John Bryan State Park

This was a difficult stay, partially due to Covid and resulting lack of staff. Once entering the Park, there is no check in, and there are no directions to the campground. There are pit toilets only and no showers, and no directions to direct you to the water supply. Shade is scarce. That being said, the grass is mowed; the campsites are level and large, and, for pit toilets, they are clean and well maintained. We could only get two nights in two campsites instead of one campsite for four nights, but neither of the two campsites we used were occupied for the nights we were in the others. There was no park staff, and the camp host could not help us change our sites. We chose this campground for its proximity to the Little Miami Scenic Trail for bike riding, as did several others, so it would have been helpful for the Park to have some signage or maps showing how to get to the Trail, but they didn't. We would stay there again now that we know what to expect just because of the bike riding, but no other reason.

We stayed here for 2 nights in late November 2019 and paid the off-season rate for an electric site. During winter, all sites are walk-in only and self-registration. It's worth nothing that the road that enters the state park and campground is not maintained during the winter and the water is all shut off (the dump station was open, however).

Our site was fairly level and very quiet at this time of year. We enjoyed the beautiful nature trails, which made for some excellent hiking and picture taking. This is a great state park overall.