A.W. Marion State Park Campground

Spent New Years at this campground with only a few other campers there. The site we had was nice because you only have one other site next to you. It’s an inside site on a loop with a lot of green space in the middle. Nice for us to walk the dogs.

The flush toilets are closed for the season so only the vault toilets were open and were actually pretty clean.

Lots of people using the path/hiking the trail. Quiet weekend to welcome in the new year.

We've been to this campground multiple times, but this was a new site to us. It's electric and sits on the back of the loop next to the old playground. It's a nice size site that has pretty good shade, but the tree that sits over your camper drips sap/gunk. The other large tree on the site also has great shade, but no grass, so when it rains be prepared for mud. The old playground sits right behind the site along with the two drop toilets. There is also a "street" light, but it didn't really bother us. There is a water source nearby as well. I liked that it was a big site, but would probably not choose is again mostly because of the drippy tree and potential for a mud pit. The park itself, is always great. There are flush toilets available, no shower house. There is a new playground up front, a little far away from the electric sites, but closer to the non-electrics. Take a short hike or a long one (even longer when they finish the dam project.) The park is also supposed to get a kayaking launch site at the bottom of the hill, fingers crossed!

I drove through here on a Sunday, and I just read online that the dam may be getting repaired, so that might explain the creepy, horror-film vibe I got from this place. It was completely deserted on an August Sunday, except for two RVs in the small campground.

The sites are shaded, which is nice, but pretty close together. The only bathroom within the campground area is one porta-john, so I bet that gets pretty disgusting. There was a latrine out on the road by the playground (a bit short walk from the campsites), but I didn't go in. The camp office was locked up.

The lake was deserted and it looks like some kind of sad chemical waste area. There is no beach, and what is probably a snack bar or boat rental place was all boarded up, and the floating docks were dragged up onto land. The edges of the lake were all dry and rocky looking, which is why it looks like some kind of place where there was mining or some other industrial activity. I don't know the history of the area, but it was underwhelming and not very pleasant. 

I won't stay here- I checked it out and now I know it isn't for me.