Outflow Camping

OUTFLOW CAMPGROUND
Outflow Campground
OUTFLOW
Yough Lake

Featured amenities

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

Sites & Rates

Average nightly rates

72 total sites

RV Sites

50 sites

Tent Sites

22 sites

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

Activities & Attractions

Nearby

Boating

Boating

Spring Summer Fall
Canoeing

Canoeing

Spring Summer Fall
Fishing

Fishing

Year-round
Hiking

Hiking

Year-round
Kayaking

Kayaking

Spring Summer Fall
Swimming

Swimming

Summer

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

Campground Amenities

Most popular amenities

Pet friendly Pet friendly
River Access River Access
Showers Showers
Playground Playground
RV Utilities and Hookups

RV Utilities and Hookups

  • Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene

Water and Hygiene

  • Potable Water
  • Showers
On Site Services

On Site Services

  • Playground
Water Access

Water Access

  • River Access
Pets and Policies

Pets and Policies

  • Pet friendly
Missing information?

Rates, Sites & Availability

Select check-in and check-out dates to see real-time availability for each site.

72 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 002, Loop: MAPL RV
50 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 003, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 004, Loop: MAPL RV
50 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 005, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 006, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 007, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 008, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 009, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 010, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 011, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 012, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 013, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 014, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 015, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 016, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 017, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 018, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 019, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 020, Loop: MAPL RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 021, Loop: MAPL RV
50 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 022, Loop: LOCU RV
50 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 023, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 024, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 025, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 026, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 027, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 028, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
029, Loop: LOCU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
030, Loop: LOCU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
031, Loop: LOCU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
032, Loop: LOCU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
033, Loop: LOCU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
🚐 034, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
035, Loop: LOCU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
🚐 036, Loop: LOCU RV
50 Amp · Water & Electric
🚐 037, Loop: LOCU RV
50 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 038, Loop: LOCU RV
50 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 039, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 040, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 041, Loop: LOCU RV
30 Amp · Electric Only
🚐 042, Loop: LOCU RV
50 Amp · Water & Electric
🚐 043, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 044, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
045, Loop: SPRU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
046, Loop: SPRU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
047, Loop: SPRU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
048, Loop: SPRU Tent
6 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
🚐 049, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 050, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 051, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 052, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 053, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 054, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 055, Loop: SPRU RV
50 Amp · Water & Electric
🚐 056, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 057, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 058, Loop: SPRU RV
No Hookups
🚐 059, Loop: SYCA RV
No Hookups
🚐 060, Loop: SYCA RV
No Hookups
🚐 061, Loop: SYCA RV
No Hookups
1A, Loop: REAR Tent
40 guests · Campfire · Pet Friendly
Hike and Bike Sites - 10, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 11, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 17, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 2, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 20, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 23, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 25, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 27, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 4, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites - 7, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
Hike and Bike Sites, Loop: Hike and Bike Tent
5 guests · Pet Friendly

Reviews (459)

What Guests Are Saying

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.

Review Summary

4.4
459 reviews
5
60.3%
277
4
26.1%
120
3
9.4%
43
2
2.2%
10
1
2.0%
9

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.

Daniel F

Verified

September 30, 2020 Stayed at: Hike and Bike Sites, Loop: Hike and Bike

4

Nice site for bikers on the GAP trail. Convenient to local stores and restaurants. Decent showers and restrooms.

Geoffrey D

Verified

September 27, 2020 Stayed at: 039, Loop: LOCU

4

Excellent camping grounds for a nice getaway. Would of got all stars, but the bathroom needed some upgrades and cleaned a little better. But it was definitely good and usable.

Check the place out!!!!

Genevieve P

Verified

September 24, 2020 Stayed at: 055, Loop: SPRU

4

Lovely, peaceful & relaxing at this campground-
The camp hosts were simply the best! They were attentive to their guests and took good care of this facility. Thanks for your hospitality!
It’s a short, scenic ride to Ohiopyle.

Susan R

Verified

September 20, 2020 Stayed at: 046, Loop: SPRU

3

Seems like a very good campground for RVs. Few trees, camp sites are close together, and campers are prohibited from hanging anything from the few trees So not a great campground for hammock campers. Bathrooms are very nice, and hot water is plentiful

cherie G

Verified

September 16, 2020 Stayed at: 035, Loop: LOCU

4

Nothing to put hear at this time

Kayla L

Verified

September 16, 2020 Stayed at: 1A, Loop: REAR

5

What a great site and awesome camp host. The facilities were clean and well-maintained, definitely will be going back

Dazhi J

Verified

September 12, 2020 Stayed at: 056, Loop: SPRU

1

Not very well maintained. The bathroom was dirty and smelly. Gate doesn't close after dark and someone arrived at 3:30 am in the lot next to us and woke everybody up. Then there were trains passing by before and after 5 am.

DON and ROBIN S

Verified

September 6, 2020 Stayed at: 028, Loop: LOCU

4

We love camping at Outflow. I wish all the sites had electric.

Location Outflow Camping

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

Elevation: 405 feet

Distance to downtown

1.2 mi drive to downtown Confluence (about 4 min)

Policies & Rules

General

  • 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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Last updated: September 10, 2026

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