“Primitive” camping is pretty much like it sounds. No electricity and no fresh running water, (none out of a spigot anyway) . “Some” are equipped with relatively nice toilets that are periodically cleaned and stocked with toilet paper. Basically you drive up or float up to these campgrounds, pick a spot and set up camp. Want to bring your 30 foot camper along to make the primitive camping a little less primitive? I’d think twice about that. Many of the primitive campgrounds are basically in-accessible to large campers. The main reason is because the roads into these campgrounds can be very narrow and if you meet another vehicle while pulling a large camper, it can make for a bad situation. A tent or small “pop-up” camper generally works much better in these areas.
Here is a list of primitive campgrounds along the river:

• Steel Creek
• Kyle’s Landing
• Ozark
• Hasty
• Carver
• Mt. Hersey
• Wollum
• Maumee South
• Dillards Ferry
• Rush

And thats pretty much it before you reach the White River. Now keep in mind that if you’re floating or if there is road access, you can camp pretty much anywhere along the river. Primitive campgrounds are normally kept up a bit better and normally have toilets.

Here is a satellite picture of the Wollum camping area, compliments of Google Earth. (I just love Google Earth )

You can see that I’ve added some notes about the area. We have camped in both areas and it’s generally more peaceful if you go to the area where the shuttles aren’t putting people in and picking up canoes. This is also a “river ford” so it’s not uncommon to have vehicles crossing the river here. Generally a lot more traffic in this area.

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