The full-service camp store loans games, fishing and sporting equipment to
registered campers. Bike rentals are also available at the campground.
Campers can also enjoy a miniature golf course, along with basketball and
volleyball courts, horseshoe pits and playground equipment.
Although hard to imagine, at one time the Grand Lake St. Marys region
was part of a vast forest wilderness that stretched from the Allegheny
Mountains of Pennsylvania to the prairies of Illinois. Today, in place
of this forest are fields of corn, soybeans and wheat.
In addition to
forests, pre-settlement Ohio contained large prairies and wetlands. The
land which now lies beneath St. Marys reservoir was once a vast wet
prairie. Today, the park contains varying habitats including woodlands,
wetlands, and prairies in addition to the surrounding croplands.
Grand Lake St. Marys lies along one of the country’s major migration
routes. Water birds using the lake as a resting stop include Canada
geese, ducks, grebes, swans, egrets, loons, herons, cormorants and
ospreys. Many ducks, geese and heron also nest here. Bald eagles,
magnificent birds long absent from the area, have again nested on the
southwest corner of the lake at the wildlife refuge. Other animals of
the park include fox squirrel, mink, raccoon, beaver, coyote,
white-tailed deer and many others.
Camping
Fishing and
Hunting
Picnicking