Camp Toodik Campground & Canoe, Loudonville

Bill and Brenda were extremely helpful...We are inexpeienced campers and they helped solve minor difficulties with a smile...The camp store is well stocked with everything you could need...The camp sites are large, ours was shaded with morning sun...the bathrooms were clean...We will visit again this summer....

From the illustrations on their website and brochures, Camp Toodik looks like a lot of fun. I really think it could be. Our group enjoyed the canoeing on Sunday the 31st, as we lazily drifted down the Lake Fork Branch of the Mohican River, enjoying the late afternoon sun and scenery. Many of the staff members were friendly and helpful whenever we had requests; the Camp Toodik bus driver and assistants at both ends of the canoe ride were friendly and helpful. My group will have fond memories of our campfires, discussions, and laughter shared together from Friday evening to Monday afternoon. However, our entire weekend was also marred by camp “guests” refusing to follow the rules that were not enforced by the new owners/managers. Everybody registering for Camp Toodik is given the rules to read and follow. Around the corner from our rented lots was a couple that continually left their German Shepherd unsecured. Camp rules state that campers’ pets must be secured at all times, or campers “could” be dismissed from the camp with no refund for the infraction of this rule or others, including “quiet” behavior between 10:30 PM and 8 AM, etc. The use of “could” instead of “will be” (as practiced by the previous owners/managers) allowed this unsavory family to diminish the ultimate camping experience by many families within the vicinity. The husband and wife starting their Margaritas at nine in the morning, resulting in a crying baby, barking dog, husband yelling at barking dog, husband yelling at wife, wife yelling at husband, wife yelling at crying baby, husband yelling at crying baby and wife, all of this mess continuing off and on into the wee hours of the morning, long into the posted “quiet time” between 10:30 and 8. When friction began between this couple and other campers, we telephoned the owners/managers, and they came to the rescue, telling us that their would be no more trouble with them, and if there was any more trouble, to let them know. Not long afterwards into the posted quiet time, the husband began yet again to cuss a blue streak, oblivious to the many children in the general vicinity. We telephoned the owners/managers yet again, they returned, and we were told the couple was leaving. However, not enforcing their own camp rules, the owners/managers had the guilty party depart the following morning, after another night of fights, yelling, crying and barking throughout the night. Licensed in counseling, it is apparent to me that this couple is in severe need of therapeutic services to mend their social, parenting and couples skills, as they were so eager to share with many in the general vicinity. It is also apparent that although the owners/managers may have good intentions, they do not enforce their own rules to provide the best camping experience and satisfaction for ALL of their guests. I think they are over their heads in the management of such a large facility. Some of our party has spent time at Camp Toodik in the past under the management of the previous owners. The enforcement of the rules and presentation of a super-clean facility is no longer the case with the current owners/managers, and although Camp Toodik has some pluses going for it, the minuses outweigh them. Our party discussed the environment and agreed to book elsewhere when camping in the future.

Camp Toodik is very family oriented. The grounds are very large, plenty of hiking trails. They have a nice pool. The bathrooms are clean and stocked. We went camping in June 2007 we had a great time. The staff was friendly and helpful. The canoe trip was great.

have been going to camp Toodik since I was in my teens and now in my 40's and I take my kids there. they have so much fun, we go with a large group 7-10 families every year some of them have been going as long as me. the staff is great and as far as locking the gate at night that has never been a problem for anybody in our group. I've been to a lot of camp grounds over the years and camp Toodik is still my favorite

Five of us stayed in a cabin at camp toodik. Two adults and 3 kids under 8 years old. The campground was family friendly and very quiet at night. Not a lot of loud partier types, which was good for us. The cabin had a stove, bathroom and bedroom and slept 6 people. I was pleasantly surprised how clean and comfortable the cabin was. We also swam in the heated pool and took the kids to the playground. The canoeing was kind of a disapointment, Camp Toodik is the only livery on this section of the Mohican river. The river was real shallow and did not have much of a current. This required us to get out and push several times and had to paddle nonstop the entire way. Overall a good campground with nice staff.