Newbies Where to Camp?

You will find more amenities in private parks. You could look at the rvparkreview.com site for Indiana - different cities and read the park reviews. There is usually a website connection right from the page if they have one so you can then check out their amenities, see pics, rates in most cases, some have a listing of sites in the area. Happy travels.

congrats on you new home away from home be safe and happy trail

Being also from Indiana, we are particular fans of the Indiana state parks and make use of them for long weekend outings every year (32 ft fiver). There are several close to Indy, with Brown County (Taylor Ridge campground) being our favorite. If you like boating, there is Lake Monroe (now a state park, I believe), Lake Patoka, and a number of SRA's easily within a 100 mile range. Turkey Run state park is beautiful and also one of our favorites with the best hiking in the state, but be sure to fill your fresh water tank before you go as the local water has a very heavy sulphur content.

Heading north, there are a couple of state parks with nice campgrounds, including Pokagon off of I-69 close to the Michigan border, Chain of Lakes northwest of Ft. Wayne, and Oubache in Bluffton (nice bike trail there).

If you want to go a bit further, we really liked Hocking Hills in southern Ohio. We stayed in the Old Man's Cave campground, but next time will try the KOA there. Then there's always Mammoth Cave National Park for a weekend. Nice campground, but no electricity which could be a problem for you if you feel the need for AC... and it does get hot and humid there during the summer. Straight shot down I-65, though, and the cave tours are great.

Lots and lots of options for you to explore and you're in a great, central location to get to them all.

MrsL wrote:
We're proud new owners of our first travel trailer - a 2012 Keystone Passport 2650BH. We are pulling it with a 2004 5.4L Expedition.

We own a small business and found that, with dogs at home, going on vacation is more of a hassle than it's worth. So we decided a travel trailer would allow us some long weekends and we could take the pups with us.

We're looking for some campgrounds that are within 150-200 miles of Indianapolis. We are in our mid and late 40's and have no children. We have three well behaved (I'm sure everyone thinks that about their own) dogs but will likely only travel with two for the majority of our trips. Do any of you have any suggestions for great campgrounds we should try first? We're looking for more of an amenity-filled campground with trails, shade, big lots as opposed to some of the more amusement, crowd oriented grounds.

By the way, your forums were invaluable to us when we were shopping for our travel trailer. While this is our first post, we're so appreciative of how helpful you all are!

You're within your mileage to go to Mammoth Cave and it is as you describe. With amusements outside the park.

Ohio has great parks well within your miles, I'm sure the Indian parks on Lake Erie are great also. Cedar Point and Kings Islnad are also available. money hogs but there. You make like Ft Meigs just south of Toledo?

ncrowley wrote:
I always use www.rvparkreviews.com. The reviews have not let me down. You need to read a number of the reviews to decide if the park will work for you.

X-2!!! You definitely want this site, cause it tells you if you want to avoid any of those campgrounds your looking at. www.rvparkreviews.com

I always use www.rvparkreviews.com. The reviews have not let me down. You need to read a number of the reviews to decide if the park will work for you.

You are welcome to come visit us at a COE park Wilson Lake Kansas

My wife and I are here at Wilson Lake Minooka Campground until
the end of September. We are Park Attendants. Wilson Lake is the prettiest and clearest Lake in Kansas.

MrsL wrote:
We're proud new owners of our first travel trailer - a 2012 Keystone Passport 2650BH. We are pulling it with a 2004 5.4L Expedition.

We own a small business and found that, with dogs at home, going on vacation is more of a hassle than it's worth. So we decided a travel trailer would allow us some long weekends and we could take the pups with us.

We're looking for some campgrounds that are within 150-200 miles of Indianapolis. We are in our mid and late 40's and have no children. We have three well behaved (I'm sure everyone thinks that about their own) dogs but will likely only travel with two for the majority of our trips. Do any of you have any suggestions for great campgrounds we should try first? We're looking for more of an amenity-filled campground with trails, shade, big lots as opposed to some of the more amusement, crowd oriented grounds.

By the way, your forums were invaluable to us when we were shopping for our travel trailer. While this is our first post, we're so appreciative of how helpful you all are!

try rvparkreviews.com. This site will show you nearby campgrounds, list recent costs and provides customer reviews. Read the reviews with a grain of salt though.

We camped here and really liked the campground. They did have a lot of ticks but I think the wife took most of them back to Texas so they will not give you any trouble now.:)

http://cfaia.org/campgrounds-recreation-areas/hardin-ridge-campgrounds-in-indiana.php#

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