Streetsboro-Cleveland SE KOA

Pretty typical KOA experience. Verizon upload speeds were poor at 12 Mbps download and 2 upload. Speeds taken with a roof mounted Pepwave antenna. Speed was worse and congested at peak times. WiFi was available but I didn't bother. There's a gate with a code for entry to add security.

The park road is narrow and not in great shape. Our site had a tree immediately adjacent which made it challenging to get into. It was mostly level. There was a strong odor of sewage outside because of proximity to the dump station (I assume). There was a reasonable amount of shade. No issues with the hookups.

Typical nice KOA. Conveniently located for visiting the national park and Cleveland. Camp store is nice, people were great. Our site (201) was really un-level where the RV was and dropped about 18” to where the picnic table sat. This meant there was a huge step out of the camper and we couldn’t have the picnic table fully under the awning. These are things that can be worked around but the sewer hookup being a good 12” higher than the outlet on our RV was a show stopper. I was able to drain the grey tank using the snake method, but I wasn’t willing to risk it with the black tank. We ended up dumping tanks at the dump station out last day. Overall I would stay here again, I would just look closer at my site before unhooking.

We stayed here for two weeks while visiting Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the vicinity. The entrance road into the campground will lead you straight to the office, which will be on your left. Make sure you park at the stop sign while checking in so there's enough space for the other campers to pass you on the left and enter through the gate, which is activated by pass code.

With the exception of four small back-in sites near the office, all of the sites for short-term stays are on the right/east side of the campground. There are two short rows of pull-through sites; the rest are back-ins. All of the sites have gravel pads and grass lawns, connected by gravel roads. Most of the sites have at least one tree, but only a few are heavily shaded. Our site (611) was fairly level, though we did put a board under the camper tires on the driver's side, and we weren't the only campers to do that. Each site comes with a fire ring and picnic table; the three deluxe patio sites also have a gas grill. The hookups were in a reasonable location.

The campground has the typical KOA amenities. The office has the typical convenience/souvenir store but also has an ice cream counter. The propane refill tank is near the store, and it looked like they also provide 20lbs propane tank exchanges. There are two playground areas: the one across from the swimming pool also has a sand pit (a large sandbox without the box) and a basketball hoop, while the one at the back of the campground has a swing set, a tetherball court, and a grassy area for freestyle play. There are also three pavilions and two bathhouses with single occupant bathrooms with showers.

There are two dog runs. The smaller one has a white, narrow-rail fence with a single gate attached to the bathhouse near the entrance gate. The larger one is at the back of the campground with a chain link fence with an airlock gate, but is not lit at night. There are also plenty of grassy areas around the lakes and the outskirts of the campground for walking dogs.

In terms of cell service, the best speed I got on my Verizon Jetpack with MIMO antenna was 10 Mbps down and 14 up. There were one or two evenings where the network was saturated, making video streaming impractical, but the rest of the time it was okay. The best speed test I ran on my 5G AT&T smartphone showed 65 Mbps down and 6 up. The one test I did of the campground WiFi showed 2 Mbps down and 1.3 Mbps up.

Being at the back of the campground, we did hear some road noise from I-80, and the occasional train, but otherwise it was fairly quiet.

Be aware that they do not generally allow you to have packages or mail delivered to the campground, but it sounded like they could make an exception under certain circumstances, like for essential mail-order prescription refills.

We would stay here again if we were in the area.

Stayed here in early/mid September. Arrived on a Saturday and the park was busy. They were wrapping up activities like a car show and wood cutting demonstration.

Staff (mostly younger kids on weekend, older staff on weekdays) was very friendly. The park has clear and reasonable rules to ensure everyone enjoys their stay, but I never felt like we were being overly watched like elementary school children during the stay.

Our spot was generally level (gravel). I had observed some of the other reviews with complaints about I level spots. Unless you’re paying for a pad, I fee you have to expect to use some leveling skills when camping.

Sites in our area were close. You’re camp side is going to be right up against your neighbors hookups. It wasn’t so close that we didn’t enjoy ourselves. We felt we had plenty of room on all sides.

The owners care, and it shows. The grounds were well kept, the bath/shower houses were clean and seemingly recently updated. The park seemed to have a large number of seasonal sites, but they were all well kept.

We enjoyed our stay, and would recommend this KOA to anyone who passes through.

$67 for a Saturday night with a KOA rewards discount is too much for a muddy site across from a pen they called a “dog park”. We were just passing through and there were few choices in this area of NE Ohio; we would travel on rather than stay here again.

Although WiFi is advertised it is virtually nonexistent. WiFi access was one reason we booked this spot; for the cost, we expected service. The campground also appears to be seriously understaffed and most staff members were teenagers who were inefficient and inexperienced - check-in was slow.

Only positive was that it was quiet.

Average campground. Mixed emotions about it.

There was a lot of conflicting information in the paperwork handed out when we checked in and what actually happened. Examples:
- Pool hours listed as 9AM - 8PM on paperwork, but sign at pool had varied hours
- Garbage pick up listed as 8AM - 8PM, but they didn’t come around to pick up in the evening several times. Because of this, raccoons got into the bags of trash people left for pick up. (Only dumpster located all the way at front of park, outside the gates).
- Check in/out times. Check out on paperwork listed as 11AM, but received a text from the KOA stating check out is noon.

In addition to this conflicting information, several of the sites were on grass (water/electric sites) and very muddy. Looked like it was a perpetual issue as there were several deep ruts in all of the grass sites. Our full hookup site was gravel and was level.

Several seasonal / long term residents.

Staff was friendly. Pool was clean. Offered fire wood and ice delivery to sites. Good location to see Cuyahoga Valley National Park as it’s fairly centrally located. Park was quiet.

First the good stuff: Friendly KOA-uniformed staff upon check-in, appealing entrance driveway to office registration. Updated sewer connection as well as electric. Quiet at night. The not so good stuff: gate entry pad installed way too low making it very difficult to enter code in a ‘regular’ car let alone a truck or motorhome; very (underline ‘very’) narrow unpaved, uneven roads leading to our site (or any other sites); extremely uneven sites making it quite the task to level; we had a long pull through but very narrow in width forcing us to step on muddy wet grass. We’ve experienced some of these at other campgrounds— but was hurts is the $57/night (with my KOA member 10%)... way off the chart. Connection w/Verizon was ok including the streaming power.

We really enjoyed our stay. Site 550 is on and end with a nice side yard and shade trees. The staff is pleasant and helpful. There’s a management presence to tidy and tend to things. People were well-behaved and orderly.
The town of Hudson is really nice and clean with great restaurant selections and great bike trails. One thing we’ve figured out after 3 years and 300 nights of camping... KOAs have standards which are most often met.

We stayed at the campground for medical appointments. Good location for this. One was in Cleveland itself. If you take Cedar road you can avoid the heavy interstate traffic. Two appointments were at Streetsboro Cleveland clinic site. This was 10 to 15 mins away. The site was great. Level, good cable,good cell phone service for t-mobile, staff very nice and helpful Great place for Cleveland clinic patients. We had one concern. As you come or go on the road there was a walnut tree dropping walnuts. They could do some damage to a car or RV. One other bit of dislike was it was close to Halloween(this is not the campground problem), but the last site on the only way out, had a fake bloody head hanging from a tree. I found this every distasteful. I think if anyone had family or a friend that had hung themselves this would be hurtful for them to see. I felt bad that someone would have to look at that. If that site belong to the campground ......