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Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Shinglehouse, PA

449 Reviews

Allegheny River Campground provides spacious sites for campers with dogs and offers a pet-friendly environment for tent camping, RV sites, and cabin stays. All sites include picnic tables and fire rings, with pets allowed throughout the campground. The grounds are exceptionally well-maintained and clean, making it comfortable for pet owners to enjoy their stay. Full hookup options include water, electric, and sewer connections. Riverhurst Park Campground offers another pet-friendly option along the Allegheny River where dogs can play in the water. The campground has a large open field where pets can run and play fetch, while owners enjoy the peaceful riverfront setting.

Cherry Springs State Park Campground accepts pets at its sites while providing excellent stargazing opportunities. Trails in the surrounding forests offer dog-friendly hiking options with plenty of streams for pets to cool off during warmer months. Many campgrounds in the area maintain clean facilities with accessible water sources for pets. Trout Run Camp Resort features pet-friendly cabins and RV sites with full hookups, while offering amenities like a saltwater pool and activities for families. Most campgrounds in the region require pets to be leashed when outside and owners must clean up after their animals. Palmer's Pond State Forest provides free dispersed camping options for those seeking a more primitive pet-friendly camping experience with their dogs.

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Best Dog-Friendly Sites Near Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania (149)

    1. Allegheny River Campground

    7 Reviews
    Coudersport, PA
    13 miles
    Website
    +1 (814) 544-8844

    $34 - $138 / night

    "Very family friendly and pet friendly too. Staff is great."

    "Perfect location for us. Quiet spacious sites. Very pleasant owner allowed us to stay even though they were technically closed for the season."

    2. Riverhurst Park Campground

    5 Reviews
    Portville, NY
    11 miles
    Website
    +1 (716) 373-0535

    "Dogs were playing in the water all day plus they have a large field a few yard from our site where we would play fetch!"

    "There’s lots of amenities like volleyball, basketball, playground, swings, all in a safe area away from roads. There’s entrance spots to kayak/ play in the river."

    3. Cherry Springs State Park Campground

    29 Reviews
    Jamison, PA
    28 miles
    Website
    +1 (814) 435-5010

    $16 / night

    "Pets are not permitted._ _But don’t go for the camping. Cherry Springs State Park is an International Dark Sky Park and measures a 2 on the Bortle dark-sky scale."

    "Each campsite had a fire pit and a picnic table and most had trees behind them. We stayed in a drive up site that was close to the restrooms and had a clear field near us to look up and stargaze."

    4. Lyman Run State Park Campground

    24 Reviews
    Galeton, PA
    27 miles
    Website
    +1 (814) 435-5010

    $20 - $29 / night

    "The surrounding area is loaded with things to do as well if you feel like venturing out. Cherry Springs Dark Park is just up the road but the view from our tent was just as good."

    "The sites are affordable, spacious, and they allow dogs. The campground is quiet at night and the stars are sensational."

    5. Retreat at Fern Hill

    1 Review
    Wellsville, NY
    13 miles
    Website
    +1 (607) 385-0549

    $165 / night

    "Pet Friendly but no fenced area."

    6. Firefly Acres

    1 Review
    Portville, NY
    13 miles
    +1 (347) 824-9867

    $35 - $89 / night

    "Firefly Acres is a great spot to setup camp with tons of activities nearby including trails for hiking & mountain biking.  Check them out and share some pics of your stay!"

    7. Trout Run Camp Resort

    3 Reviews
    Wellsville, NY
    16 miles
    Website
    +1 (585) 596-0500

    "The camp ground had trash cans available in multiple locations to throw away garbage. They offer tubing on the River. They have a very nice salt water pool and extras for the kids to do."

    8. Riverside Park Campground

    1 Review
    Wellsville, NY
    17 miles
    Website
    +1 (585) 593-3856

    9. Quaker Area — Allegany State Park State Park

    28 Reviews
    Steamburg, NY
    34 miles
    Website
    +1 (716) 354-2182

    "We had a great four-night stay in Loop C at Cain Hollow in late July/early August. Our site was wide and long. We had electric and we close to a water pump so we could fill up our camper."

    "There office/store is not located in the loop we parked in but it was an easy in and out with our 45’ motorhome and tow car."

    10. Palmers Pond State Forest

    8 Reviews
    Alfred, NY
    27 miles
    Website
    +1 (585) 466-3241

    "Beautiful grassy spots around the pond and along the road in. Google maps directed us to a dead end, go in through the north entrance and you’ll be good!"

    "I was able to set up next to the water with no problem. Definitely will be back."

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Dog-Friendly Camping Reviews near Shinglehouse, PA

449 Reviews of 149 Shinglehouse Campgrounds

  • S
    Aug. 1, 2020

    Red Bridge Recreation Area - Allegheny National Forest

    Love this place!

    This is my favorite campground so far in PA.

    For the most part, there isn’t a bad site (although we didn’t see any of the walk up sites, and I recommend not booking a site immediately next to the bathrooms since the ones without showers are more like “outhouse” toilets and can stink). The sites are private, flat, surrounded by trees, and have plenty of space. The ground is quite rocky though, so bring plenty of heavy duty tent steaks.

    Highlights include: the reservoir (beautiful and clean! You can swim with your dog from the access points at the campground), quiet, friendly staff (a kind older gentleman helped us jump my car and refused to take any money as a thank you), updated/very clean showers, not buggy, reception is great (we have Verizon), plenty of room to social distance, and 2 trading posts about 1 mile away with milk, eggs, basic supplies, etc.

    Cons: the bathrooms without showers aren’t flush toilets, and there is no campground office so you must see the hosts for any issues.

    Things to do nearby (last 5 pictures): the Kinzua Skywalk Bridge free- an old train bridge that was partially destroyed by a tornado in the early 2000’s. The bridge is handicap/stroller accessible, pets are allowed. There is a small indoor museum & gift shop, and a hiking trail along the wreckage. If you hike, wear good sneakers, the path is rocky and VERY steep. The hiking path is not recommended for small children). Bathrooms on site.

    The Kinzua Dam free - beautiful. Handicap/stroller accessible, pets permitted. Bathrooms were closed due to social distancing.

    Rimmrock overlook free- just a small distance from the parking lot. NOT stroller/handicap accessible, and there are rock steps, however we saw numerous families with small children go through the path with no issues. Pets permitted. Bathrooms on site.

    Nearby towns of Kane and Ridgway looked cute, but we didn’t spend time there due to our efforts to social distance.

  • k
    Jul. 30, 2022

    Medix Run Camping Area — Moshannon State Forest

    Peaceful Repose

    My 3 year old cat and I had a wonderful time staying here. It was incredibly quiet, no cell service (we use total wireless which uses Verizon towers), and I couldn’t hear any of the neighboring campsites (I stayed at #7) even though they were all full. Highly recommend this spot.

    It rained almost every day but only for a half hour or so and went back to being sunny. Bring bug spray and tick collars for your pets.

    I would recommend bringing firewood with you, as there wasn’t much to collect that was already dead and dry enough for burning. Several of the local gas stations sell some if you want to bring some on the way.

  • Tiffany K.The Dyrt PRO User
    Sep. 30, 2017

    Austin Campground

    Tucked Away Gem

    Found this location while going to Elk State Forest for the elk bugling. Was very happy to find this location. Had clean bathrooms with running water and showers. Campground was tucked away between two mountains and sat next to a creek. Staff was friendly. Plenty of camp sites. Have yearly campsites which is apparent since some of the campers have more permanent structures around or attached to them. Pets allowed. Not the best place for hammock camping but have a few sites with good trees. Out of the main path but nice place to stay.

  • D
    Sep. 9, 2023

    Shamrock Pines Campground

    Clean and friendly

    Called up on Friday afternoon of Labor Day weekend and they accommodated us for two nights.  John and his staff were friendly and welcoming.  Very clean campground with mostly seasonal sites.  Several overnight sites with electric and water.  These sites were mostly gravel and cut into a bank so that there is some separation.  Surrounded by trees but grounds are well kept.  Fully fenced dog park that was great for our pup.  A couple of ponds for kids to fish and what looks like a nice pool.  Quiet hours observed.  On Saturday night there was a band in an outdoor stage that was great.

    Close enough to Ellicottville to enjoy the shops, brewery and restaurants there.

    Only thing I would mention is the dump station is simply just a pipe off one of the driveways with a water hose.  Not a problem and it works, just not typical of dump stations.

  • F
    Sep. 18, 2018

    Houghton / Letchworth KOA

    Nice and quiet

    ntmnet. Overall, this is a nice place to go camping. We camp in a tent and our site was wonderful (PT1). We were pretty much alone. The facility was nice and kept up. The bathrooms were clean and well stocked. My only complaint would be that the pet rules are not enforced. I would see five dogs from my site and only one was on a leash all the time. My dog. One dog was free to roam wherever it wanted. Owners would walk with him and let him go. He came to our site several times. We did our best to keep our dog quiet but it was difficult. The dog ended up taking "a dump" on our site. The owners had not intention of cleaning it up till I talked to them when they walked by. They sent a child who didn't clean it toroughly so I had to. Called the office but no answer. Never saw an employee making rounds checking things out. Not going back.

  • K
    Aug. 3, 2018

    Jellystone Park™ of Western New York

    Camping resort in the middle of nowhere

    There was a great WiFi connection, so it was difficult to get my boys to go explore! We have a 35 foot travel trailer and had zero difficulty backing into a W/E spot. Gravel pads, decent space between RVs. We did need our extra hose to reach our spigot but I think that was unusual. The dump station was easy to get to and clean when we left.

    Playgrounds, beach, mini-golf, dog park, bounce pillow, basketball, volleyball, movie nights, wagon rides twice a day with Jellystone characters, lots of daily activities, water park, kayaks, SUP’s, canoes, LIFEGUARDS!... ALL INCLUDED. My kids did mini-golf 4 times. Snack bar (with good wings and delivers!). Golf cart rentals. What was I most impressed with? Trash pickup. You put it in front of your site, somebody picked it up. Any time of day.

    There were three types of cabins I saw, but didn’t go inside. You could fish in the pond. The website says Laser Tag but we didn’t explore that far. The town is teeny tiny so no good grocery store around. The grounds were well kept. Niagara Falls were a little more than an hour away. Great day trip!

    We we will come back next year and bring our cousins!

  • Esther B.
    Apr. 29, 2019

    Bettum's Idlewood Family Campground

    Family Campground

    We are a small family campground located in the Allegheny Forest, 6 miles from the Kinzua Sky Walk. Fishing & boating is located off route 59. Call ahead for reservations we have 8 open sites for visitors and they full fast. See our website for the list of planned actives. We are pet friendly.

  • Nick O.
    Jul. 8, 2021

    Allegheny River Campground

    Great all around

    Great place very clean with lots to do. Very family friendly and pet friendly too. Staff is great.

Guide to Shinglehouse

Discover the best spots for pets-allowed camping near Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania, where you and your furry friends can enjoy the great outdoors together.

Pet-friendly campgrounds include Allegheny River Campground

  • The Allegheny River Campground offers spacious sites and a welcoming atmosphere for pets, making it a favorite among families and pet owners.
  • With features like electric hookups and picnic tables, this campground ensures a comfortable stay for both you and your pet.
  • Enjoy the beautiful surroundings while your dog explores the pet-friendly trails nearby.

Tips for camping with dogs near Shinglehouse

  • At Riverhurst Park Campground, you can take advantage of large, shaded areas perfect for your dog to roam and play.
  • Make sure to bring plenty of water and snacks for your pet, as this campground provides drinking water but no market on-site.
  • Keep your dog leashed while enjoying the various amenities, including volleyball and basketball courts, to ensure a safe and fun experience.

Pet owners like the peaceful atmosphere at Patterson State Park Campground

  • The Patterson State Park Campground is known for its tranquility, allowing pets to enjoy the natural surroundings without the hustle and bustle of larger campgrounds.
  • While it lacks electric hookups, the rustic charm and pet-friendly policies make it an appealing choice for those looking to escape into nature.
  • With a manual water pump and clean restroom facilities, this campground provides essential amenities for a comfortable stay with your pet.

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According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular dog-friendly campground near Shinglehouse, PA is Allegheny River Campground with a 5-star rating from 7 reviews.

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