Geneva State Park Campground

Ok, the low rating is about the bathrooms. We love this little campground. But we have seen over the years the care of the bathrooms continue to drop. They use to have a whole team that came through and you could tell they loved working together! Now it seems like it’s a duty to be done but not much thought goes in.

There are 3 loops in the campground. Two with electric and other hook ups that have been just added and the third area is overflow/tent camping. It’s great to go to a campground where all are welcome. Next door a new campground is being built by a commercial enterprise that will be for the huge rigs - luxury motor coaches, we wonder how it will impact the area.

The campground is state run, has two hosts. A great little camp store and registration area. Lake Erie is across the street and the whole area is part of a larger beach, conference center complex. They have put a lot of money in the conference area in the last few years. From the campground you can hop on a bike path that takes you to the beach, marina, conference grounds and into a sweet little resort town Geneva on the lake (places to eat, old time arcade, and other resort town thing).

Only stayed 1 night while passing through but plan to return. VERY close to Lake Erie. Helpful friendly staff. A bit pricey but typical of the area.

We arrived at this campground a week after Ohio opened up the campgrounds. The park was obviously not maintained during the closure (which was standard across the board) so we gave a lot of grace because they were navigating new territory too. There had been a lot of rain for several days in Ohio before we arrived. The campground put down lots of straw to help with the mud and it worked great.

The bathhouses were extremely clean. We had a 30 amp electric only site. The site was level and the campground is extremely quiet. Lots of bird sounds.

There are 3 loops. The loop we were in had less tree coverage than the other loops. We wanted less shade as we had planned to use our solar if we needed more power than the 30 amp. The other 2 loops had very tall trees to provide lots of shade.

The campground is within walking and/or biking to the beach. My kids loved combing the beach for sea (lake) glass. We also took the self guided tour of the covered bridges. Stores and restaurants were just starting to get back into the swing of things after opening back up. Stop over to GOTL- Geneva On The Lake for some touristy fun. We even had the change to stop and play Putt-Putt.

The only negative thing we would have is that the water fill station is on the opposite side of the building where you check in. So essentially you check in, drive around one of the loops as if exiting the park but you stop at the registration building to fill your water tank. Then you drive out, make a U-turn and re-enter the park going back through the registration line. It wasn’t a huge inconvenience, it was just odd. There is a separate dump station. The laundry was still closed for Covid so we went to a local laundromat that was very clean.

ATT Cell was pulling 90-100 MBs down while Verizon struggled around 8-10 down sometimes less. T-Mobile had a decent signal but speeds would not register at times and when they did 1-2 down at best.

Maiden voyage of our schoolie, Believeland. Checked in on Tuesday, 6/2 and out on Friday 6/5. We had to be just across the loop from the Olakers (See next review). We had to make a reservation online first, as they no longer accept “walk-ins”. Normally, an electric-only site is $29/night during the week. Our Golden Buckeye Card got us a 50% discount (weeknights only...10% on weekends). We ended up paying $14.50/night plus a $6.50 reservation fee for a total of $50.00 for 3 nights.

We have camped here many times over the last 30 years. Covid-19 has changed a few things. Only the shower house restrooms were open. Very clean (as usual). The other two restrooms were closed. The camp store was closed, and check-in was at a drive-up window. Grass at the sites was getting pretty high when they mowed on Thursday. Some sites can get quite sloppy after a good rain.

Normally, we would spend a lot of time on the strip in Geneva-On-The Lake. Wineries, bars, food and music. Most of this visit was spent at our site planning the conversion of the bus. Except for a stop at Madsen's Dounuts. Get a dozen. You'll LOVE 'em!

Ever since I was a child camping with my parents, I have considered Ohio State Parks as the benchmark for what a good campground should be like. Well planned and well maintained. I hope that the current health and economic situation doesn't change that.

No Wi-Fi, pretty good cell, some antenna TV from Cleveland.

I'm originally from Oregon, where trees are plentiful and I was spoiled by the State Parks there growing up, and I haven't had that kind of experience since I left 12 years ago. We recently moved to Ohio, and I've been searching for a place to go camping. I felt a glimpse like I was back having an Oregon State Park experience. We stayed 3 nights at the end of July. Obviously, the midwest has humidity, but the second and third night wasn't humid. We survived camping in a tent. I love that the spaces were shaded and trees. Now, not all spaces are the same. The farther back into camp, the more trees and shade. We were lucky to be right next to a water source and a bathroom. The camp is nicely maintained. We had our dog with us, and FYI, no pets are allowed on the beach.. that was really the only thing disappointing about this trip. The camp store sells necessities.. even dog leashes! (Our dog chewed through two leashes we brought with us.) Camping supplies you may have forgotten, as well as wood, ice, shirts, maps.. that staff is very friendly. The showers were clean. They have a fish cleaning house as well as a laundry facility. The water at the beach wasn't too cold. We enjoyed finding pretty rocks at the beach. I definitely will be going back!

Geneva State Park is located on Lake Erie adjacent to the quaint lakeside resort town of Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. In this video, we provide a walking tour of Geneva State Park and show a few of the best campsites at the Geneva State Park Campground. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 49.8 Mbps download speed and 25.8 Mbps upload speed. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 159.0 Mbps download speed and 27.7 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 2.69 Mbps download speed and 0.10 Mbps upload speed.

We stayed at the tent sites (site 96) for one night. The tent area is immediately past the check in station/store as you enter the campground area. From that area there’s no path or even a road shoulder to walk to the shower/bathroom building which is past the dump station/fish cleaning house, and entrance to first electric loop. Not a big deal during daylight hours but after dark we were left walking on an unlit road to use the restrooms. We were there on a Saturday night and were the only tent site occupied with the exception of an obviously homeless guy complete with his shopping cart. His site didn’t have a reserved sign which led us to believe he was just squatting for the night. We didn’t have any issues but it made us a little concerned for safety as we never did see anyone patrolling our area of camp. Shower area was nice. Women’s bath had two sinks, one of which was plugged up with muddy water and debris the entire time we were there.

Park is small and well maintained. Sites have asphalt pads, mostly level. New sites along lakeshore FHUP.
Other sites electric and none electric. Restrooms are small and old. Shower house clean but small. Many paved trails for walking and bike riding.

This was our first outing when we bought our RV in September of 2019. Very clean campground and across from lake Erie. Nice access to biking trails and not far from little town of Geneva on the lake

Nice campground with two loops, 95 sites. Many improvements since our last visit in 2017.

Some sites don't drain well, which unfortunately included ours. Not the Park's fault there was basically 48 straight hours of rain, but I suppose more drain tile is needed.

Really close to the strip of Geneva-on-the -Lake, a ton of wineries, and great golfing. Nice beach and bike path as well.