Historic Fall Get-A-Way
We were looking for a semi-local final fall get-a-way near us. What better location for that than Gettysburg. We defaulted to RoundTop Campground since a majority of campgrounds in the area were booked at the time of our planning. No disparagement to RoundTop. I would guess the main reason for that being - it's the campground furtherest out from town but not by much. The drive in and out was never an issue or annoyance.
I would say the RoundTop is your average woodland campground. Your standard bells and whistles without too much extra fluff. I would assume the main purpose for most non-permanent visitors is to explore the battlefields and not spend too much time with campground amenities. With that said, we fond everything we needed or looked for as far as amenities, to be up to expectations.
Our site was clean and wooded. We had friendly couples from out of state on either side of us. Florida and New Hampshire. My only con (this is minor) about the site would be the picnic table SEATS had cloth coverings on them that held moisture. Not sure the reason someone thought that might be beneficial?? Made the table somewhat unusable at times.
Like I mentioned above, we were there to relax but also to explore the town and battlefields. Again the drive into town was short and had enough road side visuals to keep you from dwelling on the drive. There was also zero traffic (it was late October).
A list of things we did while staying at RoundTop:
- Battlefield audio tour
- Nighttime walking ghost tour
- Battlefield Brew Works
- Visited shops around the square
- Mr Ed's