, Mt. Gilead State Park provides the charm of a small, secluded park, while offering many of the amenities found at larger parks. Mt. Gilead's wildflowers, wildlife, and woodlands offer year-round wonder for hikers and nature lovers. The small lake is perfect for paddling or dropping a line to catch bass or bluegill. A picturesque gazebo and several shelters offer a perfect setting for weddings and family reunions.

    The cozy Mt. Gilead State Park Campground offers Full Hookup sites as well as 50/30-amp Electric sites. Pets are permitted on most campsites. Reservations are required and can be made online or by calling.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
    Camper-submitted photo from Indian Lake State Park Campground
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    3. Indian Lake State Park Campground

    32 Reviews
    66 Photos
    94 Saves
    Lakeview, Ohio

    Located in west-central Ohio, 5,100-acre Indian Lake State Park Campground offers a variety of water-related recreational opportunities. Visitors can boat, fish, jet-ski and camp at this noteworthy, man-made lake. The park itself is 800 acres and features two beaches for swimmers to enjoy. Campers can enjoy the shade of large mature oak, sycamore and maple trees and cozy up to a campfire for a night of s’mores and laughter. Indian Lake, Ohio campgrounds guarantee fun for everyone.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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    4. Van Buren State Park Campground

    10 Reviews
    11 Photos
    20 Saves
    Van Buren, Ohio
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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    5. Walnut Grove Campground

    3 Reviews
    16 Photos
    11 Saves
    Melmore, Ohio

    Walnut Grove Campground has a rich history of family camping along the beautiful Sandusky Scenic River in the uncharacteristic rolling hills in Seneca County. There have been five camp owners since the campground was developed in 1945 on a local family farm. The 52 acre camp has an upper and lower section with fishing ponds. The lower part has 70 sites that are located along the Sandusky Scenic River and has beautiful shade trees on the large camping lots. The remaining sites are located in the upper section. We welcome all campers and offer water, sewer and electric sites for those who would like to stay a short while, a month, or the season. In addition, we offer electric or primitive tent sites. For campers who do not have campers/tents, we offer cabins and an air-conditioned and heated fully furnished house (rental tab) that sleeps nine. The upper and lower sections have shelters for group camping.

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    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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    6. Sunset Springs RV Resort

    2 Reviews
    10 Photos
    10 Saves
    Nevada, Ohio
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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    7. Heritage Springs Campground

    2 Reviews
    1 Photo
    12 Saves
    Carey, Ohio
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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      8. Tee Pee Family Campground

      1 Review
      Carey, Ohio
      • Pets
      • Fires
      • Electric Hookups
      • Phone Service
      • Reservable
      • Tents
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        9. Foxfire Family Fun Park

        1 Review
        4 Saves
        Nevada, Ohio
        • Pets
        • Fires
        • Electric Hookups
        • Phone Service
        • Reservable
        • RVs

        $35 - $110 / night

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          10. Foxfire Campground

          1 Review
          3 Saves
          Nevada, Ohio
          • Pets
          • Electric Hookups
          • Reservable
          • RVs
          • Tents
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        Recent Dog-Friendly Reviews in Upper Sandusky

        334 Reviews of 76 Upper Sandusky Campgrounds


        • Amanda E.The Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Leafy Oaks RV Park and Campground
          Oct. 24, 2024

          Leafy Oaks RV Park and Campground

          One of our local favorites

          We tent camp. They have a great spot that’s set back in the woods. There are lots of trees. Very peaceful. Dislikes are no shower houses or toilets back there except one port a potty. The shower houses they do have not a huge fan of. Def bring your flip flops. They have a nice pond.

        • 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.

        • RThe Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Crystal Rock Campground - Sandusky, OH
          Sep. 22, 2024

          Crystal Rock Campground - Sandusky, OH

          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

        • GThe Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Charles Mill Lake Park Campground
          Sep. 17, 2024

          Charles Mill Lake Park Campground

          Nice older campground

          Eagle point is more rustic than the campground by the marina. Gravel pads, many on sloping ground. No way to know which sites might work for you until you look when you arrive. Someone did answer the phone, though, and let us move to another site.We had electric-only, by choice, for 2 nights. Water nearby. Not very many transient campers, but lots of "seasonal" to permanent-looking larger trailers. Quiet in our loop because only a few sites were occupied. Very nice bathroom and shower building. The dump station here is set up for emptying totes- not much room to park a trailer/RV for dumping at it. We drove to the dump station by the marina to have more room to work. Rinse water hose at the sewer opening had no water hose fitting on it (just a skinny brass angled spout), so no way to rinse our blackwater tank. Potable water was 40 feet away, but all water came out of a backflow preventer, so no way to use a hose. Disappointed with the dump station. Overall, it was fine for 2 nights. If you have a boat, there are lots of covers to explore on the lake. The water is very silty, and rather shallow in most places.

        • RThe Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Sunset Springs RV Resort
          Sep. 16, 2024

          Sunset Springs RV Resort

          Ohio River Peace

          We arrived and were able to upgrade to site #1 due to a cancellation, overlooking the Ohio River. No one between us and the river, and we had a grand view.

          The campground is very well kept, all sites would have been a good spot to call home for a couple nights. It was also a pretty quiet camp, compared to others, but they had their usual weekend events during the day for kids, to keep them occupied. Saturday evening they had a pot luck and then live music, which was good enough being a free event.

          The only complaint is that one of the campers had a white standard poodle and though leashed, they didn’t control the dog out of others personal space. Very irritating. The camp owners were there and we didn’t see them communicate with the dog’s owner about controlling their dog either. The dog seemed to still be in a puppy mode and just wanted to play, but that doesn’t excuse the owners.

          All in all, a great camp that we’ll likely return to.

        • Susan B.The Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Ottawa Metro Park Campground
          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.

        • JThe Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Rustic Knolls Campground
          Sep. 14, 2024

          Rustic Knolls Campground

          Great campground

          Excellent campground with fantastic staff and owners. Nice swimming pond with inflatable attractions. Well stocked camp store. Lots of activities for the whole family.

        • 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)

        • L
          Camper-submitted photo from Ottawa Metro Park Campground
          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.

        • J
          Camper-submitted photo from Sun Valley Family Campground
          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.

        • B
          Camper-submitted photo from Arrowhead Lake RV Park & Campground
          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
          Camper-submitted photo from Toledo East-Stony Ridge KOA
          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.

        • Randall K.The Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Blue Heron Ohio Turnpike RV Lot
          Jul. 18, 2024

          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.

        • Beth R.The Dyrt PRO User
          Camper-submitted photo from Cardinal Center Campground
          Jun. 23, 2024

          Cardinal Center Campground

          Campsite Ok. Great amenities!

          Pros: Full hookup (sewer, water, 50/30 AMP) Level site Partially shaded in afternoon Lots of amenities: indoor pool, stocked lake (catch & release), corn hole, bouncy pad, basketball court & playground Easy overnight stay off I71

          Cons: Gravel site Picnic table in rough condition Wi-Fi keeps dropping connection

        • 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..

        • April J.
          Camper-submitted photo from Milan Travel Park
          May. 14, 2024

          Milan Travel Park

          Wonderfully updated!

          This campground has been wonderfully updated! The owners have added in an additional playground, dog park, newly paved roadways, newly redone building, a new pavilion, fire pit, and boat parking! We love camping here every chance we get! It is convenient to the turnpike and Cedar Point is just a few miles away!

        • 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.

        • J
          Camper-submitted photo from Alum Creek State Park Campground
          Apr. 27, 2024

          Alum Creek State Park Campground

          Great park

          Been here before came back because we liked it so much. Sites are good sized compared to alot of state parks good for tent and rv. Cell service is good, bathrooms are older and could use updating but are decently clean for use.

        • Cody M.
          Camper-submitted photo from Buckeye Run Farm
          Apr. 14, 2024

          Buckeye Run Farm

          Absolutely Wonderful!

          One of the best trips I've ever gone on! We went here for the solar eclipse. Absolute beautiful farm with plenty of space for various tents and a gorgeous cabin. Adorable and friendly variety of animals. We loved the donkeys and horses! Very cute little bar with plently to stare at and read. The best part about all of it is the host, shes a absolute joy to be around and very kind! We cannot wait to possibly come back in the summer!!


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        Guide to Upper Sandusky

        Discovering pet-friendly camping options near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, opens up a world of adventure for you and your furry companions. With a variety of well-reviewed campgrounds, you can enjoy the great outdoors without leaving your pets behind.

        Pet owners like the variety of amenities available

        • At Walnut Grove Campground, you’ll find features like electric hookups and drinking water, making it a comfortable stay for both you and your pet.
        • Sunset Springs RV Resort offers a well-kept environment with picnic tables and sanitary dump stations, ensuring a hassle-free experience.
        • Heritage Springs Campground provides clean facilities and ample space for pets to roam, making it a great choice for families traveling with dogs.

        Tips for camping with dogs near Upper Sandusky

        • Bring along plenty of water and a portable bowl when visiting Foxfire Campground, as it features drinking water but having your own supply is always a good idea.
        • Ensure your pet is leashed at all times while enjoying the amenities at River Bend Family Campground, where pets are welcome but must be kept under control.
        • Consider visiting Tee Pee Family Campground during organized activities, as it can be a fun way for your dog to socialize with other pets.

        Dog owners appreciate the scenic surroundings

        Frequently Asked Questions

        • Which is the most popular dog-friendly campsite near Upper Sandusky, OH?

          According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular dog-friendly campground near Upper Sandusky, OH is Alum Creek State Park Campground with a 4.4-star rating from 76 reviews.

        • What is the best site to find dog-friendly camping near Upper Sandusky, OH?

          TheDyrt.com has all 76 dog-friendly camping locations near Upper Sandusky, OH, with real photos and reviews from campers.