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Salt Creek Retreats
Category: Hotels & Travel Campgrounds Campgrounds [Edit]
17549 Crawford RdLaurelville, OH 43135
(614) 397-3422
3 reviews for Salt Creek Retreats
3 reviews in English
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Review from Julie P.
8/4/2010 2 photos
The BEST place to camp in the central Ohio area!
I've been coming to the yurt every year for about 5 years. Its fantastic because its:
1) Amazingly Private - secluded in beautiful hocking hills with several miles of private trails, a fishing pond, a scenic overlook, and a river to swim in. No pesky state park rules. Phones don't work here. Leave your crackberry at home!!
2) Doggie Friendly - They love it here!
3) Great for Groups - Sleeps up to 6, with room for many many more in tents. Bring all the kids!
4) Easy as Pie - comes fully stocked with dishes and cooking supplies, pillows, chairs, grills, etc. There's a little store in Laurelville (about 15 min drive) if you need anything (like pie!), and there are some houses nearby if you have an emergency.
Consider coming here in the winter - the yurt has a heater, and there's a roof over your head. Or in the spring - to hunt for morels and wild ramp. Or in the summer - to go swimming and use the solar shower. Or fall - to sit under a canopy of color.
Thanks Kim for keeping up such a wonderful place! -
Review from Charles G.
Columbus, OH
3/24/2008 1 photo
Salt Creek Retreats is a 40 acre camping retreat, with only two rentable sites; a cabin and a yurt. Recently, my friends and I stayed at the yurt.
A Yurt (http://en.wikipedia.or...), if you're wondering, is traditionally a Mongolian tent. But the type at Salt Creek is of the more modern North American variety, made with parquet floors and plastic coverings. It has sleeping room for four, with a double bed and a set of bunk beds. There's also a folded up futon underneath the bunk beds if needed.
The yurt also has a gas space heater, large kitchen trash can, table, and a cabinet fully stocked with a variety of camping essentials like matches, first aid, baby wipes and instant coffee.
Outside, the spacious camp is just as well set up. As you drive up the dirt path to the site, you'll first see solar showers that are usable during the summer, then an outhouse.
Ten feet down from that is the main site. On the right side of the road is a hammock, a wood picnic table, the yurt, and then an air chair. On the left, a huge hutch of fire wood, a big steel fire pit, a barbecue, then two more camp tables under a big canopy. Behind the yurt side structures is a thick woods, while behind the fire pit side is a medium-size creek.
There is a large supply of pots and pans, hanging spoons and tongs left for the campers, although much of this is rusting pretty badly, unfortunately. The double pointed hot dog skewers were great, however.
This is a truly beautiful camp site, well stocked and designed. A few of the cooking implements being in less that useful shape doesn't take away from all the wonderful stuff that is provided, and doesn't impact the peace and pristine nature around you. A wonderful spot to go relax and get away from it all. -
Review from Matthew B.
Columbus, OH
9/13/2008
Wow! As far as I am concerned this is the premiere vacation spot in the greater Columbus area- which is kind of stretching it, since this is a good ninety minutes out of town (well within "staycation" parameters, right?). I don't even want to talk about alternative places to camp with a small group of friends, because this is the place I want to go, period.
Salt Creek Retreats is a property in Hocking Hills that operates two separate lodging facilities: a rustic cabin on a nice plot of flat land, which I've not employed, and my destination of choice, a yurt in a secluded valley.
The yurt has its origins in Mongol portable housing, and in its modern form is somewhere between a teepee and a cabin, with walls and a tapered ceiling of cloth and a wooden platform for a foundation. This particular yurt comes equipped with a bunk bed, a full sized bed, a writing table, a spice rack (with some spices and utensils included!), a propane heater, and plenty of floor space.
The site the yurt is on is beautiful. There's a solar shower for summer bathing and a very rustic outhouse for your sanitary needs. The yurt sits facing a small ledge that sweeps into a shallow creek, complete with its own little waterfalls for the sound of a gently flowing brook. Beyond the creek is an impressive hill dotted with trees and rocks, perfect for a fun and easy climb.
Between the yurt and the creek is an impressive fire pit surrounded by flagstones, a covered cooking area stocked with basic cookware and a picnic table for eating during inclement weather, and a sizable field of grass. The whole area is surrounded by woods, and some ways behind the yurt, over a hill, is a small pond to explore (but not to swim in). There's even a well-stocked woodpile ready for all your fire needs, with a jar for tips, since all the wood is cut from local trees by the father of the caretaker.
If you want secluded camping, this is it. You truly feel alone and away from civilization- if you can ignore the dogs barking at the house of the family who runs the place, which sits on the property (although out of sight of the campsite).
I can't express enough love for the beauty of this place. It's a bit pricey for a campsite, but considering all the amenities and the wonder of camping in what feels like your own corner of the natural world, this place is beyond a deal to me. If you want comfortable camping on a private slice of land, a place where the nights are dark and wildlife is all around you, book a night or two at the yurt.
I reserved our trip to the yurt online. It was simple and painless, and we picked up the keys from a mailbox on the way in after getting a little lost trying to find the place (they could use some better signage, but oh well). It was all such an easy process!
Absolutely wonderful in every way.
