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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (1996)
What Guests Are Saying
South Sandusky Campground offers a peaceful and well-maintained environment, ideal for camping, biking, and enjoying nature. Many visitors appreciate the spacious and clean campsites, beautiful views of the lake, and the availability of bike trails. While some guests reported minor issues like uneven pads and occasional noise from nearby campers, overall experiences are positive, with a strong desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
South Sandusky Campground offers a peaceful and well-maintained environment, ideal for camping, biking, and enjoying nature. Many visitors appreciate the spacious and clean campsites, beautiful views of the lake, and the availability of bike trails. While some guests reported minor issues like uneven pads and occasional noise from nearby campers, overall experiences are positive, with a strong desire to return.
Review Summary
Carie R
VerifiedOctober 24, 2023 • Stayed at: 157, Loop: REDB
We have stayed in this campground previously. The showers were recently renovated, this was not an improvement. When we stayed here previously, the showers were clean, good water pressure. This time they were clean, but the water pressure was terrible. The new setup has 4 individual rooms with a toilet, sink, and shower. Throughout our stay members from our group used each of the 4 rooms and the experience was the same in all 4. If this is meant to be a water saving it fails because we all had to take longer than normal showers to get the shampoo rinsed out of our hair. Please adjust the showers. We love coming here for the bike trail and fall colors. The campgrounds are some of the nicest we've visited with this one exception.
Carie R
VerifiedOctober 24, 2023 • Stayed at: 157, Loop: REDB
We have stayed in this campground previously. The showers were recently renovated, this was not an improvement. When we stayed here previously, the showers were clean, good water pressure. This time they were clean, but the water pressure was terrible. The new setup has 4 individual rooms with a toilet, sink, and shower. Throughout our stay members from our group used each of the 4 rooms and the experience was the same in all 4. If this is meant to be a water saving it fails because we all had to take longer than normal showers to get the shampoo rinsed out of our hair. Please adjust the showers. We love coming here for the bike trail and fall colors. The campgrounds are some of the nicest we've visited with this one exception.
Michael T
VerifiedOctober 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 197, Loop: PTRE
Site 197 was a nice one - faces the woods and very private- but the description of the site could use a bit more info. The slope is listed at 0% and it definitely wasn't that flat. We did have to work at getting out 26' TT level. Also, the photos of the site show a really long driveway, but not the sharp turn needed to back into it. Took us a few tries and our neighbor said the man there before us had a lot of problems getting into it. If we were going again, we'd seriously consider coming in the wrong direction on the one way road in front of it. It's the very first campsite, so it's a short distance, and backing into the site from the opposite direction would be so much easier because of the driveway across from it.
We did enjoy South Sandusky and plan to go back. The bike path from the campground is great!
Michael T
VerifiedOctober 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 197, Loop: PTRE
Site 197 was a nice one - faces the woods and very private- but the description of the site could use a bit more info. The slope is listed at 0% and it definitely wasn't that flat. We did have to work at getting out 26' TT level. Also, the photos of the site show a really long driveway, but not the sharp turn needed to back into it. Took us a few tries and our neighbor said the man there before us had a lot of problems getting into it. If we were going again, we'd seriously consider coming in the wrong direction on the one way road in front of it. It's the very first campsite, so it's a short distance, and backing into the site from the opposite direction would be so much easier because of the driveway across from it.
We did enjoy South Sandusky and plan to go back. The bike path from the campground is great!
Michael T
VerifiedOctober 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 197, Loop: PTRE
Site 197 was a nice one - faces the woods and very private- but the description of the site could use a bit more info. The slope is listed at 0% and it definitely wasn't that flat. We did have to work at getting out 26' TT level. Also, the photos of the site show a really long driveway, but not the sharp turn needed to back into it. Took us a few tries and our neighbor said the man there before us had a lot of problems getting into it. If we were going again, we'd seriously consider coming in the wrong direction on the one way road in front of it. It's the very first campsite, so it's a short distance, and backing into the site from the opposite direction would be so much easier because of the driveway across from it.
We did enjoy South Sandusky and plan to go back. The bike path from the campground is great!
Robert T
VerifiedOctober 27, 2023 • Stayed at: 155, Loop: REDB
The campsite was nice but the fire pit was not clean the bike trail was good. The shower house is nice and clean but the water volume was so bad that you could barely get the soap rinsed out of your hair. The host were friendly and helpful. Over all good experience but soap in the bathroom to wash your hands and better water volume would be a big improvement
Robert T
VerifiedOctober 27, 2023 • Stayed at: 155, Loop: REDB
The campsite was nice but the fire pit was not clean the bike trail was good. The shower house is nice and clean but the water volume was so bad that you could barely get the soap rinsed out of your hair. The host were friendly and helpful. Over all good experience but soap in the bathroom to wash your hands and better water volume would be a big improvement
Robert T
VerifiedOctober 27, 2023 • Stayed at: 155, Loop: REDB
The campsite was nice but the fire pit was not clean the bike trail was good. The shower house is nice and clean but the water volume was so bad that you could barely get the soap rinsed out of your hair. The host were friendly and helpful. Over all good experience but soap in the bathroom to wash your hands and better water volume would be a big improvement
Holly D
VerifiedOctober 29, 2023 • Stayed at: 159, Loop: REDB
Great campground! Campsites are large and there is plenty of space between campsites. No interstate traffic and very quiet at night. Beautiful lake just a few steps from each campsite.
Holly D
VerifiedOctober 29, 2023 • Stayed at: 159, Loop: REDB
Great campground! Campsites are large and there is plenty of space between campsites. No interstate traffic and very quiet at night. Beautiful lake just a few steps from each campsite.
Location & Directions for South Sandusky Campground
South Sandusky , 7820 Red Oak Lane, Sesser, IL 62884 United States
Elevation: 145 ft
Highway access
South Sandusky Campground is accessible via IL-154, which is approximately 6 miles to the north. I-57 is accessible about 10 miles to the east.
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
- Campers must check in with the gate attendant upon arrival for site and vehicle tags.
Site capacity
- Camping equipment must be on-site, with a maximum of three tents for one camper, or four tents per site. Sites cannot be reserved for vehicle parking.
Local regulations
- Refer to the Park Information Guide for more rules and regulations.
Fires & fuel
- To prevent pests, buy firewood locally and burn it on-site; do not move firewood.
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