Johnny Appleseed Campground

This morning we left the Moose Lodge Campground in Goshen, Indiana, and moved "The Bus" the short distance to the Johnny Appleseed Campground in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The campground is located in a City Park along the St. Joseph River just below the dam.

I have fond memories of this park from when I was a kid growing up in Fort Wayne. On the West side of the river, just below the dam, the city had a sandy beach for public swimming in the river. The sand had obviously been hauled in, but the Municipal Beach had a bath house and life guards. We kids used to ride our bikes out here often in the summer to go swimming. However, the city closed this Municipal Beach some time in the 1940's because of the polio scare. Today, only the park remains which includes the campground with hookups for about 30 RVs.

The campground is located in a nice wooded area just across the road from the river in a grove of very tall maples and pines. The campsites are fairly large and there is some grass, but mostly gravel streets wind among the pine needles.


We are in a nice shady spot. We can see the river and the old Municipal Beach area from our site. The only disadvantage here is we only have hookup for water and electricity, no sewer connection. Of course they do have a dump station and we plan to be here only a week, so we'll be OK for that long.