Mt. Gilead State Park Campground — Hotel in Gilead Township

The office called us at 5 min after 1. check out time is 1. We totally understand RULES and would never consider being late checking out. Unfortunately there was a terrible incident where a deputy sherrif was shot and killed in Mt Gilead. The whole entire town was at a standstill and roads were ALL blocked while a huge procession brought the deputies body home. We were caught up in this and out of respect to the deputies family friends and community we paid our respects rightfully. The state park would NOT even consider this and charged an additional night. Late 35 minutes!! We talked to them on the phone to let them know. They said if we weren't there in 10 minutes we would be charged and we were. The whole town was shut down. We were back there at 1:35 and previously had the motorhome all packed up ready to go. They were very insensitive.a not make an exception and I spent alot if time on the phone to resolve the issue with the ODNR. .It was NOT about the money, it was the principle of the matter. At the same time, behind me was a couple checking in at 1;35. Check IN is 3:00.. WHY are you permitted to check in early but get charged for 35 min late? I feel we were treated very unfairly.. in NO way am I using this awful tragedy as an excuse. God bless him and his family. You would think they would make a small exception for the procession process. No, they were very rude and misunderstanding. We did get notification 2 days later that the money was refunded, but along with an email scolding us and basically said we better never do this again. Up until then it was a good experience. Our experience. Shame on them. Said I would leave a yelp review and they said they never...

I tent camped in the summer of 2023 during the week. First this is a very pretty lake and the campgrounds are right there among the trees at the top of the bowl that the lake sits in. The sites of of medium size with power at each site and there is potable water at the campground office that anyone can use. The restrooms and shower house were functional with everything in working order. The only odd thing is that nearly all of shower house, including the shower heads, used motion control, so there was a poltergeist effect from time to time with the lights and water. There was not a lot of racoon or critter problems, but I did have trouble with one in particular, that cut a hole in my tent while I was using the rest room to steal something. I only saw one racoon (possibly the thief), but heard a number of others and only one caused trouble. With some added preparation, it probably would not have been a problem and I would certainly stay here again as the location more than made up for...

Nice park/campground with large pond (small lake?). About half RV sites have electric, but no water/sewer. Dump station is available. Other half have full hookups, but a bit tight quarters. Some sites are reservable, others 1st come.

Met a nice young naturalist Meredith, who hosted a class on turtles. Very knowledgeable and friendly. Learned a lot about turtles, and answered every question.

It's a good place to camp, not far from Mid-Ohio racetrack. There's a KOA across the road from this site, but little to no shady sites. Not a "shade" on KOA, but if you want real shade, this park has it.

Going further, plenty of new kiddie playgrounds, new shower house and remote toilets at every parking lot.. Here's a photo of the turtle and some...