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East Fork State Park Campground

2837 Old State Rte 32, Batavia, Ohio 45106 USA

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“A welcome escape from the city”

East Fork State Park is located in Clermont County, about 30 miles east of Cincinnati. Scenic rolling hills offer a welcome escape from the city, with lots of room to roam. Go hiking on 85 miles of nature trails, including 46 miles of backpacking trails. Enjoy horseback riding on 55 miles of bridle trails with your own horse. There are 5 miles of single-track trail for mountain biking that will satisfy novice mountain bikers as well as advanced riders. Nature programs provide entertainment year round. The family campground offers 384 campsites with electric hookups, along with 7 full-hookup sites with electric, sewer and water. Campground amenities include hot showers and flush toilets. Pets are allowed on designated sites. Enjoy a carefree camping getaway in a Cedar Cabin or Camper Cabin rental. Equestrians can stay with their horses at the horseman's camp loop, and take advantage of the modern campground facilities. 2,160-acre East Fork Lake offers a sand swimming beach. Enjoy coves for canoeing and open areas for boating with no horsepower limit. Fishing for bass, walleye and saugeye is enjoyed from the shore or the lake. Hunting is permitted in season in designated areas. A valid Ohio fishing/hunting license is required.

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14 people have reviewed this location

Ratings Summary

4.5 Access
4.5 Location
4.4 Cleanliness
4.6 Site Quality
4.3 Noise

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Confirmed by 6 users | Last reported on August 05, 2023

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Confirmed by 7 users | Last reported on June 04, 2023

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Natalie Akers

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November 16, 2016
Rated 4.0

Went to this beach - I guess it's a beach? Great local spot for the kids to hang and definitely a place to dunk. Nothing extremely special but then again...it's a beach in Ohio! Town of Batavia nearby is pretty darn cute. I recommend the hiking and camping for sure.

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Campendium

September 04, 2016
Rated

Full hook up is new for most of the park and the same time the slots are limited. The park is very well cared full and was super clean in anticipation of Labor Day weekend. Our slot had nice combo of shade and sun with new full hookups that were flawless in design and work.
Park is alcohol free; however the cozy or red solo cup draws no attention.
My only recommendation is to avoid site C51 & 52. Both have limited open area and the fire pits are on the downhill side as in really down a hill. It's a bit of a climb up for anyone older or with mobility issues.
Overall we will be returning.

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Nightly Rate: $30.00

Days Stayed: 4

Site Number: 52

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
4 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Campendium

June 19, 2017
Rated

Now that camping season is upon us, making last-minute reservations as a full-timer is officially a nightmare. So when we found this campground, we were thrilled. It is enormous - 400+ spots - and there were 200+ spots open, even on the weekend in June. Hooray!

East Fork is a Passport America campground Sunday-Wednesday night, so on those applicable nights, we were able to get an electric only site for $14. Otherwise, electric only was $28. There are some full hookup sites that cost more.

There are multiple loops - A through L, I think, of 20-40 campsites each. We noticed that the closer we were to the park entrance, the better cell phone reception was, so we camped in the B loop. Loops J, K, and L are closest to the lake. While we had less bars down by the lake, we did not really test the reception down there. However, in the B loop, we got great 4G signal with both AT&T and Verizon. I imagine that tower congestion can happen when the park is full though.

The campground is ~35 miles from Cincinnati, but there is definitely nothing else around. Look at it as more of a rest and relaxation place, not a launching point to explore an area.

Campsites are back-in and pretty level. We did not have a problem in our 19' 5th wheel.

I had two issues with this campground that lowered my star rating. First, I was excited for lake access but disappointed that the beach was completely closed off to people because it was such a mess. The boat ramp was open, but obviously you can't hang out lakeside at the boat ramp unless you have some sort of watercraft - so the lake was pretty inaccessible to us. No campsites are lakefront.

The other was the bathrooms. In short, they were disgusting. Smelled of damp and mildew, toilet paper strewn everywhere, hair clumps and who else knows what scattered throughout the showers, and the shower heads - get this - were coke bottles cut in half and duct taped to the water spigot. What?!

We had some shady permanent-resident-looking characters in a tent (think yelling at each other at random hours) staying in our loop as well. It appears there are a lot of full-time residents here, which we aren't used to seeing in a state park.

Given all this, I did not find the $28 for electric only to be a fair value. I would certainly not seek out staying at this campground again unless I didn't have another choice in terms of availability.

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Nightly Rate: $28.00

Days Stayed: 3

Site Number: B39

4 Access
3 Location
2 Cleanliness
4 Site Quality
4 Noise

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Campendium

April 21, 2018
Rated

Early camping trip. Only three other campers in loop. Very peaceful and serene locations. Site was backed into woods, which I loved

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Nightly Rate: $28.00

Days Stayed: 3

Site Number: C83

4 Access
4 Location
3 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Campendium

December 31, 2020
Rated

Camped on a weekend, way too crowded with too much traffic, cops were at one site for some reason, drunks and druggies at another site and cops went there and had to run them off. Good hiking trails and decent bathrooms in some of the loops but they need more.

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Nightly Rate: $30.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: -

5 Access
5 Location
4 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
3 Noise

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June 07, 2021
Rated

We enjoyed our stay. Very crowded on the weekends. Sites were large with good green space. Most sites only had electric service. Convenient to local tourists sites. Nice beach area that was a good 30 minute drive away. They just built a small putt putt course. Bathrooms were average and one bath house for many sites.

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roadtripper6170391 would stay here again

Nightly Rate: $43.00

Days Stayed: 7

Site Number: 219

4 Access
4 Location
4 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
3 Noise

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Campendium

June 13, 2021
Rated

Campground is well maintained and has lots of exceptional sites. It is a great family campground with lots of bike riding opportunities. Boating big and small also great fishing & wildlife. Within walking distance horseback riding.

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Nightly Rate: $30.00

Days Stayed: 4

Site Number: -

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Verizon 4G

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Reviewed by
Campendium

June 21, 2021
Rated

We stayed here in 2021 in a 38-foot motorhome with a tow. The park is large with several loops of campsites. There are a few with full hookups, but most will have electrical service only. We had 50-amp. We had very serviceable Verizon LTE with our hotspot. Lots of kids and adults having fun on bikes, etc.

There are two dump stations with one water fill station. There may be other fill stations scattered around but you would be blocking traffic through a loop if you stopped to take on water. On Sunday morning, there was quite a jam-up of campers wanting to dump on the way out, so you may want to plan around this.

Our site was fairly level and did not require any special work. However, the drive is narrow and the ground slopes away so our picnic table was not level, which wasn't a huge problem. Backing into the site was a pain because there was a tree with branches that overhanged the loop nearby so there was a lot of work to avoid it hitting the side of the coach. Although the campsites are well spaced, parking is very limited unless you park in the grass.

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Nightly Rate: $31.00

Days Stayed: 4

Site Number: 112

3 Access
3 Location
5 Cleanliness
4 Site Quality
3 Noise

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Verizon 4G

  • 2 Reviews
  • 0 Helpful
July 06, 2021
Rated

Tidily mowed, dense green woods all around. On a Monday, there were a lot of spaces to have a corner to ourselves even in full July season. This campground is immense - there is no way you could walk from your campsite to the mini golf, boat ramp, or playgrounds. The locals camping brought their golf carts, and we understood why. We enjoyed every moment of our peaceful stay, lightening bugs and quiet. I confess, at full capacity it would be a whole lot of humanity, I would avoid the Fourth of July.

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roadtripper7842611 would stay here again

Nightly Rate: $29.00

Days Stayed: 1

Site Number: H357

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
5 Site Quality
5 Noise

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  • 17 Reviews
  • 0 Helpful
December 30, 2021
Rated

This place is very quite during the off-season. We stayed here late in December. The site are level and you have lots of room . But like everyone has said very limited on place to park more that one automobile. Camp host are very nice . We said here with our 30ft camper. If you have a slide out site. 54 probably will not be for you

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roadtripper6342863 would stay here again

Nightly Rate: $30.00

Days Stayed: 1

Site Number: 54

5 Access
5 Location
5 Cleanliness
4 Site Quality
5 Noise

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Verizon 4G

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East Fork State Park Campground

2837 Old State Rte 32
Batavia, Ohio
45106 USA
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Last Nightly Rate
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Longest Vehicle Length Reported
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