The best cave campgrounds near Oakland City, Indiana

In Oakland City, cave camping draws travellers who want something beyond the usual tent pitch. With over 500 options built around cave access, you’ll find sites tucked just steps from limestone entrances and shady groves. Prices start at $30 a night, with most spots averaging about $95. Bring your dog—pets are welcome at many sites. Campfires are allowed, and you’ll find toilets at most locations. Fishing, hiking, and wildlife-watching round out the days. Top picks include Little Blue Horse Camp (37 reviews), Lost River Hostel (19 reviews), and Solar Off The Grid Cabin (6 reviews). Expect a mix of open country, thick woods, and the cool hush of underground passages. Locals know: keep an eye out for deer at sunrise and pack a torch for your cave explorations.

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Top-rated campgrounds near Oakland City

In Oakland City, cave camping draws travellers who want something beyond the usual tent pitch. With over 500 options built around cave access, you’ll find sites tucked just steps from limestone entrances and shady groves. Prices start at $30 a night, with most spots averaging about $95. Bring your dog—pets are welcome at many sites. Campfires are allowed, and you’ll find toilets at most locations. Fishing, hiking, and wildlife-watching round out the days. Top picks include Little Blue Horse Camp (37 reviews), Lost River Hostel (19 reviews), and Solar Off The Grid Cabin (6 reviews). Expect a mix of open country, thick woods, and the cool hush of underground passages. Locals know: keep an eye out for deer at sunrise and pack a torch for your cave explorations.

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Top-rated campgrounds near Oakland City

1. Little Blue Horse Camp

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48mi from Oakland City · 1 site · Tent

Enjoy some serenity in our little piece of heaven on the Little Blue River. A unique retreat, with access to the river, areas to explore, rock features, water falls and a ton of nature. We ask that you respect all the surrounding wildlife and plant life-- we are also a preservation space. Learn more about this land: Enjoy sleeping and waking to the serene sounds of the lazy Little Blue River and enjoy comforts of a cozy campground, nestled on private land in the Hoosier National Forest.

2. Patoka Lake

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445 sites · Birdseye, Indiana

Discover plenty to do on the water at Indiana's second-largest lake.

Pets

Electrical hookup

Toilets

3. Hoosier National Forest

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252 sites · Paoli, Indiana

See the wilderness of southern Indiana from the Ohio River to just south of Bloomington.

Toilets

Campfires

Showers

Public campgrounds near Oakland City

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Patoka Lake Campground

38mi from Oakland City · 445 sites · Tents, RVs · in Patoka Lake

Tipsaw Lake Campground

41mi from Oakland City · 22 sites · Tents, RVs · in Hoosier National Forest

All of the sites looked this good at least. Level and easy to back into.

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Indian Celina Lake Campground

42mi from Oakland City · 23 sites · Tents, RVs · in Hoosier National Forest

Springs Valley Recreation Area

44mi from Oakland City · 6 sites · Tents, RVs · in Hoosier National Forest

Recent reviews from the Hipcamp community

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River

October 2025

Tent

1 night at Little Blue Horse Camp

This truly is a Perfect Little Spot. The hosts are wonderful and take thoughtful care with the place and the details. Favorite highlights are: the comfy chairs with cushions by the large stone wall fire pit, The composting outhouse is clean, cute and comfortable. The open grassy areas are super soft with the ground underneath, great for walking barefoot and feeling the goodness of the earth beneath your feet, also nice for the level areas for tent camping on the ground. The covered porch for hanging out is lovely, A great place to journal or read when the sun is high. I felt totally tucked away and private. Angie and Paige have made this a very special place.

Polly

August 2025

Tent

1 night at Little Blue Horse Camp

A beautiful site on the river, with deer and fireflies. I didn't want to leave!

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Julian

July 2025

Tent

Weekend Trip to Little Blue Horse Camp

Paige and Angie were both very accommodating and flexible to work with when our schedule didn’t turn out exactly as planned. Their campsite was beautiful, and well maintained; with plenty of safe hiking trails, and even a river bank to fish or launch boats from. Would totally recommend this site to anyone who loves camping out in the woods.

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Charlie

June 2025

Tent

2 nights at Little Blue Horse Camp

My partner and I really enjoyed this little pocket of heaven. The property is well kept and if you enjoy rugged camping you will surely enjoy it here! The cabin and kitchen area is so lovely. There is a fridge and air conditioning for if you really need to cool off. The property has two perfect places to set up camp and a couple of wonderful trails that lead off of the camp itself. The neighbor off of the property has a cute dog and chickens where you can buy fresh eggs! It is so peaceful and calm at night all you can hear is the animals, the leave,the crickets,and that really loud toad but don't pay no mind to him.overall we really enjoyed are staying and we will be camping here again and did I mention this was are first time camping.

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Lou

June 2025

Tent

Weekend Trip to Little Blue Horse Camp

“Perfect Little Spot” is an apt name. You can tell that a lot of thought was put into the details here. Angie was very kind and showed me the place. I couldn’t have asked for a better spot to camp and relax.

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Hunter

May 2025

Tent

Group trip

Weekend Trip to Little Blue Horse Camp

It was as perfect as a spot as it could’ve possibly been. When it rained we went to hang out at the little bar/ cabin area and it was lovely. We were the only campers in the area, getting on the little blue river was absolutely worth it and there’s beautiful trails nearby. We struck gold and will be going back sometime

Dawn

April 2025

Tent

Weekend Trip to Little Blue Horse Camp

What a lovely slice of heaven - truly a serene area to reconnect with nature and friends. Little and large thoughtful touches throughout the property, it's obvious the hosts have put a lot of love and energy into this space. The water was too high/swift to enjoy this trip but we will be back to enjoy that part for sure and make use of their watercraft. We visited nearby Leavenworth which was a treat, and had the most incredible experience at Hemlock Cliffs - the water was really moving and we had never seen such prolific spring wildflowers - an absolutely magical place! We found a place to hang our hammocks and enjoyed an evening of smores and campfire and were sad to leave the next day... We WILL be back!

Cassandra

April 2025

Tent

Weekend Trip to Little Blue Horse Camp

Very responsive owners with clear directions for entering and leaving property! Perfect spot for our cross country trip. Clean toilet. Fire was ready for us to start it. Enjoyed listening to the owls! Thank you!