Silver Springs Campground

Small open campground with pretty basic sites, electric only with no water or sewage at the sites amd no shower facilities. There are portable bathrooms located throughout campground. Some sites have trees and some are full sun. The campground attendant was a very friendly man who asked several times if we had questions about the area. We stayed here so we could go to a concert at Blossom Music Center which was around 20 minutes away. Bow Wow Beach Dog Park (in the same park area as the campground) was awesome if you have dogs that like to swim or just need to get some energy out after being leashed while camping. Would visit again especially if another act we like plays at Blossom.

I stayed at this park on two occasions. There are some treed sites and some that are grassy fields with a dirt driveway. Electric hookups have a 15 amp and 30 amp and you get one or the other depending on your site and the guy behind you gets the other. The only problem with this is that the outlets are at the top of a gentle slope, so if your power cord isn’t long enough you either need to park on the slope or pull to the top of the slope and kind of get in the other guy’s way. There are flush toilets and sinks available a few 100 yards away that close in the evening and otherwise there are porta potties. The dunp station was overflowing on my first visit but fine to use in my second visit. According to the attendant it is pumped out once a week but may fill up when it rains. Overall this is a nice park for a great price. It is very convenient to the CVNP and fairly close to Cleveland with about a 45 minute drive to downtown.

Silver Springs Campground is a small 27 site campground in Stow, Ohio, a convenient 17 minutes from Cuyahoga Valley National Park and a bargain at $18/night for a site with electrical hookups. 

While there isn't much to say about the privacy at this campground, because you are generally just staying in a field, the manager was absolutely wonderful and gave us all kinds of maps and information on Cuyahoga National Park when he came around to check us in. 

The campground can get very muddy during the wet season- the town offers a good description of each campsite on their website and we found the descriptions, as well as their warnings about flood potential, to be very accurate. Our site had a large mud hole, so we joked that we had a waterfront campsite and just rolled with it- the sites were large enough that we didn't have to park near the water. 

Despite having a dog aggressive dog, we were able to check out Bow Wow Beach nearby because we went early enough in the morning that nobody was around. The dog park is really fun and offered a great opportunity for our dog to run around before we got back on the road. 

We were really happy with this campsite and would definitely return at some point if we needed to visit Cuyahoga again.