About Tompkins
Number of accommodations: 114
Campground Amenities
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Dump Station
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (322)
What Guests Are Saying
Tompkins Campground offers spacious, clean sites and a friendly, helpful staff, making it a favorite for families. Guests appreciate the peaceful atmosphere, beautiful lake views, and well-maintained facilities, though some areas, like certain bathrooms and trails, could use upgrades. Overall, visitors enjoy their stays and hope for the campground to remain open longer into the fall.
What Guests Are Saying
Tompkins Campground offers spacious, clean sites and a friendly, helpful staff, making it a favorite for families. Guests appreciate the peaceful atmosphere, beautiful lake views, and well-maintained facilities, though some areas, like certain bathrooms and trails, could use upgrades. Overall, visitors enjoy their stays and hope for the campground to remain open longer into the fall.
Review Summary
Thomas B
July 25, 2020
relaxing
Melvin H
VerifiedJuly 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 25, Loop: KNOL
Rangers are super. Host are great. Only negative is the same its been for about 3 years. The grass is very tall. mowing less every year. Even when they mow its still about 5" high. Terrible.
Anthony B
VerifiedJuly 22, 2020 • Stayed at: 42, Loop: BENC
A nice quiet full hookup and water feature park with many area attractions a short drive away should you desire Grand Canyon of Pa. (Wellsboro) , Corning Ny (Glass Center and main drag restaurant museum and outlet stores, Watkins Glen a little further, or stay at Tompkins for Boating ,fishing skiing ,kayaking or swimming
Bruce C
July 20, 2020
Everything was good. My only complaint was my sister set some wood at my site just before we arrived as it was evening before I got there. The camp host stole my wood 1/2 hour before I arrived. The neighbor camp told me who stole my wood. My sister confronted them. They would not respond. The wood was kiln dried cut offs being unique. Host just sat there not responding. Such a shame to deal with someone so dishonest.
Scott B
VerifiedJuly 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 55, Loop: BENC
Very nice campsite. Well shaded, near the water. Plenty of firewood around to forage for, and right next to a nice fishing hole - if you're into those things. Would definitely stay again.
Scott B
VerifiedJuly 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 85, Loop: COVE
This particular campsite (#85) was not very well-shaded.
Brian S
VerifiedJuly 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 86, Loop: COVE
Tompkins Campground at Cowenesque Lake is a very nice "basic" campground. I say basic because it is not an RV resort with playgrounds and amusements for the kids, just good old fashioned camping. There is a nice beach at the lake for swimming and if you want to boat or fish, this is a great place. We stayed in a loop with water and electric, while most of the rest of the loops had full hookups. The sites are well spaced and nicely arranged. Once they complete the sewer hookups in the Cove loop, this facility would rate 5 stars, especially for those with a Senior Interagency Pass.
Robert H
VerifiedJuly 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 64, Loop: COVE
Been coming here since being opened.Found no one at the check-in building and just wander around to find the camp site.The site was clean but the pad was all moss and needed a good cleaning.All an all this is not what expect from what we know the sites where in the pass.Virus is not an excuse for what we found. We will probley stay again but will have to find a better site.
Morgan M
VerifiedJuly 13, 2020 • Stayed at: 61, Loop: COVE
Great place
Nikita R
VerifiedJuly 12, 2020 • Stayed at: 42, Loop: BENC
Very nice family environment! Our favorite place to stay off and on all summer. Very friendly and knowledgeable volunteers!
Location Tompkins
Address:
66 North Shore Lane
Lawrenceville, PA, 16929
United States
Take U.S. Highway 15 to the Lawrenceville/Route 49 exit. Go one mile east on Route 49 to Lawrenceville. At the traffic light turn left onto State Route 287. Cross the Cowanesque River Bridge at the edge of town and make an immediate left turn onto Bliss Road. Continue 5 miles to the campground entrance.
Latitude & Longitude: 41.9808 / -77.1894
Elevation: 348 feet
Policies & Rules
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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. |
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All reservations must be made on www.recreation.gov or by calling (877) 444-6777 prior to arrival. Reservations to include any reservation changes, such as cancel, refund requests, site transfer, or date changes cannot be made at facility location. |
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Campers are limited to 3 camping units per site, 2 of which must be a tent or 3 tents in total. No more than 7 people per site or one family |
