Pokagon State Park Campground

The winter highlight here is, of course, the toboggan run. Face your fears and flex your muscles. The toboggan run at Pokagon State Park is not for the weak bodied or weak minded. Tobogganers reach speeds of up to 40mph screaming down iced steel chutes. Super fun! Then, you must carry your 50 lb sled the 1/4 mile back - all uphill. A nice fire pit midway up is good for warming cold toes, and then you get to do it all again.

Cross country skis are available for rent at a truly inspirational lodge built in the 1930s by the CCC, where we also made s'mores in the gigantic fireplace. A nice Nature Center features live native critters and tons of taxidermy, and was filled with charming old-school exhibits on the history of Indiana and the park itself. A ranger-led nature hike out onto the frozen lake taught us about identifying animal tracks and Indiana's glacial history.

We had such a great time, we made a pact to make this an annual winter getaway. And maybe even slip in a weekend in the summer!

Beautiful ! We were just passing through Angola but it was a nice place to stop for the night ! Only thing I didn't like was they still charge you the park entrance fee on top of the camping spot. I think it should be included but that's just me

Very clean & well maintained. We really enjoyed our visit!

Our family has been camping here for over 45 years, before you come do a little research instead of giving negative reviews. This campground may not be for you. It is not a R/V park.
If you love the outdoors, critters and like to hear the summer insects at night , I recommend it.
Sure they could put $$$$ into the campground and it could become a premium destination , but I’m happy they haven’t.

Pokagon State Park

This is a very large park with almost 540 campsites. The downside is there are only 2 dump stations. One in the 300 loop and the other in the 400 loop. We were in campsite 103 and the site was large and very level. There was a lead in to trail 2 in our campsite but due to the size we really didn’t notice when people came through.

We enjoyed the trails and completed the Hell’s Point Challenge. This is an “8” mile hike to the highest point in the park. You have to climbed 84 steps to the top, but worth it!

There is a wonderful paved bicycle trail through the park that leads to the Angola, Indiana multi-use trail. This trail is 7 miles into Angola. We enjoyed the ride!

I will have to say, if you can bring your own water, do it. The water is very cloudy and has a funny color to it. The bath house in our campground was clean but due to the water the toilets and showers had a rusty stain around them. There is a water treatment plant behind loop 1 that had a humming noise that might bother some

We brought our kayaks and found that there are no boat launches in the park. We had to drive to a IN DNR boat launch about 8 miles away on another lake to kayak. All of the lakes are interconnected, and there are a couple of docks at the park that are first come, first serve for people who have reservations at the campground.

Overall a great park and one that we will return to.

A favorite, pretty park with lots to do, its close to home so we go here a lot. Lake, horseback riding, nature center, bike trail, hiking trails, tour boat rides on the lake, canoe rental. Only negative is the bathrooms, they could use a bit of updating.

This state park was massive! It has year round activities that must draw huge crowds. However, we were here midweek toward the end of August and almost every camper had a whole loop to themselves. All of the staff members we encountered were exceptionally friendly and helpful.

The trails were well maintained and the lakefront was beautiful and quiet. Obviously the infrastructure of the park speaks to the fact that it gets crazy busy. I wish we’d had several days to spend here exploring the rest of the park.

Our site was at the top of a knoll, so we had to pull all the way to the top to get level. Once we were up there it was perfect. The site was big and had electric hookups. As west coasters, we enjoyed seeing the fireflies light up in the evening.

The showers and bathrooms were older but clean. The shower curtains were a little too small for the openings, which may have been problematic if we weren’t the only campers there.

We hope to come back and explore this area more at some point!

Date of stay 8/15/2018 to 8/19/2018. We had a puddle form in our camp site. It dissipated after the rain stopped. But you might want to search and be careful about any evidence of puddles before you settle on a site. We arrived on a Wednesday so it was nice and sparse with not too many neighbors. On the weekend it filled to capacity. You need to fill your water tanks before camping as no water exists at the campsites. Also most sites are old school small with 40 to 30 feet.

Spent two nights mid week. Trails are well kept and enjoyable to walk. Staff is friendly. Sites are available for large rigs with tow behinds. Pull through's....Service is up to 50 amp on most sites. Park stays busy on weekends in fall. So you may need reservations. Lot's planned by staff. Dancing, nature walks. The history of the park being built by the CCC in the 30's is interesting. They do have horse and wagon rides.

I went here in winter to try out my new travel trailer from Mar. 8th - 10th. This weekend I had the whole camping area to myself. One note, when picking a site, it was listed as 50A, but they must just list the highest amperage, as it also had 30A service as well as standard 110. My spot was quite nice as it’s not crowded in that part of the campground. There is a dump station but no water there. Water was available at a couple other locations though. The showers were open at this time too. I only rate as 4 stars because well, it was winter and the location is ok, but nothing amazing. The staff that I ran into was very friendly.