Iron Ridge - Lake Vesuvius

Clean bathrooms, good campsites. Camp hosts were nowhere to be seen.

Love this NF campground so close to our home! We are heading back in a few weeks for fall colors. Bathrooms are clean and showers work. Love having water hookups even though no electric. Camp hosts were very nice and even called to see if we had left something behind. It’s quiet and peaceful. We had OK Verizon service…enough I good check on my elderly mother each day. We had some crazy storms so skipped hiking, but plan to hike next time.

Had a great time ! Site was clean and cozy. Does have a large tree at entrance of site that is dead. Really needs cut down before it falls on someone’s vehicle or camper.

Spacious private campsite and close to hiking / swimming!

very nice fire pit has grill good spot minimal hammock trees

very nice, fire pit sadly was missing its grill(luckily we had a camp stove). showers were not available at that time. spot for tents was large but not very flat

We love Iron Ridge Campground. The sites are pretty large and spread out, and it’s very shady. The cost is amazing, and the hosts do a great job of cleaning them of debris and anything people leave behind. Speaking of hosts, Mark and Kelli go above and beyond to make sure campers have the best possible experience. They have helped us so much over the past few years. We camp at Iron Ridge pretty often because we have family in the area. Mark and Kelli always go the extra mile to stop by and say hello. Our dog absolutely loves them and knows them by name. Mark even did some dog sitting for us one day when we had a family member in the hospital. They keep the restrooms clean and know the area very well. Mark always helps the Wayne National Forest rangers with maintenance issues. We were visiting Mark just a few weeks ago when a big storm blew up. The wind was terrible and the electricity flickered a few times. As soon as the storm passed, Mark was in his truck driving the loop to check on everyone. That night he helped cut three trees at a nearby campground. A few weeks earlier, he helped cut trees that had fallen across the road to Oak Hill Campground. I cannot say enough good things about Mark and Kelli. Iron Ridge has become a home away from home for us. It’s just a short drive to Lake Vesuvius and many trailheads. Ironton is just a few minutes away. We wish the campground could be open year-round because we would certainly use it.

Overall the campsites were nice and the restrooms were kept clean. You will need your own hand soap as that isn't provided in the restrooms, you will also need your own mirror if you need it. The couple of hiking trails that we used were fun and nice, including the one from the campground to the lake. Only drawback for me was site I was in at #8, is it did start to get muddy some when it started to rain, and could possibly be a problem for other tent campers if it rains heavily, but other than that it was a nice site for me. Might be more enjoyable for someone with a camper but still ok with a good tent on the right spot.

Very clean and well maintained bathrooms, staff was friendly and we overall had a great experience. My family packed up early and had to leave because we were infested with ticks.
My children, despite having bug guard on, had multiple tiny baby ticks embedded.

We were constantly pulling them off us and the kids. We were tent camping and didn’t have a way to keep them away successfully.

Overall, we’ll be back but more prepared.

Site was easily accessable, and plenty of space