Maumee Bay State Park

We just got back from a 3 night stay at this park’s campground.
Our site was large and had a nice view. We found it to be quiet, very clean and a
really nice campround. We would definitely consider camping here again!
You truly can’t go wrong.

Fun police at the lake beach!
Amazing that no one is allowed to have anything that floats or even a pool noodle. PC police have gone too far. Maybe that is why the place is almost empty compared to what was a few years ago.

I love Maumee Bay. I used to work here at the golf coarse during my Summers in college. It has a very nice resort, cozy spacious cabins, nature trail, campground, etc. The resort itself has a nice restaurant and classy buffets for Holidays. The pool, hot tub and sauna area is nice, too. My grandparents camp here often and I go visit to sit around the campfire. It is always very clean, peaceful and serene (& believe me– I am NOT a huge nature buff, unless it is tropical.) If you are looking for a neat little getaway in the area, look no further!

This review is for their lodge restaurant, which overlooks the water. You MUST stop by here for their Sunday brunch! It is spectacular. About $ 20 per person. I took my hubbie here for a birthday brunch instead of trying out a diner in downtown Toledo, and we were not disappointed. The ham is delicious. The waffles with warm peach topping were great. Plus a bit of prime rib. Plus a various array of desserts! We were stuffed and wanted to keep eating.

On a whim, decided to drive the extra 30 min to avoid a stay at a cheap hotel. Loved it! Clean showErs, nice beaches, easy (flat) paved running trails, 2 mkles of boardwalk trails,…what’s not to love? Sites are spacious, and yes, some lack privacy, but this is OHIO with flat, prarie lands. Go to Northern Mn, or further east to Poconos for privacy.

We went here for a friends wedding. The resort is right on the lake with a nice lawn and a set of stair that go straight down to the water. The main building is beautiful. Great big open areas with lots of chairs and big picture windows. The ballroom was setup for the reception with all the tables and around a large dance floor. The service staff was great. I will have to go back again to explore the main park.

You can get a very nice perch sandwich at their lodge restaurant.

was in Toledo for business and need some rays. Instead of being that strange guy who lays outside your hotel window, I looked for a park. Bam lakeside, which I love being from Milwaukee and free. Cool place not too huge not too small. The «beach» that I was at was not on the lake but was the public swimming area. Sand was wet so not great. Has a resort, private pond/​swimming hole feel going with a dash of the caddy shack pool scene. Worth the drive.

I wanted to find a close park that was actually on the lake. Lo and behold, google maps showed me Maumee Bay state park. It’s nice drive a bit out of the city and get on some open roads on the way to the park.
The park itself isn’t big, but the boardwalks through the wetland type area is relaxing, and leads to a lookout point. Unfortunately the lookout point has a plaque naming the different smokestacks on Lake Erie that you can see (I didn’t really think that should be a bragging point). It’s nice to have a beach along there too. Good change of scenery considering how insanely flat toledo/​northwestern Ohio is.
All that being said, I don’t think it measures up to Oak Openings, but still a good park.

I’m sure that this park gets a lot of use, but it’s not for me. Besides the stupendous vastness of parking lots, there’s a long stretch of beach with a few pavilions and a shack which rents kayaks. There are some criss-​crossing «hiking» paths through the grass and shrub growths; there aren’t many trees, so shade is hard to find. That makes for rather unpleasant hiking on a sunny, 89-​degree day.
I was very surprised that the park was so sparsely attended at 10:30 on Labor Day. I saw only a few dozen other cars there, even when I left after 11. There were some people on the beach, and some on bikes on the trails.
They also have campgrounds and a nature center which I did not examine.

I didn’t get to explore this place as much as I would have liked, but the parts I saw were beautiful. I was here for a wedding, and I was able to see it on a warm, sunny day. The park has an amphitheater, which is HUGE compared to other park amphitheaters I have seen. It contained lots of seating and an extremely wide stage. However, It seemed to be a little dark and unkept in the stage area.
At the top of the hill/​amphitheater, you can see a lot of the park. I could see another wedding in the distance, so obviously I could see this was the ideal location in Toledo for weddings. It is right up on Lake Eerie, with a little beach area sectioned off from the grassy park. The view of the lake is extremely pretty.
There was ample parking available which can be a problem for most parks. You did not have to pay to enter which was nice (a lot of parks where I am from sometimes require this if you are not a local). My only complaint of this park is that it seemed to be a little too landscaped – it was definitely more rural than the surrounding city, but trees were spread out and everything was trimmed to provide an unnaturally perfect scene. (This could be due to it being a huge wedding spot?)
Definitely a nice and available park to sit near Lake Eerie.