60 acres hosted by Janine H.
2 tent sites
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Activities
Biking
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Natural features
Forest
Lake
River, stream, or creek
Swimming hole
99% 
71 ratings · 60 reviews
Joshua L.recommends
October 21, 2024
Turkey Creek Cove
Beautiful space and creek!
The good:
- absolutely beautiful camping space with nice layout and plenty of privacy
- creek and swimming hole were awesome. It was way too cold to swim in late October, but it was nice to do a little fishing… Small mouth and blue gill were around and hit on most everything, but not many landed… use live bait if possible!
- Creek was WILD at night with a blacklight. Tons of glowing and fluorescent rocks, animals and fungi.
- Horses were super friendly and definitely greeted me right as I arrived, but careful with the gates as the horses will follow you through.
- plenty of fire wood at site (I paid the extra fee to have wood delivered, but it lasted me all weekend, easily)
- fire pit has lots of rocks and over rack and grill grate made it easy to cook (I brought a 12 inch cast iron pan and a 2 qt saucepan)
The bad
-As others have mentioned, car noises were present. I didn’t notice it most of the time, but when sitting quietly, they definitely interrupted. I slept with earplugs because I like to sleep in and didn’t want them to wake me up.
-the compost toilet is pretty rustic. Not somewhere you can “sit and think”, but host said they are working on improving it.
The other
- definitely need 4wd. It was a lot of fun, but I don’t do much off-roading, so I’m glad I had an suv that could handle it.
Will come back, hopefully in summer, with family, so we can enjoy the swimming hole.
Thank you to the hosts for sharing their space!
Sarena K.recommends
August 3, 2024
Turkey Creek Cove
Clean remote perfect camping spot
Janine’s property was a great spot for those who wanted a private more primitive camping experience. The location is nice and shady, and a great set up for our two tents for family camping. The creek and swimming hole was the cleanest around, well surpassing the quality levels of the state park water areas, and we enjoyed spending time down there looking for fish and crawdads. The drive in through the creek and up the hill was a fun 4 wheel experience too. The composting toilet wasn’t the best, but it was fine if you are used to using a hole in the ground for a bathroom. For us more remote primitive campers it worked.
The only downside was the highway road noise which was very minimal (only the occasional car and truck engine breaking), otherwise it was very relaxing and felt like we were in our own private little world. 10/10 would recommend though for a non - camping park site spot!
Brian D.recommends
July 30, 2024
Tent camping in the woods
Nice getaway.
Great place to getaway from the crowd's
And the location is great if you like to venture to the Shawnee
Sommer C.recommends
June 17, 2024
Tent camping in the woods
Janine was phenomenal in helping us get to our site! It was a spur of the moment trip so it was dark when we arrived and I was unsure of driving across the creek (my jeep grand Cherokee made it easily) but she walked me the entire way to the campsite beforehand so I could get a better understanding of where the campsite was and was nothing but helpful. Beautiful land and a fun little swimming hole close by.
Joanna K.recommends
June 15, 2024
Turkey Creek Cove
Secluded, shady, swimming, horses!
Nice, secluded area with plenty of shade and a wonderful little creek and swimming hole right next to you! Bonus: my horse-lover daughter got to spend time with Mira and Joey, who enjoyed eating carrots out of her hand. Just minutes away from Shawnee State Park, where we went on a lovely hike. Next time we'll bring kayaks for the nearby lakes! Gorgeous area, wonderful hosts (we had to jump our van because a door got left open overnight, and Clinton was very kind to do that for us). Janine was always quick to answer any questions, and she left us firewood and water. Great experience!
Justin B.recommends
May 25, 2024
Tent camping in the woods
Janine was very responsive and the site by the creek is very nice. The creek crossing was a bit more than I was expecting, but an Audi q5 made it with no issues at all.
If you want a nice private site instead of the crowded state park campground up the road I recommend it.
Location
West Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒼𐓂𐓊𐒻 𐓆𐒻𐒿𐒷 𐓀𐒰^𐓓𐒰^(Osage), Myaamia, Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee), Kaskaskia, Hopewell Culture, and Adena Culture First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking
Hosted by Janine H.
Joined in October 2017Response rate: 100%Response time: Within an hour
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