Great laid back campground in cawtawba, fisherman's paradise close to public ramps,staff is…read moregreat,even have cabin rentals for a great price

I love coming here. The management is Amazing. Would definitely recommend getting out here during…read morethe summer.

If you don't rely on their rest rooms and showers might be ok. Never had any hot water for the…read moreshower. Greeted in the office with more rules than welcome. Beach and pond were great for families and being on the runway flight path for the local airport was entertaining.

2nd year in a row going and have a blast every time. The site are a little cramped but no worse…read morethen other places we have been. The pond is a huge hit and will be back next year.

Went here a lot growing up, and even had a permanent camper here year after year. Was great dealing…read morewith Jo-ann and Robin. Used to canoe on the lake daily while staying there during summer. Robin passed away, and Joann (his wife) took over till the grandmother passed. At that time Robin's brothers took over, and simply were not friendly, and it basically lost all appeal after that. Being friendly as a campground owner is a necessity, and if you charge the same price as way better options in the area, expect that people will go elsewhere. Bottom line: Over priced compared to cheaper, BETTER alternatives in the area.

Love this campground!! Have camped there for 5+ years now as a seasonal and love it. Nice and…read morefriendly atmosphere and peaceful.

Great campground if you need electric and campsites, bathrooms unusable for campsite goers, has…read morewell over 300 bugs in the men's bathroom, serious bug infestation present, if you go here make sure your party has an RV or all females, or doing your business is going to annoy the **** out of you.

Sitting around the fire ring at Crystal Rock Campgrounds. Nothing like smelling your neighbor's…read moresewage. The great outdoors. The picture is taken from the fire ring which according to park rules is not to be moved. The spaces were dinky and on top of each other in the section we were in. They may have some nice things going for them but this spacing was not well thought.

I'm so glad to find River Retreat on Yelp because I've been raving about it to everyone since I…read morestayed there over fourth of July weekend. I ended up making reservations with this campground after find out that most every other place was already booked for the weekend. I did a search of all the area parks, marinas and places to camp, and this little gem showed up in the results. I called and was a little skeptical at first. The website was simple and very outdated, and it seemed a little sketchy. Man, was I wrong. The owner talked to me and helped me make a reservation since someone JUST cancelled. She was so friendly and informative. I couldn't wait to get there. When we found River Retreat, conveniently off of Rt2, it looked a little run down, but PACKED with families and the nicest people! Yeah, it's no state park, but we were ready for that. It may have been small, but as soon as we checked-in, everyone made us feel like we were part of a family! The owner showed us to our spot, brought us over firewood and even saved extra room for us for another tent. Our location was perfect. Right near a very clean restroom and right across from a cute playground. The only problem was that there was only one shower for the entire campground to use. For us, it wasn't a big deal because we weren't staying too long. Plus, you're camping. You're supposed to get a little dirty. :-D The neighboring campers were super friendly too. They offered us help with everything and came over to say hello once we got settled in. Since it was 4th of July weekend, they had a huge chicken cookout and all the campers brought side dishes. Then later on, they had a fireworks show for everyone! This wasn't something they advertised because I'm pretty sure they weren't allowed to. But it was awesome! Bottom line, I'd rather stay at this little campground than a state park any day. Everyone was really friendly, and VERY laid back about everything. Plus, the grounds were close to everything in Port Clinton that we needed. We even went to the East Harbor State Park beach to hang for the day. It was right up the street! I had actually tried to make reservations there, but they were all booked. River Retreat was cheaper, better, and I would've paid more. WORTH IT!!

Following is how our first and last stay went at this run-down, poorly ran campground:…read more This Memorial Day Weekend we had planned a little bit of a reflective, relaxing getaway for our busy family! We love camping, fishing, and Lake Erie a stay in Port Clinton near the boat was a must. Our inlaws surprised us with a pop up camper and they rented a campsite for our little family - Dirk, me, and our girls (2 and 9 months.) We were so very excited about this vacation, especially my two year old daughter who adores fishing and making smores. Somehow EVERYTHING went wrong, really FAST. Upon arrival, though the reservation was in the name of my mother and father in law and we had not made the reservation or payment, they demanded to have our debit card on file... We explained that that our parents would be here within 5 minutes with the proper card, they were not to charge ours. We trusted them and let them keep it on file. My inlaws handled business in the office and we assumed all was fine. Our first night there, our neighbors cursed, screamed, drank, had FOUR dogs off leashes running and barking within 10 foot of our camper. Our parents spoke with the front desk who assured them it would be handled and a curfew would be enforced. Last night, we got to sleep around 3:00 in the morning... When the loud music, barking, screaming, and cursing finally died down. Exhausted, but excited to start our weekend on the lake, we went out with our parents all day, only returning back to the camper tonight at 9:30pm to get some sleep. We got the babies put in their PJs and all tucked in when our neighbors (10 foot away) turned on the most explicit, sexual, vulgar rap music you could imagine. The dogs were running and barking, children being screamed at and called obscenities by their parents, and lots of nasty hollering and cursing... But the music... It was BLARING. The language was pornographic, filthy, and our babies were being forced to fall asleep with that kind of "lullaby" roaring on a boom box. We needed to switch campsites. There were empty ones very close by, but out of earshot of the graphic music (our main concern) and everything else. Dirk went to speak with the owner, she refused to let us move and said "I am no ones babysitter. I'm not going to talk to anyone about anything." He came back to tell me the bad news. I was shocked. Surely, this was just a mistake, a misunderstanding. There's no way she spoke to him like that, I thought. I thought going back and speaking with her as a couple, maybe she would emphasize with a tired Mama, a sweet, softspoken, Christian mama. If they weren't able to move us, maybe they would refund us and let our baby girls catch a wink of sleep somewhere where that kind of explicit content wasn't blaring at bedtime. Boy, was I wrong. The first words as we walked into the office were "SIT. SIT right there." The female owner pointed to two chairs. "You aren't going to speak to me. You are going to speak to MIKE." "Great!" We thought. "The owner will come in. He will understand!" Mike, the owner walked in... Smelling so strongly of alcohol that my stomach turned. He was screaming and cursing upon his entrance. I cannot repeat word for word what this man said, it was incredible explicit, but I will try my best as the public needs to be aware. 1. "What the 'f' is your 'f'ing problem? You don't like it here, get the 'f' out, we keep your money anyway!!" 2. "If you don't get the 'f' out, I will 'f'ing make you get the 'f' out... You don't WANT me to have to 'f'ing make you!" 3. "Boo hoo! Cry some more little girl." 4. "Go to BIBLE CAMP if you don't 'f'ing like it here! (He also recommended a campsite down the road in a sarcastic manner and laughed in my face.) Nobody cares if you are a 'good Christian family. F you." 5. "Read that sign, it says no 'f'ing refunds. We don't care whose 'f'ing card we have on file." Anyone who knows me, Harley, knows I was bawling my eyes out. This man absolutely petrified me. He was well over six foot, screaming and cussing in my face, threatening to get physical with my husband who retained a respectful and professional demeanor. He forced us out the door of the office, cursing and screaming in our faces (quite literally) in front of nearly 30 individuals camping within 15 foot of the office. Although he made himself look terrible in this circumstance, it was so very scary for us. His last words to me were "If you don't get the 'f' out of here, be prepared for me to PERSONALLY remove you." I was shaking, in tears, scared beyond clear articulation. I got back to the girls as fast as I could (my sister stayed with them for me.) We were so scared this drunk, angry, outrageous man was going to hurt our property, us, or (worst of all!) our precious baby girls.