Irwin City Park Campground

Good overnight site south of Indy. Quiet and police patrols. $25 a nite gets you electric, water, trash at site. Dump available on the way out. Small town is within walking distance. Right on the Big blue river, but the river is brown. Good walking trail close by. Dog friendly. Playground too. So many trash cans you can’t count them all.

PROS: $15/night, electric and water sites, dump station, river, playground, short walk to town. Cops patrol the site three times per night. The only highlight of the town was Not Just Popcorn, a global seller of 400+ flavored popcorns.

CONS: High crime rate. Deliberately parked us next to a derelict RV, who had visitors wielding a sword and axes, cigarette smoke smell from the derelict RV, AC running 24x7. Smelled like garbage. I initially parked one space over from the derelict RV, to put some much needed space between us and the smell, the constantly running AC and the eyesore, but was told to move to the next site. We reluctantly complied. See photo.

Edinburg had many neglected buildings. Neighbor said there was drug activity about 200ft from RV campsite. Had to clean up trash around our site. Many cigarette butts around the sites. No river walk. Bike path was only .1 miles...unusable. Did not really appreciate food or atmosphere of The Edinburgh Diner. It was not the "Greek Restaurant" I thought.

My wife Deb hurt her foot on a sidewalk in Edinburgh because it was neglected. It had a mixture of leaves and stones, making it hard to navigate the sidewalk. Because of this, Deb overturned her ankle and initially thought we would have to see a doctor. Felt better after three days.

Campground is part of city park. There's a big picnic shelter, playground, and soccer field that were well used on Sunday when we arrived. Our problem was how to pay. There's a sign to go to office to pay but we had a hard time finding it and tracking down who to pay. See attached photo for instructions. No shower and only Porta-potties, dump station but no potable water.