Best Glamping near Clarendon, PA

Recent Glamping Reviews near Clarendon, Pennsylvania

205 Reviews of 23 Clarendon Campgrounds

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  Rosie Lon S.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 16, 2021

  Clear Creek State Park Campground

  Great place to camp

  We have tented and RV'd at Clear Creek. A must do when camping in Pennsylvania. The Clarian river is great for kayaking . Multiple trails off of park. Biking and breweries close by. if you have RV/travel trailer do NOT recommend the non-power sites, they are not level enough, you may really have to bring up the trailer. There were wonderful campsites hosts when we there

  Pros; excellent location, great friendly people, clean and stocked bathrooms which include showers. Some sites are separated.. great camp hosts

  Cons…a few sites are really close, however not a bad thing here as we got to meet a lot of great people, so for us it was kind of a Pro.

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  Jeremiah R.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 1, 2017

  Clear Creek State Park Campground

  Awesome Times! My kids love the creek and river.

  Stayed in camper, tent, yurt, and cabins. Always a clean and up kept park. Lots to do in the area. Don't get caught boozing. There pretty strict.

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  Denise P.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 26, 2018

  Clear Creek State Park Campground

  Beautiful,wooded settin on the fringe of the Allegheny National Forest

  The park is on the scenic Clarion River and offers tent camping, some sites are paddle in only, RV sites, small and larger rustic cabins, and even a couple of yurts. It’s very well maintained, including the restroom/shower houses which were very clean. The upper loop tent sites are a bit more secluded and there is plenty of space for the larger cabins. The smaller cabins are more clustered but we enjoyed staying in them on a couple occasions. Be sure to bring kayaks or inner tubes for lazy hours on the river. There are kayak rentals nearby also. The Clarion River is full of wildlife including bald eagles hunting the river and an occasional black bear nearby.

  Be sure to visit Beartown Rocks that is close by. It offers a nice view of the rolling hills of Pennsylvania.

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  Amber W.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 25, 2021

  Clear Creek State Park Campground

  Try to stay once a year

  This has become a very popular campground and reservations fill quickly. We usually try for an entire family outing here once a year in October. Very nice, clean campground on the river. We have stayed in sites and a cabin, but never one of the yurts. Family friendly and not overly crowded.

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  Laura C.

  Scout

  

  Feb. 22, 2018

  Clear Creek State Park Campground

  Some of My Best Memories

  My family has stayed here so many times throughout my lifetime. We always prefer tent camping, but there are spots for RVs, plus there are cabins and yurts available. It has always been clean, quiet and family-friendly.

  There's so much to do here--hiking, swimming, rafting, biking, disc golf, etc. There's also a really nice playground and a great little beach at the entrance of the campground (water is always cold though!) Plus plenty of picnic shelters.

  This is also a great place to go year-round for kids interested in learning about nature. There is a nature museum. Seek out Ranger Susanne--she is a really great teacher!

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  Brannon M.

  Ranger

  

  Jul. 31, 2020

  Tionesta Rec. Area Campground

  Quiet, close to fish ;-)

  So I’ll be honest: Sometimes I camp just so I can get close to flyfishing. This particular review has less to do with the specifics of the site (although this campground is great!), and more to do with the flyfishing in the area (also great!).

  Pennsylvania is home to some of the best wilderness trout streams that you’re ever going to find. The area is just plain beautiful! If you like hiking, fishing, and getting it to enjoy some of the pristine wilderness of the Allegheny National Forest, this campground is your gateway to its natural beauty.

  The campground near Tionesta (pronounced: “ty-NES-ta” for those out-of-town) is standard, but pretty nice. Everything you would expect for camping near ANF. The sites are well-maintained, and most of the locals seem pretty respectful.

  The little town of President (and Porcupine Creek) is just up the road. This is one of the most pristine wilderness brook trout fisheries in the area. You can even find a wild, native Rainbow if you‘re lucky enough ;-)

  Quick tip: spend more than a day here. If you like scenic drives, you’ll in for a nice surprise.

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  Britt B.

  Ranger

  

  Oct. 27, 2020

  Clear Creek State Park Campground

  Pennsylvania Favorite!

  A Pennsylvania favorite, Clear Creek State Park is a beautifully maintained, scenic park, right on the Clarion River in the Clear Creek State Park. The Park offers movies on an outdoor screen, regular nature talks and walks and has an onsite museum. The park has tent sites, RV sites and cabins. Clear Creek runs through the campground and is a perfect spot for a BBQ or Picnic. It also has a designated swimming beach with sand. There are multiple hiking trails leaving the campground. There is a general store just 5min from the park, plus multiple private firewood options on the road in. The park also sells firewood bundles. The Clarion is a crystal clear, shallow, rock bottom river perfect for a cool off, fishing or kayaking. There are two kayaking/tubing companies in Cook Forest to hire watercraft to float the river. Both floats don’t go as high as Clear Creek State Park so you won’t float past the campground, with the longest being 9 miles. The facilities are always clean, with large shower areas and always fully stocked with tissue. All sites have fire rings with adjustable grills. The best un-powered RV site is site 40– private and waterfront. The best powered-RV site is 39– private and waterfront. There are also two very private tent sites that are waterfront(classified as Kayak In tent sites) numbered CR-001& CR-002. Both waterfront, shaded with fire rings. Excellent tent sites! Note you can only book them for 1 night at a time. No phone reception at this one! They welcome furry friends at selected sites!

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  Danielle V.

  Legend

  

  Aug. 22, 2017

  Oil Creek Family Campground

  Ranger Review: Mountain House Lasagna with Meat Sauce at Oil Creek Family Campground

  Campground Review

  I can honestly say that Oil Creek Family Campground is the best private campground that we have ever camped at. Especially if you’re camping with kids, it offers everything that you would want for a ‘great American summer’ style camping experience, without being a cookie-cutter big-name private campground chain. They have a large pool; a few llamas that the kids can feed and pet; a 27-hole disc golf course (recently expanded from 18 hole) primarily in the woods near and around the campground property; a small pond for sunfish / bass fishing; a dog ‘playground’ (enclosed area with some obstacles); a well-maintained hedge maze; a pavilion with ping pong, a pool table, and foosball; a DVD rental program at the main office with about 300 movies; and a small camp store with a small selection of books that you can borrow. They also provide weekly entertainment for the kids, e.g. rock painting or special guests. This weekend, for instance was ‘Jungle Terry and his amazing exotic animal family.’ We don’t typically spend a ton of time actually AT the campgrounds when we’re camping, but we did this weekend - and we had a blast on the disc golf course, fishing in the pond, and playing ping pong. The kids had an awesome time in the pool for hours and running around with the other kids in the maze. And everyone agreed that it was a perfect way to wrap up the summer before the school year starts.

  We have a pop-up and my parents (whom we were camping with for the weekend) use a tent, so we had two water+electric sites in the tent camping area away from the RVs: sites A7 and A8. The sites in this area are well-maintained and LARGE, with plenty of room for a pop-up or multiple tents plus one or two vehicles, plus lots of room around the fire ring. There are smaller bathrooms placed around the campground as well as a center bathhouse located adjacent to the pavilion with 2 shower stalls and an additional toilet per gender.

  We chose this campground due to its proximity to Oil Creek State Park. The state park itself does not have a campground, and OCFC is right next door - in fact, the campground hiking trail loop has a very short connecting piece to the 36-mile Gerard hiking trail that runs through the park. The park is beautiful with a lot of history (it is the site of the world’s first commercial oil well, and where the oil industry began in the United States around 1860) and Oil Creek - which is really a river - runs right down the middle of the park. It is a stocked creek and it’s great for both trout and bass fishing. Some parts of the creek also have a lot of northern water snakes (we saw 4 near the Blood Farm day use area) which was cool to see.

  Overall: fantastic campground in a beautiful part of Pennsylvania - and we will absolutely be back.

  Product Review

  As a Ranger for The Dyrt, I get occasionally receive products to test or gift cards for new companies to check out.  Over the past weekend, we tried out one of the Mountain House favorites, freeze-dried Lasagna with Meat Sauce in the #10 can. Lasagna is not exactly a typical camping food, so the fact that we could easily make enough lasagna to feed a group of six people (4 adults and 2 kids) just by heating up some water was wonderful! We made the entire can (boil 8 cups of water, pour it into the can itself, stir a lot to mix up all of the freeze-dried ingredients, and let it sit for ten minutes - EASY) along with some crescent-roll wrapped hot dogs over the fire and it was like a gourmet camping meal. Everyone loved the lasagna - even the two picky kids!

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  Kevin E.

  Ranger

  

  Oct. 28, 2020

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Very nice campground

  First time here but found the campground to be quite nice. Sites were decently sized and some backed up to very beautiful evergreen forest. There are several hiking trails that depart right from the campground. One of them takes you right to the state game lands (29 I think?). I’ll have to remember that for future hunting seasons.

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  C F.

  Scout

  

  May. 28, 2024

  Chapman State Park Campground

  LOVE THIS PLACE!

  Hidden gem!  Love the seclusion of this campground.  Very clean restrooms.  Fantastic lake for kayaking, fishing, swimming, etc.  Currently, our favorite local escape destination!

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  autumn L.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 10, 2021

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Nostalgic

  My family has headed to this spot for years… it family friendly, has decent fishing, miles of trails, and a small beach. Also zero cell reception! Check out Kinzua dam and Jakes Rock nearby.

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  Amanda K.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 1, 2022

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Small but sweet state park

  HIGHLIGHTS:

  Paved loops great for bikes

  Lake with small clean beach

  Canoe/kayak rentals (closed 2022 season)

  Several nice playgrounds

  Clean, modern bathrooms

  Several kayak/canoe launch areas

  Plenty of nature walking trails

  CONS: PA does not allow alcohol in state park

  No AT&T cell service

  Only 5 guests are allowed per site

  Electric scooters and hoverboards are prohibited

  Got yelled at for filling our camper up with water from spicket near our site

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  David S.

  Scout

  

  Apr. 28, 2018

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Large sites , well maintained grounds. Fishing , hiking, swimming, biking . Great place for a family vacation .

  Restful

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  Chuck H.

  Traveler

  

  May. 6, 2018

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Chapman state park

  Excellent campground. Nice lake provides good fishing. Peaceful and quiet. Very clean facilities and friendly staff. Close to may Attractions in the area.

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  Michelle E.

  Traveler

  

  May. 16, 2018

  Chapman State Park Campground

  small town out un the woods

  super cute, very quiet camp grounds. rustic tent, camper hook ups. 2 level camp geound with walk to tent sights. well lit, heated shower house andnbathrooms. garbage dumpster. recycling bins. wood sold in sight (suport a disabled vet program). paved walk ways. fishing, swiming, and hiking await.

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  Caitlin M.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 28, 2021

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Long overdue honeymoon

  We tent camped at site 76. Secluded and beautiful. We had the whole side of the upper loop to ourselves! Bumped up against the nature trail for a quick hike. We fished at the small section opposite the swimming area. We were alone the entire time! This park is well kept and very very clean. Attracts the friendliest people.

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  Spencer S.

  Scout

  

  Feb. 10, 2022

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Great First Camping Experience

  Great, great campground it was very clean and fairly quiet. It seemed like a lot of RV campsites which is great but we wanted a more tent like experience. It was my wife’s first time tent camping and the cleanliness of the campground really helped her want to camp again. We did a walk to campsite as we wanted a little more privacy, which was nice, we were fairly spread out while only being 150 feet from the showers. Showers were clean and we have Verizon cell service.

  Almost all the RV spots were full, but most of the walk to spots were empty which you can see the availability on the PA Parks website. Likewise you had to walk over a small bridge to get to the walk to site.

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  Larry M.

  Ranger

  

  Jun. 15, 2020

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Cool under the trees

  We were here in june. It was nice and cool w/ breeze. RR's were clean, lots to do. We were in 28 but liked 7,13,16,19,22,27

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  Ethan G.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 25, 2018

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Nice campground in Warren County, PA.

  This campground is well maintained, with excellent restroom/shower facilities. Miles of hiking trails accessible right from the campground. The lake was off limits due to the dam reconstruction, but is a big draw when open. This campground is also only 20 minutes from the Kinzua Dam and 1 hour from the Kinzua Skywalk. Our family really enjoyed it.

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  Michelle E.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 27, 2018

  Chapman State Park Campground

  Quiet family camp ground tucked in the woods

  Very nice quiet family camp ground featuring tent, camper full hook ups. On sight dump station. Fishing boating, hiking family fun all around. Weather appropriate heated/ cooled indoor real bathrooms and shower rooms.

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  Rebecca E.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 10, 2017

  Dewdrop

  Nice

  Ok so it's a HAUL for me to get there but worth it. Camped 2x now in cove near water- many trees (almost too many!), launched yak 100' from camp right into cove. So so bath house, hosts are great but short staffed. Beautiful large reservoir with good swimming & boating. Ice & wood are delivered (purchase) every nite which is super. Facilities showing some signs of wear but certainly passable.

  Only 3 electric sites so be prepared to be self contained.

  Good hiking & views.

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  Denise D.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 19, 2018

  Dewdrop

  A beautiful setting on the Kinzua Dam in the Allegheny National Forest.

  mak sure which site you book as some of them are walk-ins. A night sky that you can see the Milky Way and more stars then I remember. Wildlife is all around and the area offers a variety of activities within a short drive. The host of the campground at the time of our stay was more than helpful delivering the firewood and ice both of which you can buy there.

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  Tessa O.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 30, 2018

  Dewdrop

  Fun Campground

  Cute little campground on the lake. We had a walk in site which was kind of hard to find in the dark but when we did it was good. These sites were more secluded. Lots of trees for hammocks. This site what slightly on a hill so some tents were slanted. Would stay here again.

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  Jenn G.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 7, 2018

  Dewdrop

  had a great weekend near kinzu

  the hosts were beyond friendly. We did not have a boat but having a boat launch on the beautiful lake could be handy. the spaces were generous. our site had neighbors but there was enough woods between that you weren't bothered. We also had a tiny steam where the kids explores salamanders and toads.
  real close to the dam, not too far from the outfitters for a canoe trip (which was always amazing with friendly staff). and about 45min from the kinzu bridge, which was worth the drive.

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  Scott M.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 31, 2019

  Dewdrop

  Trees trees trees!

  Stayed a night and wished it was longer. We did a stop over and slept in our hammocks so it was perfect for us as there were lots of trees. Small little campground but sites were nice and cozy. Lots of very nice people here!

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  Travis S.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 30, 2020

  Dewdrop

  Spacious

  Campsite layouts are non traditional with large driveways and often times the tables and fire rings are below the driveway.  With this layout you get more privacy with very few sites having and overlapping with other sites. Pitching a tent was easy on the driveway and fairly level. Some sites had large high sided fire rings which take away from the fireside relaxation of a shorter camp chair. 

  Bathrooms and shower house was below the standards of many of PA State Parks which we regard as the benchmark for campgrounds at reasonable prices. 

  Boating and biking all accessible from the grounds. No need to drive to the trails at Jakes Rocks.

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  Katie

  Guide

  

  Sep. 29, 2020

  Dewdrop

  Clean, Beautiful, and Close to Adventure

  Thoroughly enjoyed this as one of my first official camping experiences! The site was spacious and was not close to other campers giving a feeling of secludedness and alone time in nature! Could easily walk to a nearby trail and down to the lake front! Some sites even had access to trails that went to the water!

  Coming from out of state, even though I am an avid nature explorer, I had never thought twice about encountering bears, I even naively left granola bars in my hiking pack in my tent at night. AND I now will not do that, luckily no bears came for a nighttime snack, but a mom and two cubs ran directly through our camp while having breakfast one morning. Only 10 foot away when the mom stopped to size up our threat level. They proceeded on without problem as we were no threat to her frolicking cubs, but bears are very much a real phenomenon in this campground!

  The only negative part about the experience is there was no site to wash dishes and we were yelled at, actually yelled at when letting "dish" water run onto the ground (not at the water spout), we were not using soap, just rinsing some stickiness off before packing away, but this is not even allowed at the campground, I may just be new to camping, but I found it odd to get such a scolding when there were seemingly no other options unless you carry your used rinse water out with you.

  Overall, definitely plan on visiting again!