4.2050 reviewsPrice
$28 - $60/night
Booking
Reservable
Sites
25 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Has Service
Pets
Very Pet Friendly
Price
$28 - $60/night
Booking
Reservable
Sites
25 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Has Service
Pets
Very Pet Friendly
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C/O PARKER DAM STATE PARK, PENFIELD, Pennsylvania, 15849, United States
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Learn more about alerts →Fall foliage seekers and wildlife watchers who want early-morning elk sightings without fighting weekend crowds. The swamp meadow edges concentrate deer and birds at dawn, the 3-mile trail starts right at camp, and weekday fall sites stay genuinely uncrowded.
I-80 highway noise is a real issue reviewers mention consistently, and tent campers won't get shower access unless they book a cabin. Sites are tight and close together, so anyone expecting seclusion will be disappointed.
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Fall delivers the best conditions: daytime highs between 45 and 60°F, nights dropping into the 30s, and peak color through the oak and hardwood canopy. The swamp meadows frame foliage views that attract far fewer crowds than better-known Pennsylvania leaf spots. Weekdays stay quiet even during peak color. Summer brings warm days and cool nights for sleeping. Winter opens snowmobile trails through the forest and across frozen meadows. Bring layers year-round at this elevation.
Peak fall color through oak/hardwood canopy is a highlight; fall review signal +1.00.
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Simon B. Elliott State Park offers a rustic camping experience with facilities catering to both cabin renters and tent campers. The park includes ADA-accessible cabins and restrooms in the cabin area, flush toilets in the campground, and pit toilets near the rustic cabins. Potable water is available from fresh water pumps distributed throughout the campground. Firewood bundles are sold for $5.00 on-site, but campers can also gather downed limbs for fires. A dump station is provided for RVs, but no RV-specific hookups are available. While there is no Wi-Fi, cell phone service is noted as being available by some reviewers.
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