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Outflow Camping

OUTFLOW CAMPGROUND
Outflow Campground
OUTFLOW
Yough Lake

Featured amenities

Pet Friendly
Pet Friendly
River Access
River Access
Showers
Showers
Playground
Playground

About Outflow Camping

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.

Number of accommodations: 72

Campground Amenities

  • Pet Friendly
    Pet Friendly
  • Potable Water
    Potable Water
  • River Access
    River Access
  • Showers
    Showers
  • Dump Station
    Dump Station
  • Playground
    Playground

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

Current season
Upcoming seasons
Past seasons
Closed periods
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Currently open - Apr 1 to Oct 5

Sites & Availability

72 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 002, Loop: MAPL
50 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 003, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 004, Loop: MAPL
50 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 005, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 006, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 007, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 008, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 009, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 010, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 011, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 012, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 013, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 014, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 015, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 016, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 017, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 018, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 019, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 020, Loop: MAPL
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 021, Loop: MAPL
50 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 022, Loop: LOCU
50 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 023, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 024, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 025, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 026, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 027, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 028, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
029, Loop: LOCU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
030, Loop: LOCU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
031, Loop: LOCU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
032, Loop: LOCU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
033, Loop: LOCU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 034, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
035, Loop: LOCU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 036, Loop: LOCU
50 Amp · Water & Electric
Price not available
🚐 037, Loop: LOCU
50 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 038, Loop: LOCU
50 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 039, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 040, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 041, Loop: LOCU
30 Amp · Electric Only
$48.00
/ per night
🚐 042, Loop: LOCU
50 Amp · Water & Electric
Price not available
🚐 043, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 044, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
045, Loop: SPRU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
046, Loop: SPRU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
047, Loop: SPRU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
048, Loop: SPRU
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 049, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 050, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 051, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 052, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 053, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 054, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 055, Loop: SPRU
50 Amp · Water & Electric
Price not available
🚐 056, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 057, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 058, Loop: SPRU
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 059, Loop: SYCA
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 060, Loop: SYCA
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
🚐 061, Loop: SYCA
No Hookups
$25.00
/ per night
1A, Loop: REAR
40 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 10, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 11, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 17, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 2, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 20, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 23, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 25, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 27, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 4, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites - 7, Loop: Hike and Bike
$0.00
/ per night
Hike and Bike Sites, Loop: Hike and Bike
5 guests · Pet Friendly
$0.00
/ per night

Reviews (387)

What Guests Are Saying

Outflow Camping offers a clean, well-maintained environment with friendly staff and convenient access to the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail, making it ideal for outdoor enthusiasts. The campground features level spots, hot showers, and proximity to fishing and scenic attractions like Falling Water. While some guests noted issues with tent pads and noise from generators, the overall experience is positive, highlighting the campground's beauty and helpful hosts.

Review Summary

4.4
387 reviews
5
57.9%
224
4
27.4%
106
3
10.1%
39
2
2.3%
9
1
2.3%
9

Rick S

Verified

April 17, 2021 Stayed at: 042, Loop: LOCU

5

Camp hosts are great people

Andrew L

Verified

April 17, 2021 Stayed at: 051, Loop: SPRU

4

Great trip! The grounds only had a few campers so everyone was very spaced out. Not sure I’d want to be here when grounds were full - lots are only 2-3 feet apart. Good facilities that were cleaned and the rangers visited every site to chat.

Gary & Andrea B

Verified

October 13, 2020 Stayed at: 037, Loop: LOCU

5

Great campground. Nice facilities.

Barry A

Verified

October 12, 2020 Stayed at: Hike and Bike Sites, Loop: Hike and Bike

4

I stay at this campground a lot while kayaking and biking. Nice place.

Len G

Verified

October 12, 2020 Stayed at: 058, Loop: SPRU

4

My first recommendation is that the Confluence Outflow campground remain open through Columbus Day.
Second, more sights should have electricity.
Third, there should be another full hook-up site near the bath house.
Fourth, day use and people fishing should enter through the gate off of Flanigan Rd to cut down on traffic through the camping area. Some vehicles travel a high speed. There are many walkers and bicyclists on that road. Some are small children.

Yingze Z

Verified

October 8, 2020 Stayed at: 057, Loop: SPRU

5

excellent

william j

Verified

October 5, 2020 Stayed at: 041, Loop: LOCU

5

Great campground!! The volunteer that ran the campground was awesome!!

Dennis G

Verified

October 5, 2020 Stayed at: 016, Loop: MAPL

4

Great access to GAP, Yough river, within walking distance to several good restrurants in town and short drive to Ohiopyle. Bathrooms with plenty of hot water and clean. Other activities include fishing, floating river.

THOMAS G

Verified

October 4, 2020 Stayed at: Hike and Bike Sites, Loop: Hike and Bike

5

I stayed at the Outflow Campground (in the Biker/Hiker area) while riding the GAP trail. Excellent campground with good showers that were quickly warm with good water pressure. A good restaurant a short walk away was very welcome. The price was great! I would consider camping here with my pop-up trailer as well.

GARY S

Verified

October 1, 2020 Stayed at: 036, Loop: LOCU

4

This is a very fine campground in a very nice region with beautiful scenery, many possible activities, and a great location. We enjoyed our camp here and will definitely return in the next season for longer stays. The only niggles we have are: (1) the season here ends too soon - end of first week of October - a great month for camping, (2) every site is provided with a super fireplace and it seems everyone wants a fire 24x7. The smoke is often very heavy and could be a problem for folks with respiratory issues. (3) The campsites are super engineered except for the black water dump pipes - they don't have the usual campground screw-in connection to allow a seamless and reliable connection for your gray/black water dumping. This means you have to hold your dump pipe in the doughnut adapter for any time your are emptying your gray or black water tanks. Not cool. Everything else is over-engineered except for this necessity. I would donate $ to the COE to have this done right. Cellular with AT&T was very good. Two and Three bars but 5G and very fast.

Location Outflow Camping

Address:
1579 Mae West Road
Confluence, PA, 15424
United States

Latitude & Longitude: 39.805 / -79.3669

Elevation: 405 feet

Policies & Rules

Category About
General

Reservations must be made for the entire holiday weekend, Friday through Sunday.

General

Early checkout will not be refunded on holiday weekend reservations, Friday through Sunday.

General

All reservations and changes will need to be made through www.recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777

General

Reservations must be made online or by calling the 1-877-444-6777

General

This is the Outflow Campground at Youghiogheny Lake, not the Tionesta Rec Area Campground at the Outflow at Tionesta Lake

General

Alcohol is prohibited

General

The release warning siren from hydropower plant will be heard in the campground

General

All sites are 100% reservable

General

Maximum of two tents or one tent and one trailer allowed per site

General

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.

General

Phone number for Resource Managers Office (814) 395-3242

General

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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