Clinton Lake Camping

A True Family Campground

Clinton Lake Camping's website presented a family-owned campground and RV park near Republic, in the Tiffin area of northwest Ohio. It called the park a quiet family getaway in a peaceful setting, with fishing, swimming and plenty for families to do.

The site described two lakes: a swimming lake with a sandy beach for sunbathing and swimming, and a large catch-and-release fishing lake for a relaxing day by the water. Campers were invited to bring a kayak or canoe and enjoy the lake, and a well-stocked country store supplied the necessities.

Sites were spacious, each with a picnic table and fire pit, and forty were set aside for tent camping, with the promise that you could rough it without roughing it. A clean, modern bathhouse had hot showers, the park ran planned activities for families, and pets were welcome too.

The website placed the campground in the Tiffin area, a short trip from Lake Erie, south of Toledo and just south of Sandusky and Cedar Point. Its list of local attractions took in Cedar Point, the Tiffin Glass Museum, the Civil War Museum of Ohio, the Ritz Theatre, Hedges-Boyer Park and the Field of Dreams Drive-In.

The village of Republic, Ohio, seen from the air

Republic, Ohio, from the air. No photographs from the old website survive in the web archive, so the pictures on this page show the surrounding area.

What We Offer

More details:

Sites

Large sites with a picnic table and fire pit
Water and electric sites
Primitive sites
Forty sites reserved for tent camping
Daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal camping

Who's it for

Families
RV and tent campers
Seasonal campers
Anglers
Kayakers and canoeists
Pet owners

Facilities

Swimming lake with a sandy beach
Catch-and-release fishing lake
Kayaking and canoeing (bring your own)
Clean, modern bathhouse with hot showers
Well-stocked country store
Playground
Planned family activities
Pet friendly

Park Rules

5 mph speed limit for all vehicles
Pets on a leash, and never on the beach or in the water
Campfires only in approved fire rings
No firearms or fireworks
Swim at your own risk: no lifeguard on duty
No fishing with live minnows
Quiet hours from 11 p.m. (midnight on Fridays and Saturdays) to 8 a.m.

Gallery

The old website's own photographs were not archived. These openly licensed photographs show Tiffin and the country around the campground.

The Sandusky River seen from Frost Parkway in Tiffin

The 1822 Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Gristmill beside the Sandusky River in Tiffin

South Washington Street at East Perry Street in downtown Tiffin at dusk

A shade tree on the lawn of the Umsted Farm, a historic farmstead north of Tiffin

Brick storefronts and a church spire in downtown Tiffin

The Giant Wheel lit up at night at Cedar Point in Sandusky

Photos: Nyttend, public domain, Wikimedia Commons (farmland near Republic, Republic from the air, Umsted Farm, Tiffin gristmill)

Photo: Phoenix-Five, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (field in Reed Township, Seneca County)

Photo: AthenaPolaris, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (Sandusky River, Tiffin)

Photo: Tiffin419Ohio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (South Washington Street, Tiffin)

Photo: Mbrickn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (downtown Tiffin)

Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (Giant Wheel, Cedar Point)

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Local Attractions

Cedar Point

The amusement park on a Lake Erie peninsula at Sandusky, known for its roller coasters, north of the campground.

Tiffin Glass Museum

A downtown Tiffin museum showing glassware made at the city's glass factory from 1889 until production ended in 1980.

Ritz Theatre

Tiffin's 1928 movie palace, restored and now run as a nonprofit performing arts center.