Scaponia County Park

First things first the water pump is too close to the toilet and is definitely contaminated.

That being said I went to this campground after reading the other review about the haunting. I was intrigued. Myself, 2 daughters(4&8) their mom and our dog had a work trip to Portland and decided to camp a few nights and found this campground. Upon arriving on a Sunday afternoon there was one group site with a camper at the front of the campground, they left the next day and we were all alone. Hoping to see/ hear/ experience anything we stayed a total of 3 nights. The morning after the second night we drove about 5 minutes down the road to check our phones and get firewood. Our oldest daughter decided she wanted to stick behind with our dog at camp. Not thinking anything of it, we allowed it. We were gone maybe an hour, got back around noon and she was sleeping in the camp chair with the dog tied to the table. She said nobody came through the campground at all while we were gone, BUT, she did see a dog. A random, all black dog, “not too big” just walking around the loop at the end, causing our dog to bark for protection. Our daughter said it didn’t try to get close, just walked around and eventually went away, not seeing where it went off too. We asked if she was scared or felt safe and she said she felt safe and just wanted to sleep in the sun. We(the parents) were absolutely shook for about an hour realizing our daughter just saw a ghost dog. Likely just watching over her and keeping tabs on the place. 10/10 would come back.
P.s. also heard random whistling noises through the night off in the distance during moments of complete silence. Very eerie but really cool if you like that kind of thing.

I’m not one to leave reviews, but felt like this one was necessary. My husband and I were originally planning to go elsewhere but upon realizing it was full, ended up here around 9 PM. I looked up the nearest campground and it happened to be this one, but right before my phone loses service the last thing I see was “haunted campground.” The article wouldn’t load and I decide to leave that part out at first. We were stoked when we pulled in because there were so many spots available. We then realized that we were the only ones there. It was a full moon and it was giving scooby doo vibes, especially because it was dark as we were setting up. We ended up going to bed early that night because we felt like something was off. We both were unable to fall asleep, so when a truck drove in at 3 AM we both sat up. It wouldn’t have been weird except for the fact that the truck pulled into our campsite and he then got out. Luckily we had our dogs up in our CVT with us and our one has no issue growling at strangers. My husband asked if he could help him and once he heard him he got in his truck and sped off. We are pretty certain he was trying to rob us. After that I couldn’t fall sleep so I stayed awake playing through scenarios. At around 5 AM I heard a dog barking right outside our tent so I got down to check it out, but then soon realized there wasn’t a dog anywhere to be seen. I eventually fell asleep at 6 and we left around 9 that next morning. It was such a beautiful area in the daylight and I wish we were able to experience more of it then. The weirdest part though? Once we left and I finally got service I decided to read the article. I found it pretty crazy that the legend of the horse thief that was hung had a dog that was shot and buried in the park. If you are one to love a spooky night then this is the place for you!