Campgrounds and RV parks near London, OH

Water recreation drives most trip planning in this area. Buck Creek State Park surrounds C.J. Brown Reservoir and offers boating, fishing for walleye, muskie, white bass, black bass, catfish, crappie, and bluegill, a swimming beach, and an 18-hole disc golf course. Sky Lake RV Resort adds smaller-scale fishing and lake time closer to London. Families staying at Tomorrow's Stars RV Resort find on-site amenities aimed at kids, and Pastime Park & Campground sits inside a municipal park in Plain City. The city park includes walking trails, baseball fields, sand volleyball, and a pool with splash features for a small fee. Columbus attractions such as COSI and the Columbus Zoo, plus the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton, are within roughly an hour's drive.

Central Ohio has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm, humid summers. The prime RV camping window runs from late April through October, with peak family travel concentrated between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Summer weekends fill quickly at private resorts along the I-70 corridor and at Buck Creek's cabins, so booking several weeks ahead is standard. Spring brings unsettled weather and elevated severe-storm risk. Ohio is part of the area where tornadoes can form, which are most likely in spring, but can occasionally occur in autumn as well, so travelers should monitor NWS Wilmington alerts and choose sites with sturdy shelter access. Precipitation is spread relatively evenly through the year, though winters tend to be wetter and thunderstorms concentrate in late spring and summer. Fall is often the most comfortable stretch, with cooler nights, lower humidity, and foliage color from mid-October into early November. Winter camping is limited: many private campgrounds reduce services, though Pastime Campground in Plain City stays open year round for hardy travelers.

Sites near London range from open, sunny grass and gravel pads at the private resorts to shaded loops at Buck Creek and Pastime Park. Buck Creek State Park Campground offers electric and non-electric sites with pets permitted on all sites, plus 44 full-hookup sites with extended pads and concrete step-out areas, and the park's 23 cabins sit in a separate wooded area. Pastime Campground in Plain City offers full hookup sites, gravel water/electric sites, water/electric grass sites, and primitive tent sites, with restrooms, a shower facility, playgrounds, and large shade trees. The campground has a dump station that is free for registered campers. Expect mosquitoes in summer, especially after wet stretches, and pack for sudden thunderstorms. Cell coverage is generally reliable across the I-70 corridor.