Outflow Camping

Very nice campground. Facilities are very clean and well maintained. Certain facilities are open in winter to accommodate people engaging in winter activities. Fresh water available. Local stores offer quick shopping. Local restaurants have awesome food! There's are tons of things to do in this area.

Just about perfect.

Nice open area. Looked like only one tent pad site but plenty of grass with picnic tables. Bathroom was clean and a short walk.

Took the family here plenty to do for kids playground went fishing in the outflow kids played in the water coldest water I ever stood in I would recommend this site if you have a boat the lake is not far at all

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Overflow Parking is easy to access and did not require an additional fee.  Our parents had their A-liner trailer on the site and their SUV.  It did get tight so we moved my Honda CR-V to the over flow parking spots.  It was an easy short walk to the parking lot. 

The campground has easy access to the bike trail.  You can see bikers camping in a certain spot for the special rate of $14.00 per biker.  If you are a family of bikers it may make sense to book a traditional site. 

The group campsites were awesome in size and ease for parking.  One group site is fairly close to a bathroom. The 2nd group site (2A) is rather far out and would benefit from a porta john.  The size limit caps at 150 campers.  They have a price grid based on the number of campers.  It is listed as a walk to site which is about 300 yards.  The cars would be at the parking lot. 1-20 people$50, 21-40 people$60, 41-60$70, 61-80 people$80, 81-150 people$90.  This site is only for non-profit groups and will need to show proof of their non-profit organization. 

The beach is a short drive away over the dam.  It was a great spot to spend the day with the kids floating and swimming.  It was an active spot with families having a barbeque, birthday parties, and folks set up on the beach or in the upper grass area. 

Next to the campground is a dairy bar that had great ice cream and food.  You can either walk, bike, or even drive to it if you wish.

September 2020 Stay

This was a 1-night stay.  We stayed here because the nearby state parks we were interested in were full for the weekend.  It was OK given the circumstances, but I would prefer a state park.  The location was on the edge of town.  The campground is right up against some people's backyards on one side, separated by a fence.  So that felt a bit awkward and not really the secluded in-nature feel we're looking for when camping.  We were at site 33 which was on that side right by someone's backyard.  Sites were also fairly close with no trees or anything between for privay.

On the bright side, each site has a tent pad on gravel/dirt that is level with no rocks, tree roots, etc. that you might have elsewhere.  The site was also right along the GAP so it may be a good place to overnight if you're doing a long bike trip.

Great access to the Allegheny bike trail and all the small towns near. No shade over campsites.

Great little campground for smaller groups/families/couples! Very good environment right next to the GAP. Right on the river and was nice and quiet! Bathrooms weren't bad, but could have been a little cleaner.

My wife Tammy and I just got back from the outflow rec camping area this is a perfect place to see Ohiopyle and the Laurel Highlands

When we arrived and checked in we were immediately handed a 2 page long sheet of rules to review. No touching the trees or alcohol were among the list. We drove through a paved parking lot to find our site with a 10x10 rock slab for our tent, surrounded by freshly mowed grass, large RVs, concrete curbs, and a chain link fence. The security guard came by mulptile times to either tell us we were breaking a rule or just to spy. Right next door is a trailer park so as soon as the sun went down, the flood lights came on. No peace, no quiet, no privacy, no nature.

The campground is located along the Great Allegheny Passage, and the Yough river and lake. It is a great place if you like to bike, paddle, or fish. Convienent to restaurants im Confluence Pa. The campground itself Is ok -Its clean amd the bath house is clean also - there just are not any private camp sites and not much shade

Best in off season. Very crowded. Smaller sites

we cold camped, biked, geocached, and chilled here several times

Pros: Reasonably priced, fairly quiet campground with full shower and bath houses. The tent site I was in was also nicely designed, with a tent 'pad', as well as full campfire ring, picnic table, and lantern hanging hook. There are tent, RV, and group sites at this campground.

Cons: The bath/shower houses could've used a much better cleaning (but were not the worst I've encountered). Also, I'm not from the area, and the drive to get to this out-of-the-way campground was awful. It's really far from a main highway (which isn't so bad), but the roads to get to the campground are hilly, winding country roads with 55 mph speed limits that I found way too fast if you're not a local. And the locals are really aggressive drivers.