About Oak Hill - Lake Vesuvius
Number of accommodations: 28
Campground Amenities
-
Dump Station
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Sites & Availability
28 Sites Available
No sites found matching your criteria.
No available sites
All sites are booked for your selected dates. Try showing all sites to see booked options, create an alert to be notified when something opens up, or adjust your dates.
Site Details
Select a site to view details
28 Sites Available
No available sites
All sites are booked for your selected dates. Try showing all sites to see booked options, create an alert to be notified when something opens up, or adjust your dates.
Reviews (79)
What Guests Are Saying
Oak Hill - Lake Vesuvius is a well-maintained campground that many visitors enjoy for its privacy, cleanliness, and helpful camp hosts. Guests appreciate the peaceful atmosphere, ample space between sites, and opportunities for walking, hiking, and kayaking. While some facilities, like the beach and showers, have faced issues, overall, visitors express a strong desire to return and cherish their experiences at the campground.
What Guests Are Saying
Oak Hill - Lake Vesuvius is a well-maintained campground that many visitors enjoy for its privacy, cleanliness, and helpful camp hosts. Guests appreciate the peaceful atmosphere, ample space between sites, and opportunities for walking, hiking, and kayaking. While some facilities, like the beach and showers, have faced issues, overall, visitors express a strong desire to return and cherish their experiences at the campground.
Review Summary
Diane E
VerifiedApril 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: Post Oak
Nice campground. No attendant. You needed to drive to the lake. Water was so murky. Road was narrow with a steep drop off. Lots of beautiful butterflies. Close to Huntington WV with nice restaurants.
Keely K
VerifiedOctober 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: White Oak
Love this campground, very upset that it was closed 2 weeks early. Liked it better when the last weekend was at the end of august.
Charles B
VerifiedOctober 19, 2022 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Post Oak
We have visited Lake Vesuvius two other times. The campground is very nice with paved sites and very clean bathrooms and showers. As clean as they were, when I tried to take a shower I waited for the water to warm up and it just didn't. Finally, after it warmed to just under tepid, not warm, I took a very chilly shower. Otherwise we had a lovely time walking around the lake and enjoying the beautiful fall colors and weather.
I would like to come in the summer and take advantage of the kayaks for rent.
Candy C
VerifiedOctober 17, 2022 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Post Oak
No hot water in bath houses. We had to go home to shower
Candy C
VerifiedOctober 17, 2022 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: Post Oak
No hot water in shower houses.
Tammy J
VerifiedOctober 16, 2022 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: White Oak
Great place to camp! Need to have more events for October weekends such as hayrides, etc. Trick or treat in the campground and campsite decoration contests are great too. Pumpkin carving contest is good too.
Jeff M
VerifiedOctober 2, 2022 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: Pine Knob
Enjoyable
Carl R
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2022 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Post Oak
Great campground. Most spots are level and somewhat shaded. However, #14 required jacking the front very high and beyond ability of power jack. Fortunately, I had a 12” block to get it up to level.
Marty S
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: White Oak
Beautiful scenic area. Enjoyed hiking the various trails and kayaking the lake.
Elizabeth O
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: White Oak
An absolutely beautiful campground! The camp hosts were amazingly sweet and helpful and even remembered me when I came back through to stay the second time. The facilities were clean and well kept, the sites were perfect for what I needed. The lake was very peacefull and perfect for paddle boarding with my dog. There are lots of hiking trails including a paved trail to a cool rock overhang. I wish this campsite was closer because I would go every weekend if I could.
Location Oak Hill - Lake Vesuvius
Address:
916 County Road 29
Pedro, OH, 45659
United States
From U.S. Highway 52 at Ironton, take State Route 93 north for 9 miles to the Lake Vesuvius Road (County Road 29). Turn east toward Lake Vesuvius and travel 1 mile to the recreation area.
Latitude & Longitude: 38.619 / -82.6335
Elevation: 264 feet
Policies & Rules
| Category | About |
|---|---|
| General |
Camping or the establishment of a campsite within the Wayne National Forest shall be limited to a period of time not to exceed 14 days in any 30 day time period. |
| General |
Campers may not occupy an individual developed campsite with more than eight persons at one time. |
| General |
Campers may not occupy more than three developed camping units at one time (one RV and two tents sites). |
| General |
Pets are permitted within recreation areas, but must be caged, on a leash not longer than six feet, or under other physical restrictive control. |
| General |
Click here for more information on the Wayne National Forest |
| General |
Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information. |
| General |
Reservation Cut-Off Window: Reservations must be made 4 days prior to arrival. Any unreserved campsites within the 4 day cut-off window are no longer reservable and only available on a first-come, first-serve basis. |
| General |
State of Ohio Buckeye Pass is not accepted at any Wayne National Forest recreation sites that charges a fee. |
