Scioto Trail State Park Walk-In Camping Area

We chose to camp at Scioto Trail State Park because of it's proximity to Salt Creek Kayak Adventures. While I had hiked at Scioto Trail in the past, this was our first visit to the campground. The primitive section is located far from the electric sites, which is desirable for us. It's also a walk-in campground, which wasn't really made clear when making reservations. That said, they do allow you to drive your car to your site for loading/unloading, which was super helpful since we weren't planning on a walk-in site.

The campground is a little confusing. Sites #64-68 are not at all what we were expecting based on the map on the website. They are all on one strip of land, and you basically walk through other sites to get to your own - which is why they don't allow you to keep your cars here. #68 is all the way in the back - we were on #67. But the sites are just beautiful. They are all decent sizes and well shaded by very tall trees. We loved our site, but I think we'd opt for #68 next time, as it's the last one in the line of sites. There are no showers and pit toilets, which weren't bad at all. The campground is also really, really dark, especially since the electric sites are in a totally different section of the park. Take a walk up to the parking area at night to check out the stars as there are too many trees to really see the sky from your site.

Love it here ross family reunion

Super knowledgeable and willing to take time with you.

We loved camping here! We were in site 62 with no one next to us, so we had tons of privacy! Yes, you have to walk in to your site but I'd say it was only about 100yds to our site from the lower parking lot. Very scenic, tons of trees, beautiful fall colors, and once the clouds cleared up we could see so many stars! The camp office people were friendly and helpful. The vault toilets weren't that bad-- but bring your own hand sanitizer or soap dispenser to use at the water pump. Nice to have potable water, and it tasted delicious and cool! Will definitely return!