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2026 Season availability
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- Dump station on site
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Reviews (107)
What Guests Are Saying
Iron Ridge - Lake Vesuvius is praised for its beautiful, well-maintained campground, offering spacious and private sites surrounded by nature. Campers enjoyed the clean facilities, friendly hosts, and various hiking trails, making it a peaceful retreat. However, many noted the lake was drained, leading to some disappointment and a lack of clear communication about this on the website.
What Guests Are Saying
Iron Ridge - Lake Vesuvius is praised for its beautiful, well-maintained campground, offering spacious and private sites surrounded by nature. Campers enjoyed the clean facilities, friendly hosts, and various hiking trails, making it a peaceful retreat. However, many noted the lake was drained, leading to some disappointment and a lack of clear communication about this on the website.
Review Summary
Robert H
VerifiedMay 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
THERE IS NO HOT WATER IN THE BATH HOUSES! I’ve never been to a campground that didn’t have hot water in the bath houses. Plus, there is zero Wi-Fi and if there’s an emergency, you’re out of luck. The no hot water and zero Wi-Fi needs to be put on the amenities.
Gerald B
VerifiedApril 25, 2023 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
Interior roads are dangerous with non-forgiving low shoulders and non-existing signage or
delineators. Total lack of security because the front entrance host wasn't present during the day for the majority of my stay.
Showers are cold water and worthless. The nearest to our campsite bathhouse was closed and out of order and instructed to use the Hilltop bathhouse.
We drove the hilltop loop circle twice looking for the exit road which appears to someone not familiar with this campsite to be just another camping spot, that is in fact; obtuse-angled sharply downhill the main road. (no direction signage and/or delineators).
One evening your hilltop camp host was with a guest who was blocking the one-way entrance road to the bathhouse, sitting in their running truck in deep conversation while totally and rudely ignoring us trying to proceed, Had to back up and go the wrong way around to the toilet. "Guess they showed those out-of-state people". This place should be Closed to the public.
Michael B
VerifiedOctober 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
Iron Ridge CG offers many spacious sites as opposed to the Oak Hill CG. Some sites offer good privacy, too. One actually feels like you're in the middle of the forest. Electric & water hook-ups are available at most sites and the CG offers several tent camping options as well. The CG offers two restroom/shower facilities. Shower water is nice and hot, but shower rooms lack heating. Overall, this is a great "get away" place.
Freddie B
VerifiedOctober 16, 2022 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
It was really nice and we will be back next year and every body was nice the camp host and the park ranger was a nice guy too he did a good job patrolling the camp grand
Rose D
VerifiedOctober 13, 2022 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
Quiet, beautiful camping site. Clean shower and restroom. One restroom was out of order.
Rhonda S
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
Our campsite was very nice ! Private with shade and campground was quiet. We enjoyed going to the Lake and hiking. Only complaint ladies bathroom toilet side was out of order the whole time we were there ! So everyone had to use the mens side. It was smelly and dirty from Monday till our last day there which was Thursday when it was finally cleaned.. In the past the bathrooms were clean so this was disappointing and worrisome with Covid.
LEONARD F
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2022 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
Great clean friendly place to go will return to camp again.
Rebecca B
VerifiedSeptember 19, 2022 • Stayed at: 023, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
We tent camped at site 25 and it was a great spot. The sites are well dispersed and there is a water spigot close by shared by all the tent sites. The bathrooms were clean but no soap. There is no camp store but a camp host can help out if needed. Lake is gorgeous and you can rent kayaks and canoes at the boat dock. Will come back again!
Wanda Charlene R
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
We just arrived, parked and spent the night. Rained so didn’t do much. One of the 2 bathrooms by us was out of order so was a bit of an inconvenience.
Paxtyn B
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: IRON RIDGE LAKE VESUVIUS
Beautiful campground! The spots themselves are spaced out very well, the campground is very clean as well. Would love to go back!
Location & Directions for Iron Ridge - Lake Vesuvius
6518 State Route 93, Pedro, OH 45659 United States
Elevation: 234 ft
Getting There
From U.S. Highway 52 at Ironton, Take State Route 93 north for 6 mi to the Lake Vesuvius Road (County Road 29). Turn east toward Lake Vesuvius and travel 1 mi to the recreation area.
Highway access
Iron Ridge - Lake Vesuvius is accessible via U.S. Highway 52 and State Route 93, which provides direct access from Ironton. The campground is located approximately 6 miles north of U.S. Highway 52.
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Last updated: October 18, 2026