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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (1212)
What Guests Are Saying
Shenango Rec Area Campground offers a beautiful setting with lovely lake views and spacious, well-maintained sites, making it a great spot for camping, biking, and kayaking. The staff is friendly and helpful, and many visitors enjoyed the clean facilities, though some bathrooms could use improvement. Overall, guests had positive experiences and plan to return, appreciating the campground's peaceful atmosphere and accessibility to water activities.
What Guests Are Saying
Shenango Rec Area Campground offers a beautiful setting with lovely lake views and spacious, well-maintained sites, making it a great spot for camping, biking, and kayaking. The staff is friendly and helpful, and many visitors enjoyed the clean facilities, though some bathrooms could use improvement. Overall, guests had positive experiences and plan to return, appreciating the campground's peaceful atmosphere and accessibility to water activities.
Review Summary
June S
VerifiedJuly 8, 2021 • Stayed at: 302, Loop: NDUC
Stay away from Shenango Rec Area at this time if you have a small camper with limited holding tanks. Because of what I believe is poor management and planning of the road upgrade, the restrooms are closed and porta Johns and make shift showers must be used. Although I've recently heard that the make shift "dump station" has been altered it is still not conveniently positioned for smaller units and is very difficult to dump the black and gray water. We have been cancelled out of our reservations for Memorial Day weekend and Fourth of July, also! The way it looks at present, our Labor Day weekend reservation will most likely be cancelled as well! Because of this, we were able to make reservations at Pymatuning State Park Ohio over July 4th and Labor Day as well! We like it better and will now make it our go to place to camp from now on! It's sad because we've camped since it opened!
June S
VerifiedJuly 8, 2021 • Stayed at: 302, Loop: NDUC
Stay away from Shenango Rec Area at this time if you have a small camper with limited holding tanks. Because of what I believe is poor management and planning of the road upgrade, the restrooms are closed and porta Johns and make shift showers must be used. Although I've recently heard that the make shift "dump station" has been altered it is still not conveniently positioned for smaller units and is very difficult to dump the black and gray water. We have been cancelled out of our reservations for Memorial Day weekend and Fourth of July, also! The way it looks at present, our Labor Day weekend reservation will most likely be cancelled as well! Because of this, we were able to make reservations at Pymatuning State Park Ohio over July 4th and Labor Day as well! We like it better and will now make it our go to place to camp from now on! It's sad because we've camped since it opened!
Dawn F
VerifiedJuly 4, 2021 • Stayed at: 269, Loop: NDUC
Cancel our camping because it’s been closed since March 29 to repair 1/4 mi section of the main rd to lake, pine ,and canal loop that NOTHING has been done to get it finished. No bathrooms or showers working, did bring in portable showers/ bathrooms so disappointed, so many people had their whole summer ruined because of poor management of such a small section of the road, not much of a water front on new duck loop. Not sure who is in charge but this needs looked into !! Job jonnys parked in the sun not cleaned or empty in HEAT from sun. No dump station !! Hopefully this gets finished ASAP
Edward H
VerifiedJuly 4, 2021 • Stayed at: 291, Loop: NDUC
Paid full price to stay at a non electric site to only find out after we arrived and set up that none of the facilities are working properly.
Dawn F
VerifiedJuly 4, 2021 • Stayed at: 269, Loop: NDUC
Cancel our camping because it’s been closed since March 29 to repair 1/4 mi section of the main rd to lake, pine ,and canal loop that NOTHING has been done to get it finished. No bathrooms or showers working, did bring in portable showers/ bathrooms so disappointed, so many people had their whole summer ruined because of poor management of such a small section of the road, not much of a water front on new duck loop. Not sure who is in charge but this needs looked into !! Job jonnys parked in the sun not cleaned or empty in HEAT from sun. No dump station !! Hopefully this gets finished ASAP
Edward H
VerifiedJuly 4, 2021 • Stayed at: 291, Loop: NDUC
Paid full price to stay at a non electric site to only find out after we arrived and set up that none of the facilities are working properly.
Paul P
VerifiedJuly 1, 2021 • Stayed at: 201, Loop: ODUC
The construction started at 6:30 every day. I know that isn't on the park but hearing tailgates hanging at that time is annoying. And the people around us were drinking ALL day and carrying around their glass bottles like it was no big deal!
Linda T
VerifiedJuly 1, 2021 • Stayed at: 238, Loop: NDUC
We were unaware that we would have to use porta potties. Then our tent site was the only site under water after heavy rains. With shortened office hours there was no staff to help resolve this and none of the hosts were out and about. All of this is unusual. We have enjoyed the campground on other stays and for other stays could give it 5 stars. Also from the website you wouldn’t know a large part of the campground was closed. Things you would like to know before leaving home.
Coletta R
VerifiedJuly 1, 2021 • Stayed at: 210, Loop: ODUC
Campground was very well kept. Bathrooms were always clean.
Paul P
VerifiedJuly 1, 2021 • Stayed at: 201, Loop: ODUC
The construction started at 6:30 every day. I know that isn't on the park but hearing tailgates hanging at that time is annoying. And the people around us were drinking ALL day and carrying around their glass bottles like it was no big deal!
Location & Directions for Shenango Rec Area Campground
2442 Kelly Road, Hermitage, PA 16148 United States
Elevation: 272 ft
Getting There
Take Exit 4B (formerly Exit 1) off I-80 and follow Route 18 north about 6 mi until you cross the lake's causeway. The park is on the left, but this is a divided highway. Continue north about 1/4 mi, take the Birchwood Drive exit, make the turn-aro...
Take Exit 4B (formerly Exit 1) off I-80 and follow Route 18 north about 6 mi until you cross the lake's causeway. The park is on the left, but this is a divided highway. Continue north about 1/4 mi, take the Birchwood Drive exit, make the turn-around and go south on Route 18. Before you cross the causeway again, make a right onto West Lake Road and travel approximately 1/4 mi to the park entrance on the left. Shenango Recreation Area address: 492 West Lake Road, Transfer, Pa. 16154
Highway access
The campground is accessible via I-80, with Exit 4B leading to Route 18 north, which is approximately 6 miles from the interstate.
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Last updated: October 23, 2026