Pigeon Bridge State Forest Campground

Decent semi-rustic campground with a pit toilet and hand pump for well water. Parking is pretty tight. Being next to Surgeon Valley Road at first was nice as it's paved all the way west to I-75, but is incredibly noisy at times. Shingle Mill Pathway trailhead starts in the campground if going counterclockwise, and ends just west of the campground across the river. High Country Pathway and day... Decent semi-rustic campground with a pit toilet and hand pump for well water. Parking is pretty tight. Being next to Surgeon Valley Road at first was nice as it's paved all the way west to I-75, but is incredibly noisy at times. Shingle Mill Pathway trailhead starts in the campground if going counterclockwise, and ends just west of the campground across the river. High Country Pathway and day parking is on the south side of the road. I'm glad that we went as it was the first time we've visited the Pigeon River Country State Forest, but I don't think we'd stay at the Pigeon Bridge campground again. Next time we might try the Pigeon River campground.

Great place to camp. Only downside (if you can call it that) is that the campground is right off a county road. That's great for access if you are tent camping out of a two wheel drive car. However it also means that you will absolutely hear anyone and anything on the road from your camp at all times of day. We did not find that to be a massive deal but I could see it being potentially botherso... Great place to camp. Only downside (if you can call it that) is that the campground is right off a county road. That's great for access if you are tent camping out of a two wheel drive car. However it also means that you will absolutely hear anyone and anything on the road from your camp at all times of day. We did not find that to be a massive deal but I could see it being potentially bothersome at times. The river runs right next to the campground though which is great and shinglemill trail runs through it and on further through the state forest. There are several loops of distances between 3/4 and 11 miles accessable from the campground itself.

Great place for rustic camping. Lots of trails and pretty quiet. We were there in May of 2021 and soon discovered a lot of ticks on the first trail loop along the river. By the time we got back to camp we counted close to 200 ticks removed from the 6 of us. If you stayed on the main paths it seemed fine but the tall grass on the less traveled paths is where the ticks were. Still lots of fun,... Great place for rustic camping. Lots of trails and pretty quiet. We were there in May of 2021 and soon discovered a lot of ticks on the first trail loop along the river. By the time we got back to camp we counted close to 200 ticks removed from the 6 of us. If you stayed on the main paths it seemed fine but the tall grass on the less traveled paths is where the ticks were. Still lots of fun, just use caution and wear light colors so the ticks can be spotted easier if they're on you.