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From jct I-80/90 (Indiana Turnpike exit 101) & SR 15: Go 1 mi S on SR 15, then 3 mi E on SR 120.
Had an absolute great time for our first summer special. Staff is always friendly and helpful. I love the Saturday morning crafts and themed weekends.
Staff was friendly and helpful, despite other reviews on here stating how rude staff is.. I am dumbfounded. We had a good time and the others camping were friendly as well. The sites are a little tight is my only complaint, but I'm not really a campground kind of guy. Bathrooms were clean, campfire wood priced fair and not the sawmill bark cutoffs you might get other places. Store prices are high, but that goes with the convenience.
I was very unimpressed with this campground. A few things I would like to mention are none of the bathroom stalls have locks on them and I was rudly walked in on while using the restroom because of this. The showers are push button in both bath houses and the shower heads come to chest level (I am not a very tall person, I'm only 5'7). The "adult pool" is only for adults from 6-8pm. The golf carts headlights and tail lights are disabled which is a huge safety violation! The golf cart rentals state on the agreement you sign that they cannot be ran after 11pm during quiet hours however when you get your rental cart it says you may not operate it after dark. The golf cart charging station is at the front of the park and you have to return it each night to charge it. The "trout stocked pond" is very poor for fishing. It is only about 3 foot deep across the whole thing. We only saw a carp, a bass, and a couple small blue gill. The thing that upset me the most was when we had already had two campers set up for over 24 hours and the camper store employees come tell us our campers are in the wrong spots and need to be moved. We had to tear everything down and move sights after they knew where we were set up and didn't say anything the day prior.
We have been to Eby Pines Campground several times now. We love the pool and the big playground. This campground always has fun activities for the kids. They have a wonderful dog park that's completely fenced in with benches, trees and even a poo bag station! Lots of fun with golf cart rentals available. Also they have a fishing pond and river all on the property. Shower houses are nice, pretty clean and rarely out of tp. They have security at nice which gives me piece of mind that we are safe while sleeping. The staff is kind and friendly. The atmosphere here is definitely family friendly. I've never seen fights or drunks running around or packs of kids running around through the night. The park is clean as in no trash on the grounds. We have camped in just about every area and they all have pluses but over all not much to complain about. Bottom line if you camp here, you will have a good time!
The grounds are kept pretty nice. The bathrooms were cleaned while we were there. The bathroom stalls do not have locks and are fairly small w/your knees hitting the door. The showers are push button and not very warm at all. The pit bathrooms had no toilet seat and stank so bad even in cold (50°) weather so I can't imagine 90°. I had to hold my breath even though they looked decent w/tile floors and roomy. They are just pedestals coming out of the floor that go down into a pit that was full of flies/mosquitoes. The area past the pool/bathroom is a very steep hill so if you have issues walking I wouldn't go past that. The electric only has 1 large plug and you have to have an adapter so there is no additional standard places to plug into if you are in a tent and want electricity for charging devices. Overall it seemed like a decent place but some rules like only 1 tent per site or you have to pay a "rustic site" fee to add an additional tent to your site seems odd compared to most campgrounds and even their own old rules. It is a max of 2 adults and 3 kids and no alternative combinations of that w/o extra fees. 2 vehicles are allowed per site but trailers are to be parked in the overflow parking up front. We had a great time but we also went off season.
