Enjoyed staying at East Fork State Park on a camping trip with family. The camping spots were fairly close together, but the beautiful spots kept it feeling spacious. Lots of bunnies and a deer which delighted our daughter. Almost every loop of campsites had it's own bathrooms and showers. All cleaned daily during our visit. For the GPS, the address online (3294 Elklick Rd, Bethel, OH 45106, United States) IS NOT the one to use... try this one to get to the campground: 2837 Old State Route 32, Batavia, Ohio, 45103.
My boys, dog and I regularly hit the mountain biking trails at this Ohio State Park. There are three courses to choose from. The beginner is easy and relatively flat. The intermediate is fun with a few challenging hills. The techincal is kinda dificult and hard to get into a rythem when cycling but is challenging and very fun at times. Trails are relatively maintained. I really like the mountain biking there but have not done too much else there. I found the swimming area a little limited.
i go horse back riding here! the trails are beautiful! plus when your done theres swimming and the camp sites are not half bad either! i love going here in the summer. even if its just to walk threw the woods.
Clean bathrooms, private sites. I wish we had had more time to explore, but we'll head back that way someday, and will be sure to stop by.
Super clean and friendly place. Safe for kids to bicycle . Beach area is run down and neglected. They don't offer boat rental. The only thing you can do is play putt putt but it's in direct sunlight, there is shade nowhere there or at the kid's park.
Shame on Ohio. This used to be a awesome beach with nice facilities. No more. Get's worse yearly.. Not keeping it maintained and lack of consistency of snack bar is making this beach a place you prefer not to visit. Tough it used to be beautiful.
We went camping August 2013 and had a good time. The sites were decent sizes, the bathrooms were very clean for a campground, and the beach was close by. Streets are paced which is nice for riding bikes, and there was some other stuff to do as well.
We camped here for 3 nights. The campground has a lot of sites but was rather empty while we were there. Every campsite has an asphalt driveway. Our site was nice with some trees along the edges. The bathrooms were typical for a campground - not overly clean but not filthy. Bring your bikes. It is easy to ride the camp loops. There is also a bike trail to the lake (down hill going so save your energy). EVERYONE waves...it amused us while riding bikes. So friendly! The beach was closed due to some algae but that didn't matter to us as we are not ones to swim.
Overall, very nice park with many amenities etc.This place definitely had 5 star potential.... BUT....We stayed in loop G on Labor Day weekend in the 280's.The park has a 1 vehicle per site rule, yet this is not even remotely enforced and the entire loop looked like a car lot. Not only were folks parking on grass to side of road, but we observed people driving their trucks right into the sites themselves.Despite this, site 278 was gorgeous and once there, we could hide.The bathrooms on the loop are relatively new, however, either I have very high standards compared to others or this was spot on filthy.Even after the so called cleaners left, it was filthy. If you choose to shower here, wear good water shoes. Trust me.As for the shower.... It is wonderful that you are allowed to control the temp, however, get ready for a sandblasting as the shower head makes me think of Kramer on Seinfeld getting blasted from his shower stall.Trails are nice and well marked for hiking, mtn biking etc.Maintenance of the park overall is going downhill and fast.Still worth a visit as it is still nicer than most, but let's be honest here, it could be sooo much better.
Very nice lake for boating, fishing or swimming. Pretty large and nice scenery abound. They have a beach there as well for the more laid back or littler ones to enjoy.