Findley State Park Campground

We stayed here for a week to attend a wedding in the Akron area & really liked the park. Lots of sites & completely filled up on the weekend but it didn’t feel like we were scrunched in on top of each other. There are different levels of sites - full hookups, electric, or dry. We stayed in an electric only site & water was easily accessible near the visitor’s center as was the dump station. Some sites are paved & level while some are gravel and some grass. Really a little bit of everything available for sites so be sure to look at site info carefully when booking if you have preferences on those things.

We worked from the park Monday through Friday on T-Mobile and had good service with our WeBoost at our site but other places in the park had no service. Due to trees we did not have good Starlink reception.

Shower house was clean & showers had good pressure and warm water. There is a laundry facility which was $1.50 per wash or dry, we didn’t use it but it looked decent. Garbage & can/bottle recycling throughout the park.

We visited after Labor Day so the visitor center was only open Friday-Sunday but they had ice cream, pizza, and snacks as well as camping supplies and educational material. The campground checkin office had disc golf discs, basketballs, and other recreational activities that you could check out for the day.

We ran & hiked several trails in the park which were all nice, wooded trails. Kayaked the lake which was about 3 miles around. There is also an 11.5 mile mountain bike trail and disc golf course if you’re into those activities.

The town of Wellington is about 5 miles away & has two grocery stores, quite a few restaurants, and a laundromat. There is a Walmart about 15 minutes away.

Overall, a very nice park with friendly staff. About an hour from Cleveland & Cuyahoga National Park.

Another pleasant Ohio State Park. We enjoyed site 247 with a level pad full hook-up and a sized lot with a big back yard, Quiet campground. Well maintained. Didn't use bath house. Only stayed overnight. 1 bar with Verizon. Archery, disc golf, hiking and other amenities. This place is big. We'll return here. 1 hour to Cuyahoga National Park.

We only stayed here one night, but it was a nice stop. The site was spacious and backed into the trees, but not a lot of privacy. We've only stayed in two Ohio state parks but it seems like they have a standard layout as far as the sites are angled back ins with either gravel or paved pads. Site 172 was a short walk to the restrooms which were well maintained. Wish we had more time to explore the park, but we were back on the road in the morning.

We arrived Sunday afternoon (6/14). A couple of campers were in line to check in ahead of us. In just a few minutes, we were backing into our home for the next 5 nights. The gravel pad was fairly level and just big enough for the bus and the car. Our site was relatively small, but that was OK. Trees and brush surrounded our site, so we felt secluded even though the next camper was only 20 feet away. The ground was hard packed and covered with pine needles. There was a decent picnic table and a pretty nice fire ring with an adjustable grill that swung out from over the fire. Unfortunately, it had been pulled out of the ground and sat up high on three legs. I tried pounding it back into the hard earth with little luck. It was OK, but you could only see the base of the fire.

We were on one of two roads with electricity, ours being closest to the lake. The forest shielded us from being able to see the lake. The pines were so tall that we only had direct sun about five hours mid-day. Late day sun filtered through the trees and, along with a light breeze, kept us cool.

The site was near a loop at the end of the road, and inside the loop was one of the cleaner pit toilets I've seen. Park staff power-washed the inside roughly every three hours. Brightly lit, the white walls and grey floor looked like they had been painted recently. However, they could probably pump it out more frequently.

The shower house was a hundred yards or so up the road. It was newer and VERY CLEAN. Tile walls and nature-stone type floor. Roomy showers with benches and hooks. The ADA even had a hand-held shower.

I walked the Lake Trail from our loop to the spillway. For the most part it was wide and flat packed dirt surrounded by the most amazing forest that I had seen in years. The trail emerged into a meadow that surrounds the spillway. The area was designed to handle a lot of water, but was dry during our visit. Some water must get through as there was a nice size pond at the bottom, surrounded by lush, dense forest. I wanted to hike to the dam, but spent too much time taking pictures and had to get back to camp.

Since this was only our second trip in Believeland (our schoolie), a lot of our time was spent tinkering with things and tweaking our construction plans.

We took a drive around the park on freshly blacktopped roads. Due to Covid-19, the concessions and boat rental were closed, as was the nature center, camp store and playground. The long sandy beach was open. Lots of canoes and kayaks on the lake. There were hiking trails everywhere. The Buckeye Trail passes through the south end of the park. There is also a mountain bike trail.

The dump station was perfect for RVs and campers, but proved to be a challenge to those of us using a porta-pottie. I had to hold the lid open with my foot while dumping the yuk down a hole. Hosing the area down afterward wasn't much easier.

An electric-only site is $29/night Sunday through Thursday nights. Our Golden Buckeye card got us a 50% discount on those nights, bringing the cost down to $14.50. Add the $6.50 online reservation fee, and our total was $79.00, or $15.80/ night. Not free, but WELL WORTH IT.

We used to camp here quite a bit 30 years ago, this was our first visit in quite some time. They've improved the campsites by adding electric to around 100 sites, & 15 of those are FHU. Trails were improved as well.

Beach is still good and I know it's a popular fishing place. Groceries and fuel close by, and decent golf courses, restaurants.

We have stayed at Findley State Park many times with a pop up and travel trailer. This place fill fast on the weekends so a reservation is highly recommended especially on holiday weekends. We liked the full hook up sites. There are plenty of full bathhouses in the park. The size of most sites are very adequate for typical units. You may have trouble parking large RVs here. The lake is great for fishing and canoeing. The camp hosts have activities during many weekends throughout the summer. There are many mountain bike trails around the park and will keep most casual bikers entertained.

This is a decent campground. Check-in was not at the check-in station but in the nature center. Worker there handed me my car tag and offered no other information. Not a huge deal, but thought it was weird that I had to ask for a map and where the water, dump station and laundry were. Site was pretty level. Some nice vegetation separating us from our neighbors. We stayed over a weekend so the campground was pretty full. Lots of kids, riding bikes and skateboards back and forth. Things calmed down well before quiet hours though. Some of the hiking trails were too short to be much fun. Others were nice. But even those seemed poorly maintained. Lots of downed branches and debris all over the trails. Lots of the trees had names carved in them. This is obviously not the fault of the campground but I wanted to mention it. Why do people feel entitled to deface something doesn't actually belong to them? It's an ok place to stay, but I would probably go someplace else next time.