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Does anyone know of any good campgrounds in Pennsylvania? We will be tent camping. Thank You!
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In south-east pennsylvania, I have been to two campgrounds, both tent camping. The first one was French Creek State Park. The next was Cranberry Run in the Poconos. I absolutely hated Cranberry Run. French Creek was a blast though. They both have showers and bathrooms. French creek has many miles of hiking trails, a pool, boat rentals, a store, two lakes, and it is very fun. Cranberry run had a dirty pond, and maybe a small store. We HAD to buy firewood there (but we didn't). They said there are toxins in the wood that we could release by burning wood. We didn't listen, and we just burned it. The lake (that's what they called it) was really a small, dirty, murky pond. It was too dirty to even swim in it. It was literally green! There were no trails or pools or anything like that. It was in the poconos however, which was very scenic. There was the Appalachian trail close by, and a bunch of other trails. My mom and my sister both hate camping, but this was not that bad for them, and wasn't hardcore camping.
If you want something more hardcore, try northern Pennsylvania (the Pennsylvania wilds). This includes Tioga county, also known as the grand cannons of Pennsylvania. This is Where my dad used to hunt. It is very mountainous. This is serious backpack and tent camping, no sissy little trailers here.
Stick with the state parks, and you can't go wrong. Below is a link to French Creek, and a link to a park finder.
Here is a link to French Creek-
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/frenchcreek.aspx
Here is a link which does a great job of helping you find a state park-
http://www.pa.reserveworld.com/
Your user name says you're a mom. If you aren't looking forward to camping, just relax. Pack some comfort Items, such as music, a book, and bugspray. I am a boy, and love camping, so I can't give great advice on avoiding going camping, but there is not much you can do.
In south-east pennsylvania, I have been to two campgrounds, both tent camping. The first one was French Creek State Park. The next was Cranberry Run in the Poconos. I absolutely hated Cranberry Run. French Creek was a blast though. They both have showers and bathrooms. French creek has many miles of hiking trails, a pool, boat rentals, a store, two lakes, and it is very fun. Cranberry run had a dirty pond, and maybe a small store. We HAD to buy firewood there (but we didn't). They said there are toxins in the wood that we could release by burning wood. We didn't listen, and we just burned it. The lake (that's what they called it) was really a small, dirty, murky pond. It was too dirty to even swim in it. It was literally green! There were no trails or pools or anything like that. It was in the poconos however, which was very scenic. There was the Appalachian trail close by, and a bunch of other trails. My mom and my sister both hate camping, but this was not that bad for them, and wasn't hardcore camping.
If you want something more hardcore, try northern Pennsylvania (the Pennsylvania wilds). This includes Tioga county, also known as the grand cannons of Pennsylvania. This is Where my dad used to hunt. It is very mountainous. This is serious backpack and tent camping, no sissy little trailers here.
Stick with the state parks, and you can't go wrong. Below is a link to French Creek, and a link to a park finder.
Here is a link to French Creek-
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/frenchcreek.aspx
Here is a link which does a great job of helping you find a state park-
http://www.pa.reserveworld.com/
Your user name says you're a mom. If you aren't looking forward to camping, just relax. Pack some comfort Items, such as music, a book, and bugspray. I am a boy, and love camping, so I can't give great advice on avoiding going camping, but there is not much you can do.
What are good places to pitch a tent for free on a road trip?
B.K.
I'm taking a three day trip with two friends. We'll be going through West Virginia and Pennsylvania. We plan to sleep in a tent but I was thinking we could just pull off the road and stick a bag in the window, hike into the woods about 20 feet and set up a tent. Any ideas? I really wish I could just pitch a tent at rest areas but I'm sure that's illegal. Looking for free sleep. No reason we should have to pay just to sleep.
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Rest areas are generally non-camping but check the signs in any place you get to. There might be tents in a place already or there may be a camping allowed or no camping notice.
Round here we call it wild camping away from a recognized camp site and most places it's not legal but thousands of folks do it.
The ones who do it right so they don't get found carry on dong it. Some get fined or bawled out and stop doing it. Those are the ones who didn't do it right.
I've done it for more than forty years, on five continents so far.
20 feet is peanuts. Get fifty or a hundred feet from a road at least and get hidden where there are no paths nearby where people can come by and spot you.
No fires. They make smoke and light and send odors on the wind. Take a camping stove or a disposable BBQ.
The car is the biggest problem. Find a place you can get natural cover for it like rocks or bushes and put a big dull sheet over it to stop reflections from windows and generally hide the whole car, so don't make it look car-shaped.
Peg it out wide so it blends in and it looks like a mound instead of a car.. Green or brown or a mixture are generally good but you know what kind of country you're driving though.
Sounds like its going to be verdent green lovely countryside with a lot of foliage to help you along.
Nice. Lots of thick foliage is a real treat for hiding cars trucks and tanks..
Put up a separate tent or sleep under the car cover in a sleeping bag. Get it done late in the evening and get it down early in the morning and then clear away all 'camping' signs.
Drive off and eat someplace else away from the flat grass you left behind.
That's called cleaning the area, a necessary part of military camps. Everything gets tidied up.
One piece of paper or a cigarette butt can give away the location, identify the occupants as friend or enemy, and cost lives later.
First time you may be unsure and nervy a bit, but as life progresses you pick up the ways and get real good at not being where you are and never having been there when you leave.
The flat grass will get upright again and by then you're long gone, many miles away.
Have a great trip, stay safe, and stay easy. Free sleeps help a long journey fine. You've only got two nights to worry about so there's no big sweat if you stay well away from towns and places where people are likely to roam.
For the technical stuff....there is a list. Taught to many guys in many classes in my Army days.
Shape Shine Shadow Color Tone Texture Movement Sound....SSSCTTMS
Get the rhythm of those words....da da deeda deeda, daa dadee dadee daa...a song rhythm.
Helps the list flow off your tongue easy that way round.
Have a load of fun......Eat good for long journeys. Take care.
Rest areas are generally non-camping but check the signs in any place you get to. There might be tents in a place already or there may be a camping allowed or no camping notice.
Round here we call it wild camping away from a recognized camp site and most places it's not legal but thousands of folks do it.
The ones who do it right so they don't get found carry on dong it. Some get fined or bawled out and stop doing it. Those are the ones who didn't do it right.
I've done it for more than forty years, on five continents so far.
20 feet is peanuts. Get fifty or a hundred feet from a road at least and get hidden where there are no paths nearby where people can come by and spot you.
No fires. They make smoke and light and send odors on the wind. Take a camping stove or a disposable BBQ.
The car is the biggest problem. Find a place you can get natural cover for it like rocks or bushes and put a big dull sheet over it to stop reflections from windows and generally hide the whole car, so don't make it look car-shaped.
Peg it out wide so it blends in and it looks like a mound instead of a car.. Green or brown or a mixture are generally good but you know what kind of country you're driving though.
Sounds like its going to be verdent green lovely countryside with a lot of foliage to help you along.
Nice. Lots of thick foliage is a real treat for hiding cars trucks and tanks..
Put up a separate tent or sleep under the car cover in a sleeping bag. Get it done late in the evening and get it down early in the morning and then clear away all 'camping' signs.
Drive off and eat someplace else away from the flat grass you left behind.
That's called cleaning the area, a necessary part of military camps. Everything gets tidied up.
One piece of paper or a cigarette butt can give away the location, identify the occupants as friend or enemy, and cost lives later.
First time you may be unsure and nervy a bit, but as life progresses you pick up the ways and get real good at not being where you are and never having been there when you leave.
The flat grass will get upright again and by then you're long gone, many miles away.
Have a great trip, stay safe, and stay easy. Free sleeps help a long journey fine. You've only got two nights to worry about so there's no big sweat if you stay well away from towns and places where people are likely to roam.
For the technical stuff....there is a list. Taught to many guys in many classes in my Army days.
Shape Shine Shadow Color Tone Texture Movement Sound....SSSCTTMS
Get the rhythm of those words....da da deeda deeda, daa dadee dadee daa...a song rhythm.
Helps the list flow off your tongue easy that way round.
Have a load of fun......Eat good for long journeys. Take care.
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