Ottawa Metro Park
Part of the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District, Ottawa Metro Park is situated on 287 acres, including the 89-acre Lima Lake. Open mid-April through mid-October, the campground has 30 sites with 50-amp full hookups and has eight pull-though spaces. It features restrooms with showers, a dump station, paved sites with a picnic table and fire ring. Swimming at the 450-foot beach that features a water fountain, water trampoline, slip-n-slide and floating slide is a popular family activity, while fishing and boating on Lima Lake, hiking, biking and walking along the paved trails, and playing Frisbee golf or volleyball are popular activities for all visitors.
Ottawa Metro Park
2632 Ada Road
Lima, OH 45801
(419) 221-1635
jampd.com/home/parks.php?rid=51
Sun Valley Family Campground
Located just a short 10-minute drive southwest from Lima, Sun Valley Family Campground is located in nearby Harrod. It has 242 sites with 30- or 50-amp full hookups and is situated on more than 40 acres. It features restrooms with showers, laundry facilities, a 1-acre swimming pool with water slides, two stocked fishing quarries, and shuffleboard and basketball courts.
Sun Valley Family Campgrounds
9779 Faulkner Road
Harrod, OH 45850
(419) 648-2235
sunvalleycampground.com/index.php?pr=HOME
Twin Lakes Park Family Campground
Twin Lakes Park is situated on more than 30-acres and is 26 minutes northeast of Lima. The park has 85 sites with 20-, 30- or 50-amp full hookups. It features restrooms with showers, free Wi-Fi Internet, a playground, shuffleboard and basketball courts, and sand volleyball. Boating and fishing in the 13-acre lake stocked with bass, bluegill, and others, and swimming in their 3-acre lake with a 1,000 foot sand beach are popular activities for visitors of all ages. Twin Lakes Park is open all year, but limited facilities during the winter season begin November 1.
Twin Lakes Park
3506 Township Road 34
Bluffton, OH 45817
(419) 477-5255
camptwinlakesohio.com
Article Written By A.C. Bauer
A.C. Bauer is a seasoned adventurist with explorations spanning four continents, including hiking Machu Picchu, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, running the Ice Age Trail and road biking out of her front door. She has written marketing materials for eight years and worked for Red Bull, Disney and Dick's Sporting Goods, and received a master's in recreation and sport science from Ohio University.
