A. W. Marion State Park

Circleville, Ohio

Our campsite. Photo by author.

A. W. Marion State Park
7317 Warner-Huffer Rd.
Circleville, OH 43113

A. W. Marion State Park Campground
8498 Township Hwy 77
Circleville, OH 43113

A. W. Marion State Park is a 310-acre public recreation area located four miles northeast of Circleville, Ohio. The state park encircles 145-acre Hargus Lake and offers hiking, fishing, and boating. — Wikipedia

In July of 2020, we took the grandkids camping in the tent. Before we bought the RV, we were tent camping every weekend.

A. W. Marion State Park is located in southern Ohio near Circleville. If you decide to camp at the State Park Campgrounds like we did, don’t just google the State Park. It will take you to the wrong side of the lake. Hargus Lake is not very big but it does take about 20 minutes to drive around to the other side where the State Park Campgrounds is. The sad thing though is that the boat ramp is located on the State Park Side.

Kayaker on the lake. Photo by author.

We ended up with a very small campsite as it was the last one available, but we had a…