About Clifty Falls State Park Camping

All campsites are now reservable, so reservations are recommended. Campsites not reserved are available on a “first-come first-served” basis, but you cannot count on their availability, especially during the summer.

One night on weekdays (Monday-Thursday). Two nights on weekends (Friday night stay must include Thursday or Saturday, Saturday night stay must include Friday or Sunday).

Exceptions:

• One-Night Relaxed Rule: If a campsite is not rented within 3 days of arrival, it will be available for a one night rental through the call center and online. Required holiday minimum stays are excluded from this relaxed rule! 
• If 7 nights or more are reserved, there is no restriction on the weekend stay but the reservation cannot exceed the 14-night maximum rule
• Holiday weekends require the 3-night holiday minimum stays (see holiday minimum stays)
• Gap Rule: If two reservations create a gap that allows a Friday or Saturday to be available for a one night rental by itself, a customer will be able to reserve that one night by itself.  On a holiday weekend, if 2 of the 3 required nights are available due to a gap between reservations, both of those nights have to be booked.  No one-night gap stays on holiday weekends.

Note: Youth Tent Areas require a one night minimum stay, seven days a week, including holidays and weekends.

On holiday weekends campers are required to reserve three nights. For all major holidays within the reservation season, if the holiday is on a Friday the required stay will be Thursday through Saturday. If the holiday falls on a Monday the required minimum stay will be Friday through Sunday. If the holiday falls on a weekday it will just be a regular one night minimum stay.

Maximum length of stay is 14 consecutive nights. After 14 nights the campers must vacate the property for 48 hours before they can re-register for an additional stay.

A “no show” is processed when a customer does not show up for their reservation at all, and does not cancel the reservation either. A reservation will not be processed as a “no show” until the very last day of a reservation (the intended date of departure) and no sooner. The customer’s site is not given away. Only the park processes no shows, not the call center or the web.

NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

• If a reservation is cancelled 8 or more days prior to arrival, a flat $10 cancellation fee will be charged (per reservation that is cancelled.)
• If a reservation is cancelled between 1 and 7 days prior to arrival, the first night’s rental fee plus tax will be charged as a cancellation fee (per reservation that is cancelled.) 
• If a reservation is cancelled on or after the day of arrival, the customer will forfeit their entire rental fee.
• If a customer disputes the cancellation fee
  • Where applicable, the “no hassle” policy may come into play, per the direction of the CRS vendor’s Customer Service Director
  • All other disputes should be directed to the IDNR Project Manager through the CRS vendor’s Customer Service Supervisor.
    • The preferred method of contact is detailed email to the IDNR Project Manager. 
    • The agent should tell the customer he/she will receive a call back from Senior Management at DNR.
• Cancellations may be done through the call center or on the web up until one day prior to arrival.
• Cancellations on or after the day of arrival will be processed by the property and/or the IDNR Project Manager.
• Partial cancellations are not allowed.  The entire reservation must be cancelled.
• NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

• If a reservation is cancelled one (1) or more days prior to arrival, a flat $10 cancellation fee will be charged per reservation that is cancelled.
• If a reservation is cancelled on or after the day of arrival, the customer will forfeit their entire rental fee.
• If a customer disputes the cancellation fee
  • Where applicable, the “no hassle” policy may come into play, per the direction of the CRS vendor’s Customer Service Director
  • All other disputes should be directed to the IDNR Project Manager through the CRS vendor’s Customer Service Supervisor.
    • The preferred method of contact is a detailed email to the IDNR Project Manager. 
    • The agent should tell the customer he/she will receive a call back from Senior Management at DNR.
• Cancellations may be done through the call center or on the web up until one day prior to arrival.
• Cancellations on or after the day of arrival will be processed by the property and/or the IDNR Project Manager.
• Partial cancellations are not allowed.  The entire reservation must be cancelled
• NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

The park does not give refunds for unused days. Only the reservation holder can cancel or make a change to an existing reservation. “Change Reservation” (transfers) can now be done on the web, and not just through the reservation phone line.

• The transfer or change fee is $5 for each transaction. 
• If a customer disputes the transfer / change fee
  • Where applicable, the “no hassle” policy may come into play, per the direction of the CRS vendor’s Customer Service Director
  • All other disputes should be directed to the IDNR Project Manager through a CRS vendor’s Customer Service Supervisor.
    • The preferred method of contact is a detailed email to the IDNR Project Manager. 
    • The agent should tell the customer he/she will receive a call back from the IDNR Project Manager.
    • NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

• A transfer or change from one site and/or date to another will be allowed up until the reservation phone line’s close of business the day before arrival, or up to 11:59pm on the web the day before arrival. 
• Transfers to another date cannot be made on or after the day of arrival. A customer must cancel and re-book.
• Upon arrival, a customer may do one free campsite change (at the property only). 
• Transfers can be done through the reservation phone line and on the web.  The only limitation with transfers on the web is the inability to change from one park to another in the transfer process.  “Change Reservation” on the web is also known as the transfer button.
• Prior to the arrival date, a transfer can be made to any property and does not have to be within the same calendar year, but is dependent upon available inventory and booking windows. 
• Transfers to another person are not allowed. 
• If the transfer facility is a different rate, the appropriate refund or charge will be assessed to the customer. 
• No fee will be assessed to change the primary occupant name but the reservation holder’s name cannot change without cancelling and re-booking under a new name.
• NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Click here for full info about reservations.  NOTE: the linked page provides reservation info about ALL facilities at ALL Indiana DNR properties, not just the campgrounds and youth tent area at Clifty Falls State Park.  It is a very long page that is tedious to navigate.