The Outflow Camping Area is located on Youghiogheny River Lake in the heart of the Laurel Highlands. The lake spans the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. Clean waters, forested mountains and steep-sided valleys provide an unsurpassed setting for recreational opportunities.
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Outflow Camping offers a beautiful, well-maintained campground with friendly hosts and clean facilities, making it a preferred choice for nature lovers and cyclists alike. Guests appreciate the scenic location near the bike trail and river, as well as the range of recreational activities available in the area. While some minor issues were mentioned, such as noise disturbances and proximity of campsites, the overall experience is positive, with many guests planning to return.
This site isn't super large but it is plenty large enough for a car and sizable tent. One really good thing is that if you don't like walking very far to the bathroom in the middle of the night, this campsite is right next to out the bathroom building. While you're there, you will probably hear a hum and that hum is coming from the generators on the river. Just a couple hundred yards away. It's kind of like a white noise. The bathrooms were clean and in good shape, as were the showers. If you want to be near that building site 42, 43, 44, and 45 are all a very short walking distance away from the entrance.
This was my first stop Riding from Cumberland to Pittsburgh. Everyone I encountered seemed very pleasant. Facilities were very clean and well maintained. I would definitely camp here again!
We were doing a portion of the GAP trail on our bikes from West Newton to Meyersdale. Outflow Campground provided a good stopping point just over 1/2 way. The hiker biker campsite was great. It was pretty easy to find off the GAP. We were hammock camping, so it was nice that there were hammock poles set up. They were a bit close together, but we were able to make them work.
Beautiful setting along the river. Probably the most well-kept public campground I have been at in my almost 50 years of camping. Restrooms/showers showing some age but were kept very clean. The only down side is the picnic table can't be moved so you need a cover if you want shade. You could tell who was an experienced camper at that campground and who were the newbies. Filling up your water tanks wasn't easy. We lucked out and had a water spigot close enough to our spot we could fill up after parking, but not the case for 90% of the sites.
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Location & Directions for Outflow Camping
1579 Mae West Road, Confluence, PA 15424 United States
Reservations must be made for the entire holiday weekend,.
Early checkout will not be refunded on holiday weekend reservations,.
All reservations and changes will need to be made through www.recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777
Reservations must be made online or by calling the 1-877-444-6777
This is the Outflow Campground at Youghiogheny Lake, not the Tionesta Rec Area Campground at the Outflow at Tionesta Lake
Alcohol is prohibited
The release warning siren from hydropower plant will be heard in the campground
All sites are 100% reservable
Maximum of two tents or one tent and one trailer allowed per site
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Phone number for Resource Managers Office (814) 395-3242
Camping at one or more campsites at any one water resource project for a period
longer than 14 days during any 30-consecutive-day period is prohibited without the
written permission of the District Commander.
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