Primitive Camping Area — Bald Eagle State Park

Stayed for 2 nights with my pup. Nice, private, walk up tent sites maybe 50 yards or so from the road. Didn’t find too much to do trails wise at the campground but the pond nearby has some lovely views and the park across the bridge has a nice beach for swimming.

Primitive campsite on south side of lake. Very helpful and friendly site personnel. Midweek was very quiet with maybe only 2 or 3 sites taken and no one on our stretch (perfect). Damp this time of year due to mist etc. but ok. We were on lower part of site closer to rail line but no big deal ie. 4 trained in 2 days, latest one at 9:20PM and not a long one (plus trainers are cool so all good) hiked two of the three trails at the site, both nice. Used one of the drive through sites just because everything was open hence liked how it worked out for us.

I really loved these private walk-to sites. Each site had a spot along the road and then their own path back into the woods. The site itself was very roomy and level with a picnic table, fire ring, and big spot for a tent. The bathroom had a dishwashing sink around the back and there were potable water spigots throughout the campground.

The sites are very cool at this campground. They are very spacious and help you feel closer to nature. The bathrooms are very bad though

We stayed at the campground while visiting the State Forest in early September 2019. We enjoyed our stay. We camped very close to the shower houses which was a plus.

Bald Eagle camp ground is set in the center of a beautiful state park. There are ~60+ camping sites-- some close to the road and others set back into the woods. We slept so well, hiked and relaxed on the beach. Attn LOVE BIRDS there is also a hotel/ wedding venue within this state park.

Rustic campsites, pretty quiet, great lake nearby. We enjoyed it over a three day weekend doing tent camping with our two bulldogs.

We needed a break from the rest area sleeping. We found this site on here and on iOverlander.

The sites are clean, flat and spread out. You can see everyone but you don’t feel like you are on top of one another.

The bathrooms were clean and the shower was hot and much needed. The fireflies were in rare form and the wildflowers that outline the camping were beautiful.

I would stay here again when passing through Pennsylvania.

The area is beautiful, but the campground is not wooded. It was cleared, some landscaped trees but not enough, grassy areas and paved areas. The campground is surround by woods. The beach is not easily walkable from the campground, 3 mile walk on a muddy overgrown path, then on the street with no sidewalk. Beach is beautiful, very calm, warm water for early July, soft sand and nice large trees for shade.

The rustic campground has some parking sites, but we are most fond of the sites with a short walk in. Usually they’re very private. Some clusters allow dogs. Nearby lake access through a tunnel under the tracks near the bathrooms. Two points for trail access along the campground road.

Clean facilities, nice little beach with playground, warm showers available— all-around good place!

A small campground on the large Bald Eagle Lake. the campground is actually a short drive down the road from the bulk of the park, but still has a boat launch area.

Campaites vary from nice large sites set back from the road up some stone stairs or pathway, to small grassy pull offs on the side of the road. We stayed at one of the set back sites.

There is not much in the area in terms of supplies or stores. there was an old Unimart Gas station on Howard PA that is now closed. There is a pizza place that sells bags of ice as well as a small outdoors store we didn’t visit.

There is are a few vault toilets in the loop as well as a plethora of water pumps.

Other campers were very loud and didn’t follow much in terms of usual campground etiquette.

Well maintained, sites are spacious, lots to do in the park, clean bathrooms and friendly staff. We will be back for sure!

Bald Eagle State Park is a great place to camp, fish, kayak, boat, bike and hike. We camped here in the off season. The two commercial camping areas are great and provide all of the comforts of commercial camping, complete with yurts and cabins. We drove around the lake to check out the primitive camping locations also. They are very well maintained with an outhouse toilet facility. I was impressed at how clean every site was

The lake is huge with a beautiful beach to spread out on and play in the sand! We kayaked and biked all over the park. We also fished a lot. Due to the large size of the lake we didn’t feel like we were on top of other people fishing.

Our kids loved the freedom of riding their bike and exploring the park with other kids who were camping. We are glad we camped here!!

this is my favorite campground been coming here for the past 4 years. some of the sites are a little hard to get into because of the loop. I have camped at a few campground, but this is a campground I can’t wait to come back too! there isn’t a bad site, the water is a good water, but once you get there you will love the beach! we love to camp here over the 4 of July, there are spots that if it rains we can still have our cook out with our group. we go back in August this year and I can’t wait!

Stayed in Primitive Area with RV which is MUCH QUIETER & MUCH MORE PRIVATE with many trees than the full hookups down in the main park area. The developed Campground is very "exposed" - not private, sites close to each other, no trees. Yuk. But closer to the water. It's a bit of a drive to Primitive Campground on not so good road, but worth it, I think.

The campground was primitive and the area is very nice. We had a great time here.