Iron Ridge - Lake Vesuvius

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The camp is lively! All amenities were perfect and easy to find. Loved it I’ll go back.

Always enjoy the stay there

We loved camp site 20! It is larger than the two sites it's near and it's the most tucked away from the road. Overall, Iron-Ridge is a very peaceful wooded campground and I would definitely like to return when the lake is a little warmer for swimming. Ticks are bad this year everywhere, so make sure you bring bug spray and tweezers. There was also a lot of poison ivy in and around our campsite, but was avoidable enough if you know how to ID it! Bathrooms were good, but it's just a single stall.

The campground was very well maintained and the site was clean and enjoyable. A great jem in Lawrence county

Our site was very nice and private. We arrived a day earlier than expected which could be why the site wasn't cleaned up. Nice hiking locally. Only negative was the traffic which I think was coming and going from the camp hosts at the top of the hill was frequent loud and fast. Very curvy road I didn't feel real safe walking our dog. Big plus was water on site! Dump station was closed so we had to go to the oak campground's.

The park was nice with some spacious sites. The bathhouses were clean. The hot water in the men’s showers was not working or set to tepid. Neither was warm enough for my husband to shower in. Both women’s showers were fine. There are plenty of waterfalls and hiking and biking trails nearby. Lovely area to visit.

The sites at the top loop of the iron ridge grounds are really not accurately represented on the .gov site. Most are pull-offs with steep grades, multiple in some cases, to get from parking/firepit down to picnic table and then down further to a tent pad. It looks like a couple of sites actually have stairs due to the grades. The weather has been drought-level around here, and the sites are hard, dry, dusty, rocky, and worn.

The camp host at the end loop had dogs that were left to bark inside the camper but still clearly audible throughout the loop. The bathrooms at the loop were on the better side of average. There is no firewood here.

Other sites between the entrance and the loop appeared better situated. They are still on a pay envelope system for FF campers; No QR codes or website/app options for this.

I drove three hours to get to this campground and found the sites and situation so unpleasant I left after two hours and went home.

Had a great time with friends. Campground is well-kept and the bath house was also very clean. We ended our trip early due to a power outage and some bad weather, but would definitely recommend.

There was no soap or hand sanitizer in the restrooms. There was a bracket on the wall but nothing was attached to it. Someone that had the site prior to us drained the urine from their rv on to the parking pad. We had to cover it up with dirt to suppress the odor.