Shenango Rec Area, PA - Latest Reviews, Photos & Campground Map

Shenango Rec Area in Mercer County is located 40 min northeast of Youngstown, OH with an elevation of 892 feet. Shenango Rec Area is rated 3.8 stars from 250 reviews. There are a total of 328 campsites including 137 boat sites. The campground is open all year. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 24 and 199 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. 114 sites have electric hookups. Fees range from $18.00 to $34.00. Some amenities include shower, drinking water, dump station, playground, boat ramp, restroom, amphitheater, flush toilets. Activities include boating, fishing, hiking trails, sports, floating sports.

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3.8 out of 5

5 star		43%
4 star		20%
3 star		15%
2 star		10%
1 star		8%

@RobertW1226972 · Camped on Oct 17, 2025 at Campsite #210

Generators running after permissible hours, kept me up all night.

@JesseEar38F5A4 · Camped on Oct 15, 2025 at Campsite #195

Love the Park Rangers and appreciate all their hard work!,

@MelanieTCCED6B · Camped on Oct 13, 2025 at Campsite #204

Enjoyed my stay at the Shenango Dam. Had sites 207 and 204 and both were great spots. Enjoyed my walks and saw tons of deer. Make sure to visit the zen telephone area!

@TimothyS245218 · Camped on Oct 9, 2025 at Campsite #201

Many of the sites were not level requiring some serious leveling for trailers. Bathrooms were cleaned periodically, but were not cleaned the 3 nights I was there. We will return and try this park during the season.

@JillS9232022 · Camped on Oct 7, 2025 at Campsite #204

very nice setting, quiet, easy parking and leveling.

@MonicaDACD5753 · Camped on Oct 4, 2025 at Campsite #205

This is the second bad experience that we've had at Shenango River Lake. It will also be the last. This time, we reserved spot 205 in Old Duck Loop. We had not seen the site. I reserved it by making as phone reservation. After we checked it with the campground host, we drove our 30' motorhome to the site. One look was enough to see that there was no way that we were going to be able to back up into that site. The road was very narrow and there wasn't enough room to go into the grass to back up. Possibly if the site in front of 205 had not been occupied, we might have been able to pull into it and back into ours. In addition to that, there is a ditch on either side of the driveway into 205. There was no room for error in a difficult maneuver. If we had been able to back in, we would have been facing downhill since the site wasn't even close to being level. In addition to all that, I lost out on the money I paid for a three day stay but we COULD NOT back in. Never again.

@BuddyRD28F94EF · Camped on Oct 2, 2025 at Campsite #210

Place was clean, quiet, and enjoyed every moment.

@CharlesN341531 · Camped on Sep 27, 2025 at Campsite #203

Nice and relaxing, the site was in good shape!

@LorettaH791984 · Camped on Sep 26, 2025 at Campsite #224

Clean park

@regel61B6D9BC0 · Camped on Sep 21, 2025 at Campsite #81

I have been going to shenango for years. It's my wife and my favorite camping area. Always so neat and very clean. Nice showers and restrooms. This year I must give kudos to 2 of your hosts one in site 56 and one in 77 or 79... both very knowledgeable and quote capable hosts...yinz are blessed to have them . Heck both of them even pointed out the benefit of the old folk lifetime pass which I now proudly carry. I hope to see the rangers and hosts next season... such a wonderfull campground

@CurtisLC52DD75 · Camped on Sep 20, 2025 at Campsite #10

We love it here the only reason it doesnt get a excellent review is because there is no water hookups

@RonB1001477 · Camped on Sep 19, 2025 at Campsite #7

Clean and nice facilities and sites. Did have a bit of a walk from the Golden Loop electric sites to the shower building.

@MichaelO624286 · Camped on Sep 18, 2025 at Campsite #194

Very nice area; flashlight recommended after dark to manage encounters with local Mephitidae(especially if you have pets) which are benign, but present. Recommend!

@SandraC9518427 · Camped on Sep 17, 2025 at Campsite #1

We have been camping at Shenango for many years! We always enjoy it! The camp hosts in the Golden Loop we camp in are exceptional!! The sites do need some work and the loop roads are in bad shape! Hopefully this will be taken care of!

@DuaneP77967965 · Camped on Sep 15, 2025 at Campsite #72

Beautiful

@NelsonS2D3B5D1 · Camped on Sep 13, 2025 at Campsite #51

Easy off-season booking on Recreation.gov, camp hosts were friendly, restrooms & showers were clean and well maintained.

@TracyC8170684 · Camped on Sep 12, 2025 at Campsite #209

Fantastic all around I just will all of the camping spots would be open thru October.

@AlanG9444471 · Camped on Sep 12, 2025 at Campsite #13

We love it there, so quiet and the reservoir is beautiful.

@LeanneG6353246 · Camped on Sep 12, 2025 at Campsite #73

Very reasonable rates. Clean, well maintained sites. Access to water activities is excellent. Ranger station at the entrance is very convenient. Rangers are very friendly and helpful. Shopping and restaurants are only a few minutes away.

@SharonW8755039 · Camped on Sep 7, 2025 at Campsite #49

Love this park! Well maintained. Rangers and hosts are pleasant and helpful

@LeonardC715762 · Camped on Sep 7, 2025 at Campsite #15

Over all our stay here was a good one. We had spot 15 Gloo by the water so that was nice. We like to ride our bikes around the campground but one down side to that is that some of the roads in the campground needs to be resurfaced bad. A couple of the shower houses in the campground have been remodeled, so they are nice. The ones that have not, are not so good.

@EvelynMC98EE8B · Camped on Sep 6, 2025 at Campsite #62

HAVE NO COMMENT

@SharonW8755039 · Camped on Sep 5, 2025 at Campsite #204

Nice site but very unlevel. Bring plenty of blocks

@EugeneD5843276 · Camped on Sep 5, 2025 at Campsite #4

The bathrooms need repairs/upgrades and cleaning

@CharlesK231291 · Camped on Sep 5, 2025 at Campsite #67

excellant camping appearence, campers were friendy, quiet times were observed, very good

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