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This updated guidebook spotlights 50 of the best campgrounds in private, state park, and state and national forests, organized into four distinct regions and based on location, topography, size, and overall appeal.
List of contents
Pennsylvania Overview Map
Pennsylvania Map Key
Best Campgrounds
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
1. Asaph Run Picnic Area Campground
2. Colton Point State Park Campground
3. Delaware State Forest: Snow Hill Campsites
4. Dingmans Campground
5. Frances Slocum State Park Campground
6. Lackawanna State Park Campground
7. Leonard Harrison State Park Campground
8. Promised Land State Park: Deerfield Campground
9. Promised Land State Park: Pines Campground
10. Ravensburg State Park Campground
11. Ricketts Glen State Park Campground
12. Salt Springs State Park Campground
13. Sylvania Country Lodging Campground
14. Tobyhanna State Park Campground
15. Worlds End State Park Campground
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
16. Breakneck Campground
17. Chapman State Park Campground
18. Dewdrop Recreation Area Campground
19. Hearts Content Recreation Area Campground
20. Loleta Recreation Area Campground
21. Minister Creek Recreation Area Campground
22. Sinnemahoning State Park Campground
23. Sizerville State Park Campground
24. Tracy Ridge Recreation Area Campground
25. Twin Lakes Recreation Area Campground
26. Willow Bay Recreation Area Campground
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
27. Bald Eagle State Park: Rustic Campground
28. Codorus State Park: Timberdoodle Roughin’ It Tenting Area
29. Colonel Denning State Park Campground
30. Fowlers Hollow State Park Campground
31. French Creek State Park Campground
32. Greenwood Furnace State Park Campground
33. Hibernia County Park Campground
34. Hickory Run State Park Campground
35. Lancaster County Central Park: Mill Creek Campground
36. Locust Lake State Park Campground
37. Michaux State Forest: District Road Area Campsites
38. Penn-Roosevelt State Park Campground
39. Pine Grove Furnace State Park: Charcoal Hearth Campground
40. Poe Paddy State Park Campground
41. Reeds Gap State Park Campground
SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
42. Black Moshannon State Park Campground
43. Blue Knob State Park Campground
44. Forbes State Forest: Motorized Campsites
45. Keystone State Park Campground
46. Ohiopyle State Park: Kentuck Campground
47. Raccoon Creek State Park Campground
48. Raystown Lake: Susquehannock Campground
49. Trough Creek State Park Campground
50. Yough Lake Campground at Tub Run
Appendix A: Camping-Equipment Checklist
Appendix B: Sources of Information
Appendix C: Suggested Reading and Reference
Index
About the Author
Map Legend
About the author
Matt Willen is an outdoors writer, explorer, and photographer who divides his time between central Pennsylvania and the Canadian Maritimes. Matt has a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and degrees from schools in Colorado and Arizona. Before devoting his time to writing about the outdoors, he was a professor for 15 years at a small liberal arts college in central Pennsylvania, and he worked for the Colorado Outward Bound School and other outdoors programs for 15 years. An avid sea kayaker and wilderness trekker, Matt has traveled in the outdoors for 40 years. The locations of some of his recent adventures include Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego, Iceland and Newfoundland. He lives in Hershey, PA.
Summary
This updated guidebook spotlights 50 of the best campgrounds in private, state park, and state and national forests, organized into four distinct regions and based on location, topography, size, and overall appeal.
