Best Glamping near Hazleton, PA
The Lehigh Valley region boasts several glamping options within easy reach of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Tuscarora State Park offers four spacious yurts equipped with electricity, full-size refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, fans, and heating systems for year-round comfort. Each yurt features bunk beds with a full-size mattress option, a generous deck with picnic tables, and a dedicated fire pit. The park's yurts provide a perfect balance of outdoor immersion and modern convenience, positioned just steps from clean showers and restroom facilities. Jim Thorpe Camping Resort and Mauch Chunk Lake Park both offer upscale glamping accommodations with electricity and comfortable furnishings. According to a camper, "My girlfriends and I just stayed in the yurts for our annual glamping trip. Each yurt has a huge deck, 2 picnic tables and fire pit. Restrooms and showers are a hop, skip and jump from yurts and well maintained."
Visitors staying in these glamping accommodations enjoy direct access to numerous recreational opportunities. The Tuscarora yurts include dedicated mooring slips for kayaks, paddleboards, or canoes at the lake, allowing for immediate water access. Mauch Chunk Lake features crystal-clear waters ideal for paddle boarding, swimming, and fishing, with lakeside glamping sites offering convenient water entry points. Hiking trails wind through wooded areas surrounding all three properties, connecting to larger trail networks for day hikes. Jim Thorpe's historic downtown, with its restaurants, shops, and white water rafting outfitters, lies just three miles from the camping resort, accessible via a scenic creek-side path. One reviewer noted, "We set up in the glamping accommodation, kayaked on the lake, cooked up some dinner, watched a strawberry super moon rise over the lake, went to bed, woke up to make some breakfast and then we were off to go rafting on the Lehigh river 10 minutes away."
