Robert Loewendick is an award-winning freelance outdoors/travel writer and guidebook author, with work regularly published in print and on the Internet. Although his passion for outdoors adventure lures him throughout the United States, born and raised in Ohio, Robert still calls the Buckeye State his base camp. Whether fly-fishing a mountain stream, cruising a Great Lake for angling adventures, hiking miles of trails, or paddling across a placid lake, Robert’s days regularly end at a campsite. As a young boy, Robert explored the creeks, hills, and ravines of rural southeast Ohio daily, which fueled his fire for adventure early. Today, Robert shares his outdoors adventures with the goal of encouraging others to get outside more and connect with the real world. Robert is an active member and past president of the professional outdoors journalism organization, Outdoor Writers of Ohio.

• Ohio Campground Locator MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsPrefaceBest CampgroundsIntroductionNorthwestKiser Lake State ParkLake Loramie State ParkMary Jane Thurston State ParkWolf Creek ParkNortheastBeaver Creek State ParkBig Creek ParkFernwood State ForestFindley State ParkHarrison State ForestJefferson Lake State ParkNimisila Reservoir Metro ParkPunderson State ParkTappan LakeWest Branch State ParkSoutheastAEP Recreation LandBarkcamp State ParkBlue Rock State ParkBurr Oak CoveBurr Oak State ParkForked Run State ParkHocking Hills State ParkJesse Owens State ParkLake Alma State ParkLake Hope State ParkLake Vesuvius Recreation AreaLeith Run Recreation AreaNational Forest Covered Bridge Scenic BywayPiedmont LakeSalt Fork State ParkStrouds Run State ParkTar Hollow State Park and ForestWolf Run State ParkSouthwestGermantown MetroparkGreat Seal State ParkJohn Bryan State ParkMiami Whitewater ForestPaint Creek State ParkPike Lake State ParkScioto Trail State ParkShawnee State ParkStonelick State ParkCentralA .W. Marion State ParkDelaware State ParkDillon State ParkKokosing Lake CampgroundMohican State Park and ForestLake Erie RegionEast Harbor State ParkGeneva State ParkKelleys Island State ParkSouth Bass Island State ParkAppendix A: Sources of InformationAppendix B: Camping Equipment ChecklistIndexAbout the Author

Robert Loewendick is an award-winning freelance outdoors/travel writer and guidebook author, with work regularly published in print and on the Internet. Although his passion for outdoors adventure lures him throughout the United States, born and raised in Ohio, Robert still calls the Buckeye State his base camp. Whether fly-fishing a mountain stream, cruising a Great Lake for angling adventures, hiking miles of trails, or paddling across a placid lake, Robert’s days regularly end at a campsite. As a young boy, Robert explored the creeks, hills, and ravines of rural southeast Ohio daily, which fueled his fire for adventure early. Today, Robert shares his outdoors adventures with the goal of encouraging others to get outside more and connect with the real world. Robert is an active member and past president of the professional outdoors journalism organization, Outdoor Writers of Ohio.

• Ohio Campground Locator MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsPrefaceBest CampgroundsIntroductionNorthwestKiser Lake State ParkLake Loramie State ParkMary Jane Thurston State ParkWolf Creek ParkNortheastBeaver Creek State ParkBig Creek ParkFernwood State ForestFindley State ParkHarrison State ForestJefferson Lake State ParkNimisila Reservoir Metro ParkPunderson State ParkTappan LakeWest Branch State ParkSoutheastAEP Recreation LandBarkcamp State ParkBlue Rock State ParkBurr Oak CoveBurr Oak State ParkForked Run State ParkHocking Hills State ParkJesse Owens State ParkLake Alma State ParkLake Hope State ParkLake Vesuvius Recreation AreaLeith Run Recreation AreaNational Forest Covered Bridge Scenic BywayPiedmont LakeSalt Fork State ParkStrouds Run State ParkTar Hollow State Park and ForestWolf Run State ParkSouthwestGermantown MetroparkGreat Seal State ParkJohn Bryan State ParkMiami Whitewater ForestPaint Creek State ParkPike Lake State ParkScioto Trail State ParkShawnee State ParkStonelick State ParkCentralA .W. Marion State ParkDelaware State ParkDillon State ParkKokosing Lake CampgroundMohican State Park and ForestLake Erie RegionEast Harbor State ParkGeneva State ParkKelleys Island State ParkSouth Bass Island State ParkAppendix A: Sources of InformationAppendix B: Camping Equipment ChecklistIndexAbout the Author