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Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Kozy Rest is rated as one of the best, set under the tall trees in the prettiest parts of Butler County in Western Pennsylvania. From basic tenting & RV's, to BIG RIG pull-thru sites, They have what you need. Rental cabins, basic to full service, and Yurts are available. The group camping area with a picnic pavilion is great for clubs and family reunions. With scheduled activities, & family fun, Jellystone Park at Kozy Rest is a great delight for the entire family. This campground has 170 shaded sites with 20/30/50 amp service, laser tag, gaga ball, RC car tracks, bike track, swimming pool, game room, store, playground, fire rings, full schedule of activities and games. 10 miles from Grove City Prime Outlets and Moraine State Park, near Amish country, 60 miles north of Pittsburgh and 90 miles south of Erie. Very conveniently located close to Interstate 79 and Interstate 80. Jellystone Park at Kozy Rest is an award winning park. In 2011/2014/2015/2017/2020 they were recognized as ARVC National "Park of the Year". In addition, The Yogi Bear Franchise has awarded them "2021 Franchise System Camp-Resort of the Year - Eastern Region", 2014 "Facility of the Year", 2013 "Entrepreneur of the Year", and in 2012 "#1 Inspection Rating". The restrooms are some of the best in the country.
$41 - $750 / night
This recreation area is part of Michael J Kirwan Lake
At Breakneck, we offer camp sites that will please any type of camper, from remote primitive sites to fully enclosed cabins with electricity. Refer to the Camp Site Overview below for our current rates and amenities for each type of site. For more information and photographs, or if you have any additional questions, please fill free to contact us anytime.
$10 - $20 / night
This recreation area is part of Mosquito Creek Lake
$24 - $36 / night
At Rose Point Park it is our mission to provide you and your family with a memorable camping experience. As a full service campground, we offer a wide range of facilities and opportunities - from our 4 star recreation program to the calm, quiet of ferns and hemlocks along Slippery Rock Creek. Come visit us and enjoy the outdoors. We have something for everyone: Relaxing for You, Fun for the Kids!
$32 - $60 / night
$57 - $67 / night
Mill Creek Recreation Area is an ideal family campground located on Berlin Lake in northeastern Ohio. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, hunting, picnicking and camping.
The lake is a popular location for boating, swimming, and fishing. Berlin Lake is renowned for its excellent walleye fishing. It is one of the few area lakes where natural reproduction of the species occurs. Anglers will also find largemouth and smallmouth bass, muskie, crappie and bluegill. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources manages over 6,800 acres of project lands for public hunting and wildlife management purposes. Small game species are found in abundance and hunting areas can be easily accessed.
Berlin Lake is situated on the Mahoning River, where it covers 3,590 acres and offers 70 miles of shoreline. The banks of the lake are gently to moderately sloped, allowing for easy access. Beech and maple trees cover the area, offering shade and beautiful fall color. A variety of wildlife makes its home around the lake. Visitors delight in viewing nesting ospreys. Bald eagles can occasionally be seen in the area as well.
Noah's Lost Ark Animal Sanctuary is just one mile south. The sanctuary is home to a large variety of big and small cats, including lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, bobcats and lynx. Wolves, coyotes, fox, bears, camels, zebras and primates also live in Noah's Lost Ark. Children love the sanctuary's petting zoo and educational tours.
$25 - $50 / night
The family campground contains 72 secluded campsites. Full Hookup Sites
Full hookups are available in twelve sites. Water's Edge Sites
There are several sites along the water's edge. Electrical Sites
Electrical hookups are available in 28 sites. Camping tents and bikes Primitive Sites
Thirty two sites are primitive with no hookups, and seven of those are walk-in tent sites only:
Primitive Sites (B, D, T)
Primitive Site (E)
Campground Facilities
Campground facilities include modern showers, restrooms, and a waste station. Pets
Pets are permitted in campsites but must be on a leash at all times.
Scout
We've stayed in cabins, yurts, tents, and our camper. Always up kept and very clean. Have to try out there Halloween production.
Traveler
We stopped at this koa on our way home from a friends private camp property in Mercer county. They permit non guests to utilize the dump site at a small fee $20 (during non peak times). Convenient location off of route 80. The grounds are pretty with tall trees and plenty of amenities for families. Some sites have concrete patios and furniture provided. There is a playground, inground pool, and a store. We plan to visit and stay sometime over the summer.
Ranger
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.
Legend
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!
GuideClose to where we live so it's an easy drive and a great start to the season to shake out anything that may not be working since bringing de-winterizing our camper.
Large open campground with plenty of stuff to do for everyone and plenty of activities throughout the summer months as well.
GuideVery well maintained campground with lots of amenities, esp for kids (pool, playground). Generous sized sites, not too close together. Looks like quite a few long-term RVers here. Cute chickens wandering around. Hiking trail accessible from the campsite. Heavily wooded and quiet, but not too far off interstate.
TravelerThis is only our third KOA visit. Very level and big rig a friendly. It is a little noisy from the roadway noises. The hosts have been extremely nice. We have met a lot of wonderful people.
GuideWe stayed here for a quick overnight stop. We have a 40’class A and flat tow a Jeep. We use both the RV Garmin 890 & RV Trip Wizard and both had us doing some crazy side roads to get into the KOA. Be sure to use the park’s directions for an easier drive in. Totally fine when we left using their instructions. Very pretty park, nice staff, and great playground for the kids. We stayed on pull thru site 6 and it was great. Would definitely stay here again.
RangerWe were contacted by campground about an alternate route. My daughter called and learned it was regarding a small bridge that would accommodate our 31’ RV, so we went that route. It was fine for us.
They have too many amenities to list. Of note, the pool water was decently warm and they had an outdoor exercise area in addition to the playground.
The store was open until 8pm. It was small, but sold shelf stable food, camping items, toys, ice cream, and Amish baked goods. And the coolest Koa sticker of Bigfoot doing the floss!
The standout here was the staff. They were beyond customer service friendly. They were engaged and seemed earnestly interested in guests interests and travel stories.
On Saturday morning, Amish people come in and sell their baked goods. A text reminder came from the office. They had canned goods, eggs, and baked items including 1 GF item. Yeah us.
GuideLevel, wooded sites and clean bathrooms. No area to wash dishes. Lots of space for each sites and trees for shade.
ScoutBeautiful facilities. Clean bathrooms. Lots of activities. Great play area for the kids!
GuideI stayed there for two months while I was in transition between states and really enjoyed it. Everything is clean and they offer fun amenities. It’s close to the outlets and Keystone Safari. They have a fishing pond but I haven’t walked over and seen it. It’s across the street of the KOA so you could miss it if you don’t ask about it. The tent camping area is also nice. Kind of a free for all when it comes to what site you pick but it’s a nice wooded area.
Guide
Loved it! We stayed here as it was close to my work. We love being weekend warriors and this place is great for us. The season tenants were incredibly kind and you can tell they take care of this campground. We will absolutely come back as should you! Great playgrounds for the kids and plenty of things for the adults too!
ScoutLots for kids to do. Great pool, friendly seasonal campers, well kept grounds. Plenty of shaded, private lots, and great lots by playground to let kids roam and still watch from a distance. All sites full hookup. Great place to put your phone away, bc you wont have reception in the valley. The only downfall is the price. Its $55-69 a night.
ScoutThe pool has been leaking for last 2 yrs. as of last wknd pool was still closed. Memorial Day wknd that is. Showers are clean I will say that. Staff is ok
GuideThe Staff Was rude and called our camper too long when it is only 34 feet!
RangerThis is an excellent ran Army Corp camping area. Great fishing and great family place
TravelerKozy Rest was our first stop with our new TT. It was a wonderful first experience! Employees were happy to help and just to chat. Great camp store and super clean bathrooms and recreation hall. LOVE!
ScoutGreat campground and very clean. Probably the cleanest shower house I have ever seen at a campground
ScoutHad come here for 3 days on my honeymoon and had a beautiful and most awesome time. Enjoyed making Smores with my husband. Ist time I was camping and I loved it I will never lose the memory but will definitely send people to the Kozy Rest Kampground the best time of my life.
TravelerWe had a wonderful experience, the ground is setup nicely. The staff is so warm and welcoming. Really enjoyed all the activities.
GuideWe were there back in May 2017, which was our first time camping. Based on our first time, I thought this place was five stars. Now that we have been camping for a few years, it is still five stars and we will continue to go back. People are friendly, the place is really clean, the showers were great, and they have added so many activities. Great place to go.
ScoutGreat campground with a great staff. This was the first campground we ever RV’ed in and we’ve returned now for three years. Great memories.
TravelerWhat a great experience, from the moment we arrived until the minute we checked out. Everyone was nice and friendly. And not just the workers. The Seasonals we very friendly and helpful as well. We liked it so much we have booked repeat visits already.
ScoutIt is very family friendly. Restrooms are nice and clean.
Rangerpool , bikes cratfs ,rides , super nice stafff and the hey ride was a blast. hey hey hey
TravelerWe love camping at Jellystone at Kozy Rest! Staff is super friendly and campground is always very clean. Tons of activities to keep the kids busy all day!!
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