Best Glamping near Pine City, NY

Watkins Glen and Corning KOA houses some of the most comfortable glamping accommodations in New York's Finger Lakes region. The glamping options include deluxe canvas tents furnished with real beds, linens, and even small refrigerators—a significant step up from traditional camping. Nearby, Tompkins Campground offers distinctive yurt rentals along the shores of Tioga Lake, providing an upscale outdoor experience with electricity and climate control. These luxury outdoor stays combine the natural beauty of the region with unexpected comforts like furnished patios and private fire rings. The Pine Cradle Lake Family Campground features glamping structures with proximity to water activities and scenic views. One visitor noted, "Our cabin was barebones but it was clean, had a TV, small refrigerator, and plenty of room for two people."

The surrounding landscape enhances the boutique camping experience with numerous natural attractions within easy driving distance. Glamping guests have direct access to the renowned Watkins Glen State Park with its 19 stunning waterfalls and hiking trails. Seneca Lake wine country surrounds these accommodations, with over 40 wineries and breweries offering tastings and tours within 30 minutes. The glamping sites serve as ideal base camps for day trips to Corning Museum of Glass, just a short drive south. Most locations offer year-round glamping with climate-controlled units available from April through October, though specific amenities vary by season. According to a camper, "The area was absolutely gorgeous. We hiked so many waterfalls, went and rented a boat for the day to check out the lake, and drove to the next lake to check out the park."

Best Glamping Sites Near Pine City, New York (34)

    1. Watkins Glen State Park Campground

    89 Reviews
    Watkins Glen, NY
    23 miles
    Website
    +1 (607) 535-4511

    $20 - $58 / night

    "Bathrooms were clean. The site was huge, the campfire ring was lovely. The gorge trail is absolutely amazing- beautiful waterfalls!!"

    "I absolutely love coming to Watkins Glen Campground, especially when I went to get away from the busy city. This park has gorgeous waterfalls, and great paths to walk and hike on."

    2. Watkins Glen / Corning KOA

    18 Reviews
    Montour Falls, NY
    19 miles
    Website
    +1 (607) 535-7404

    "We were looking to spend a couple of nights near Watkins Glen to hit the wineries, waterfalls, and nearby museums around the finger lakes of New York and this park seemed to be in a good location for us"

    "Lots of activities for kids and families on site and near by. Quite campground with KOA expected cleanliness and staff courtesy."

    3. Ferenbaugh Campground

    7 Reviews
    Big Flats, NY
    13 miles
    Website
    +1 (607) 962-6193

    "I have found the staff to be accommodating. They offer 30/50 amp sites, also have full hook ups and some primitive sites."

    "Near many attractions close to Watkins Glen. Clean and the staff was a pleasure to deal with"

    4. Newtown Battlefield State Park Campground

    2 Reviews
    Elmira, NY
    7 miles
    Website
    +1 (607) 732-6067

    $17 - $81 / night

    "Pretty self serve, rangers drive through often but never seems to be anyone at the check-in. You can reserve a site or a cabin, or you can show up after three and see what is open."

    5. Hills Creek State Park Campground

    16 Reviews
    Middlebury Center, PA
    23 miles
    Website
    +1 (570) 724-4246

    $20 - $75 / night

    "We had a cozy wooden deck and slept four people in two bunk beds. We also had a cooking stove, refrigerator, heat and electricity.

    There is plenty of fishing and hiking to go around."

    "When we arrived we were pleasantly surprised by the size of the sites and many sites now offer full hook up!!! We did not know this on arrival as it wasn't on the site!"

    6. Tompkins

    4 Reviews
    Lawrenceville, PA
    17 miles
    Website

    $24 - $46 / night

    "Just off US 15 at the New York border. All roads and parking pads are paved. The sites are closer together than most other COE parks where we’ve stayed."

    "It is run by Army Corp of Engineers because it is on a lake with a dam. Spots are level and paved. It is always clean."

    7. Robert H. Treman State Park Campground

    21 Reviews
    Ithaca, NY
    30 miles
    Website
    +1 (607) 273-3440

    $20 - $128 / night

    "Beautiful walking trails, waterfalls and a natural swimming area. The playgrounds are better than most we’ve seen."

    "Located in Tompkins County, Ithaca New York has beautiful gorges and hiking trails. Robert Treman is a treat and a gorgeous place to camp in the Ithaca, NY area."

    8. Camp Bell Campground

    5 Reviews
    Campbell, NY
    21 miles
    Website
    +1 (607) 527-3301

    "Bathrooms were clean. Had a pool and playground. Friendly staff."

    "It is mostly occupied by regulars but the rental sites are close to the very clean bathrooms and showers. The swimming pool is a nice bonus!"

    9. Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park PA Wilds

    3 Reviews
    Mansfield, PA
    20 miles
    Website
    +1 (570) 662-2923

    "The staff was really great during this whole visit. The new site was a few down from where we originally booked and it was much better."

    "We always get a site on the outside of the main circle by the tower slide. There’s lots of shade and optimum view of both playgrounds to keep an eye on the kiddos."

    10. Pine Cradle Lake Family Campground

    10 Reviews
    Towanda, PA
    28 miles
    Website
    +1 (570) 247-2424

    "after setting up to get our perishables since we drive up from Virginia)."

    "Great family campground, decent sized sites, many lake side sites, very clean bathrooms/ showers. Several playgrounds, heated pool, pet friendly with shots paperwork."

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Glamping Reviews near Pine City, NY

309 Reviews of 34 Pine City Campgrounds


  • Maureen F.
    Dec. 4, 2020

    Firelight Camps

    Such a unique Glamping experience!

    Stayed 2 nights for my birthday and loved it. One of the first places to open after COVID shutdown. Normally they have a large gathering area for cooking, games and a bar tent. Even with the restrictions we had a great visit and felt safely distanced from other campers and staff. Great hiking trails because it is attached to Buttermilk Falls State Park. Also close to Cornell University which is a beautiful campus.

    I loved sleeping in the huge canvas tent and listening to the rain safe and warm under many quilts. The breakfast baskets the made for us each day were so nice to wake up to. And the bar and fire pits were maintained for you by the staff -  such luxury. I loved it.

  • David S.
    May. 16, 2022

    Camp Kit Adin Outfitters

    A great camping experience! Owner review!

    Hello! I'm Dave Smith and host at Camp Kit Adin Outfitters! You will have use of the 16' x 28' Wall tent with 8 ' x 16' deck over looking the woods!(sleeps 5 to 6) , cook tent 15' x 20' fully equipped gas stove, charcoal table, 10.1 cf. Refrigerator,micro range, toaster , coffee maker ( drip) dishes silverware ect. Or cook outside on the big grill. 2 inside showers, porta potty! Lots to do! Ricketts Glen, World's End state park, numerous overlooks, plenty of hiking, fishing ,bicycle and a great swimming hole on the Loyalsock creek!

  • Cheryl W.
    Aug. 31, 2018

    Pinecreek Campground

    Beautiful Park, beautiful area could be so much more with a little effort!

    Pinecreek is a beautiful park in a great area 10 minutes from downtown Ithica New York and Lake Cayuga. The area has everything you could possibly want or need. Fabulous State Parks with spectacular waterfalls, a farmers market right on the lake front, Cornell University and so much more. That being said it may be the reason the campground doesn't offer any planned activities. They do have a swimming pool and what appears to be a large clubhouse/meeting area that is not or was not used while we were there, nor were any activities publicized. They do have a small arcade but it did not stay open past 8 pm and did not appear to be air-conditioned.

    Our campsite was a full hookup with a large grassy area for setting up our outside chairs and picnic table. Although we enjoyed our stay we felt it was a bit overpriced for not having much to offer. They also have a very long list of rules & while they do allow pets there is a list of breed restrictions you need to be aware of before booking a reservation. They also charge for electricity on any stays one week or longer which we had not encountered previously at campgrounds where we have stayed.

    Overall we enjoyed our stay but not sure we would stay again.

  • Amy R.
    Jul. 16, 2019

    Pine Cradle Lake Family Campground

    RV/tent campground in a beautiful setting

    This is a gated campground that we stayed at 6/30/19-7/04/19. We are NOT an RV. We own a Napier tent that hooks to our truck so that we can sleep up in the bed. However, due to it being a holiday week, the tent sites were completely booked and they only have 4(which also have water& electric). The tent sites are located in the back of the campground behind the sports field within the trees. I unfortunately didn’t get a chance to see them but they have them pictured on their website. They let us book an RV site and it was rough setting up on a gravel RV site but we understood that we were not within a normal tent element and placed an extra tarp under the tent. The campground is located at the top of some beautiful and scenic driving through farmland in Pennsylvania and you will be 30 minutes from anything like shopping or small town amenities(we drove to Walmart after setting up to get our perishables since we drive up from Virginia). Our site had water and electric, was a drive through spot for a typical RV with a section to the side of the drive through for the fire pit and picnic table. We were located right next to the shower/bathrooms/playground and had some tree coverage and shade. A lot of the RVs in the campground are permanent sites and our neighbors never showed so we had a quiet buffer but it was not a noisy campground. It appeared that they cleaned the bathrooms twice daily and we were impressed with the cleanliness of the bathroom/showers. There were 4 in the building so we never had to wait. The staff were friendly and helpful. They had a store right next to the pool area that offered common items and RV'er might need with a small grocery area as well which included bundles of wood($6 honor system after hours) and Ice($1.78 per bag). We were allowed to run an account which we paid at the end of our stay. Our campsite was required to be paid at check in. The campground is 18 acres with gravel roads, a sports field, fishing, horse shoes, bocce ball, multiple playgrounds, a rec center with some games, claw machines etc. a splash pad and salt water pool. You will be doing a lot of walking or bring your bicycles like we did. They offer scheduled activities for holidays etc and various weekend activities. You can rent non electric boats and they offer catch& release fishing without a PA license in the lake. My son caught 2 sunfish :) They have guidelines for visitors and quiet hours(my cousin came to visit us in the evenings as she lived close by). We enjoyed camping here even if we were on an RV site. We booked site 211 which had the little bit of tree coverage and was located right next to the showers/bathrooms/playground with a quick walk to the lake for fishing. Most of the other available sites in the road ahead of us had no tree coverage but closer to the lake had more trees and shade. OR, just get an actual tent site :) but they are all the way at the back of the campground, furthest from the lake so I actually preferred our site.

  • Autumn C.
    Aug. 1, 2023

    Pioneer Campground

    Don't rent Cabin 1

    Looks cute from the outside but once you get in you are immediately disappointed. The cabin had a smell, a wrinkly floor, and was very dark. There is a lack of any shelf or cabinets and only minimal hooks to put your things. Even the TV was on the dining table and you can't use the remote from the bed either. We used the table benches and top of fireplace to place our stuff. We also had no AC. The signs on the wall said make sure you turn off the AC, but no AC. Our friends stayed in cabin 6 and it was so cute, bright, and had AC. Our other friend stayed in 2 and it was much better than ours as well. 3 was better too.

    In addition they would not honor a AAA discount due to already paying, what?!

  • L
    Aug. 1, 2021

    Pettecote Junction Campground

    Beautiful campground between the creek and the rail trail!

    Absolutely beautiful well kept campground situated between Pine Creek and the rail trail! Great facilities...there's even glamping tents!

  • Jess W.
    Aug. 19, 2018

    Watkins Glen State Park Campground

    Wonderful

    Bathrooms were clean. The site was huge, the campfire ring was lovely. The gorge trail is absolutely amazing- beautiful waterfalls!! Quiet hours were honored even by the crazy Nascar fans (we were there race weekend)! Great time had here! Highly recommend!!

  • Sue T.
    Sep. 12, 2016

    Watkins Glen State Park Campground

    Beautiful waterfalls!

    I absolutely love coming to Watkins Glen Campground, especially when I went to get away from the busy city. This park has gorgeous waterfalls, and great paths to walk and hike on. It's located in Upstate New York, so it's close enough to the city but you feel like you are far away from the city. The campsites are great, clean and well kept. This park does get pretty busy though, because it is open to campers and people who just want to visit for the day to walk the trails. I love that they have trails that lead very close to the waterfalls..lots of rim trails that literally overlook the waterfalls and gorges. In the campground they do offer a pool, which again, does get busy because it's open to everyone regardless if you are camping or not. There also is tours you can take in the summer that will take you along the waterfalls and gorge, they have a playground for kids and an area with picnic tables. I went mid July and it was extremely busy, not sure when a good time to go during the summer when it's not as busy. That was the only downside I would say, is how crowded it was. There is also Seneca Lake nearby that many people go to fish in, however I didn't go on this trip but plan to next time. There are restrooms on site, however I didn't think they were that clean. Toilet paper and seat covers were out in most stalls, so I would advise to bring your own when you go. There is also some gift shops and food stands set up...one food stand has some pretty good hot dogs! The hikes to the gorge and waterfalls is pretty well maintained, however there are quite a bit of stairs. There were some people with kids in strollers that had to turn around because the stairs made it difficult. Not handicap friendly. I would advise to wear a good pair of walking shoes, and not sandals because it is slippery in some spots and again, a lot of stairs! I would highly recommend coming here, even if you don't decide to stay the night!

  • Bran P.
    Sep. 29, 2016

    Tompkins

    Very Nice CG!

    Just off US 15 at the New York border. All roads and parking pads are paved. The sites are closer together than most other COE parks where we’ve stayed. We stayed in the Bench Loop which is very busy since it is waterfront. Our first week, we were on site 54 (W/E 50A) and waterfront. Our second week, we stayed on site 44 (FHU 50A) right across from the seldom used playground. Quite wooded here but we managed to get satellite TV. No Verizon phone service and very slow internet with a booster. This area is pretty with rolling hills all around so we enjoyed a couple of scenic drives. About an hour away is the Pine Creek Rail Trail in the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.


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