Best Camping near Van Wert, OH

Are you in need of a campground near Van Wert, OH? Discover secluded campsites where you can reconnect with nature. Or maybe you like to bring your family and friends along. Either way, there are Van Wert campgrounds just for you. Find the best campgrounds near Van Wert, OH. Read reviews from campers like you and find your perfect campsite.

Best Camping Sites Near Van Wert, OH (56)

    Camper-submitted photo from Grand Lake St. Marys State Park — Grand Lake St Marys State Park
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    1. Grand Lake St. Marys State Park — Grand Lake St Marys State Park

    12 Reviews
    36 Photos
    60 Saves
    St. Marys, Ohio
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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    2. 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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    Camper-submitted photo from River Trail Campground II
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    3. River Trail Campground II

    5 Reviews
    3 Photos
    13 Saves
    Celina, Ohio

    River Trail Campground II is a family owned and operated campground. Featuring 260 sites, with city water and sewage hook up. Within our 53-acre campground, you can enjoy a carry-out restaurant, ice cream shop, convenient store, game room and gift shop. Included in your stay at River Trail Campground II, is access to our inground swimming pool, playground, sand volleyball, basketball court, & nature trails along the river. Our trails are great for hiking, biking, and golf carting. River Trail Campground II also has weekend events & activities for the whole family to enjoy!

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • RVs

    $45 - $100 / night

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    4. Ouabache State Park Campground

    12 Reviews
    30 Photos
    49 Saves
    Bluffton, Indiana
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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    5. Johnny Appleseed Campground

    14 Reviews
    22 Photos
    44 Saves
    Fort Wayne, Indiana
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Phone Service
    • Reservable
    • ADA Access
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    6. Woodbrige Campground

    4 Reviews
    1 Photo
    21 Saves
    Paulding, Ohio
    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Electric Hookups
    • Reservable
    • RVs
    • Tents
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    7. Huggy Bear Campground

    2 Reviews
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    4 Saves
    Van Wert, Ohio
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      8. Blue Water Campground

      2 Reviews
      2 Saves
      Grover Hill, Ohio
      • Pets
      • Fires
      • Electric Hookups
      • Phone Service
      • Reservable
      • ADA Access
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      9. Wapakoneta KOA

      6 Reviews
      8 Photos
      24 Saves
      Jackson Center, Ohio
      • Pets
      • Fires
      • Electric Hookups
      • Phone Service
      • Reservable
      • ADA Access

      $42 - $55 / night

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      10. Ottawa Metro Park Campground

      5 Reviews
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      15 Saves
      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 Reviews in Van Wert

    177 Reviews of 56 Van Wert Campgrounds


    • Christie S.
      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....

    • Kris
      Camper-submitted photo from Blue Lake Campground
      Oct. 13, 2024

      Blue Lake Campground

      Great place

      Blue Lake Resort is a hidden gem for campers! The serene atmosphere and beautiful lake views make it a perfect getaway. The amenities are well-maintained, and the staff is friendly and accommodating. I particularly enjoyed the fishing opportunities and the peaceful nature trails nearby. I actually recently wrote an essay about the natural beauty of Indiana for my geography class, and it was really great to have the helpfull resource https://stateofwriting.com/uk/geography-writing-service. They have some great guides and tips for geography essays. 

      Definitely a place I’d recommend for families and nature lovers!

    • BluePitMom O.
      Camper-submitted photo from Sauder Village Campground
      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
      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.

    • 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.

    • Shannon G.The Dyrt PRO User
      Camper-submitted photo from Grand Lake St. Marys State Park — Grand Lake St Marys State Park
      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.

    • 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.

    • Megan M.
      Camper-submitted photo from Lake Loramie State Park Campground
      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.

    • 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.

    • 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!

    • Brenda Z.
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      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.

    • fThe Dyrt PRO User
      Camper-submitted photo from Kimpels Hickory Acres
      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.

    • RThe Dyrt PRO User
      Camper-submitted photo from Indian Lake State Park Campground
      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.

    • 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.

    • Y
      Camper-submitted photo from Ottawa Metro Park Campground
      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!

    • A
      Camper-submitted photo from River Trail Campground II
      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.

    • RThe Dyrt PRO User
      Camper-submitted photo from Ouabache State Park Campground
      Jul. 19, 2023

      Ouabache State Park Campground

      Camp sites are tiny

      Camp sites are tiny. We had site 88 and it was supposed to be full shade. It was full sun and they have it set up so the camp side of the trailer faces the road. The fire pit is also three feet from the road. Who wants to have a fire next to the road?

    • Jack M.The Dyrt PRO User
      Camper-submitted photo from Johnny Appleseed Campground
      Jul. 2, 2023

      Johnny Appleseed Campground

      The pet friendliest place so far

      They have a tremendous pet park with a well maintained yard. The only problem so far has been the water distribution. But the price is very affordable. My site was 30 dollars a night. Bath house and bathrooms are very nicely kept clean. And there is a river right beside it.

    • Stephanie S.
      Camper-submitted photo from Johnny Appleseed Campground
      Jun. 17, 2023

      Johnny Appleseed Campground

      In town small peaceful setting

      We stayed here for one night on our way to a further destination. It was nice and quiet even though it’s in the middle of town. We would’ve enjoyed it more if the hosts hadn’t moved us to a front location by then. The back area sites 2-8 were so peaceful looking and walking back to that area and through it was like walking into a completely different place. The key lock entry bathroom/shower house was the nicest cleanest we’ve used. We would stay here again if we could be guaranteed sites 2-8.


    Guide to Van Wert

    Camping near Van Wert, Ohio, offers a variety of experiences for outdoor enthusiasts. Whether you're looking for a peaceful retreat or a fun-filled family adventure, there are several campgrounds to choose from.

    What to do

    • Kayaking and Fishing: Many campers enjoy the water activities available at Chain O' Lakes State Park Campground. One visitor shared, "Kayaking the 13 lakes can easily last from morning to sundown."
    • Hiking Trails: Explore the scenic trails at Ouabache State Park Campground. A reviewer noted, "The park has great trails for hiking and biking."
    • Family Activities: Harrison Lake State Park Campground is perfect for families, with plenty of space for kids to play. One camper mentioned, "There were families on either side of us with little kids who were well behaved."

    What campers like

    • Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the cleanliness of restrooms and showers. A visitor at Indian Lake State Park Campground said, "The campground is nice, clean restrooms and showers."
    • Friendly Camp Hosts: Many reviews highlight the helpfulness of camp hosts. At Johnny Appleseed Campground, one guest remarked, "Nice place and very friendly camp hosts."
    • Spacious Sites: Campers enjoy the roomy sites at Kiser Lake State Park Campground. A reviewer stated, "It was absolutely stunning overlooking the water with the trees turning colors."

    What you should know

    • Reservation System: Some campgrounds have a clunky online reservation system. A camper at Indian Lake State Park Campground mentioned, "The online reservation system is clumsy to use at best."
    • Noise Levels: Be prepared for noise, especially during busy weekends. A visitor at Van Buren State Park Campground noted, "Difficult to get potable water... Not much to do other than trails."
    • Limited Amenities: Some campgrounds may lack certain amenities. A camper at Harrison Lake State Park Campground pointed out, "The camp store definitely needs updating; they hardly had anything in there."

    Tips for camping with families

    • Choose Family-Friendly Campgrounds: Look for places like Harrison Lake State Park Campground, where kids can enjoy the playgrounds. One parent said, "Kids loved having the playground so close to the camper."
    • Plan Activities: Make sure to have a list of activities to keep everyone entertained. A visitor at Chain O' Lakes State Park Campground mentioned, "This is a BIG park... canoeist or kayaker it's nicer to leave the park and go back in at Oak Point picnic area."
    • Pack Snacks and Drinks: Keep everyone happy with plenty of snacks. A camper at Johnny Appleseed Campground noted, "The price is very affordable."

    Tips from RVers

    • Check Site Sizes: Make sure your RV fits the site. A visitor at Angola/Hogback Lake KOA Holiday said, "Site is so small and narrow across from permanent campers."
    • Look for Electric Hookups: Many RVers prefer sites with electric hookups. A camper at Kiser Lake State Park Campground mentioned, "The campground itself has 20 electric sites."
    • Be Prepared for Noise: Some campgrounds can be noisy, especially near roads. A visitor at Angola/Hogback Lake KOA Holiday pointed out, "The only drawback is the traffic noise if you’re staying in any of the sites near the front of the park."

    Camping near Van Wert, Ohio, offers a mix of fun, relaxation, and adventure. With a variety of campgrounds to choose from, you can find the perfect spot for your next outdoor getaway.

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