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Average nightly rates25 total sites
RV Sites
9 sites
Tent Sites
16 sites
About Outflow Recreation Area (PA)
Number of accommodations: 25
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
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Parking
Pet friendly
Parking and Transport
- Parking
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (80)
What Guests Are Saying
The Outflow Recreation Area offers a peaceful and quiet camping experience, with friendly hosts and well-maintained campsites. Visitors appreciate the beautiful scenery and spacious tent sites, especially during week-long stays. However, some facilities, particularly the restrooms and showers, need significant improvements, and the access road has potholes that could be better maintained.
What Guests Are Saying
The Outflow Recreation Area offers a peaceful and quiet camping experience, with friendly hosts and well-maintained campsites. Visitors appreciate the beautiful scenery and spacious tent sites, especially during week-long stays. However, some facilities, particularly the restrooms and showers, need significant improvements, and the access road has potholes that could be better maintained.
Review Summary
Ray H
VerifiedMay 27, 2021 • Stayed at: 219, Loop: 2
My tent site had old leaf litter from last year and un-Mowed that I wouldn't dare have a fire because the fire ring & the whole area was full of old dried leaves...
My picnic table was old and had peeling paint terrible, unusable....!
My loop had no working water spigot, the only water was a distance away...
Nevertheless I enjoyed "Peter's Run" the creek behind my site, it made the site appealable to me.... I stayed one night, and was up at dawn the next day packing to leave... I was out of there by 8:30 a.m.
Jeffrey S
VerifiedMay 7, 2021 • Stayed at: 202, Loop: 1
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Abigail M
VerifiedSeptember 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 202, Loop: 1
Camping site was clean and bathrooms were not that bad! This is my third year coming to this campground and I plan on coming back soon!
Jeff P
VerifiedSeptember 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 223, Loop: 2
Good hiking and boating nearby.
Good size campsites.
Tina G
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2020 • Stayed at: 213, Loop: 2
Quiet, lovely, relaxing
Jess M
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 220, Loop: 2
The park grounds were clean; I would recommend going for the first 20 sites. 30 to 33 we were kinda on top of one of another. We did like the river it was quite beautiful.
Francisco Manuel S
VerifiedAugust 9, 2020 • Stayed at: 211, Loop: 1
Camping limpio, organizado, con baños y trails cerca. Nos llovió por la noche, y aún así estuvimos a gusto.
Casey R
VerifiedJune 18, 2020 • Stayed at: 207, Loop: 1
We made our reservation and paid online, drove an hour and a half, only to get there and find the entire road and facility blocked off saying no entry. I called the number posted on the USACE sign on the blockade as well as the number for the park I found online with no responses. After walking in on foot to investigate and finding no buildings open or other signs of life, we decided it best not to stay because with my luck a ranger or someone would show up later that night and tell us to pack up. Very frustrating.
David G
VerifiedJune 14, 2020 • Stayed at: 215, Loop: 2
Great campground. I’ve stayed here 5 times.
Mike B
VerifiedJanuary 15, 2020 • Stayed at: 214, Loop: 2
Great place to tent camp.
Location Outflow Recreation Area (PA)
Address:
Tionesta Lake Po Box 539
Tionesta, PA, 16353
United States
From Pittsburgh take I-79 North. Merge onto I-80 East exit 116a toward Clarion for 9.8 miles. Take the PA-8 exits 29 toward Barkeyville. Turn Left onto Pa-8/State Route 8 for 16.4 miles. Turn right on US-62 and follow US-62 for 34 miles. Turn right onto 36 South in to Tionesta. Turn right at the stop sign and continue 36 south for 2.0 miles and South Elm Street 1.5 miles into the Outflow Recreation Area.
From Warren travel US-62 South for 30 miles take left onto South Elm Street 1.5 miles into the Outflow Recreation Area.
Outflow Recreation Area is accessible via I-79 and I-80, with connections to PA-8 and US-62 providing routes into Tionesta.
Elevation: 324 feet
1.5 mi drive to downtown Tionesta (about 5 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
12PM
General
- If you are arriving without a campground reservation, you must pay for camping before you park.
- Visit the Tionesta Recreation Area booth, Recreation.gov or call 1-877-444-6777 to determine if campsites are open and to pay for open sites. Preferred method of payments at the Tionesta Recreation Area booth will be credit/debit card or check.
- If you have reserved a campsite and wish to change campsites upon arrival, you must call Recreation.gov at 1-877-444-6777.
- For the Tionesta Lake office call: (814) 755-3512
- For the Tionesta Recreation Area: (814) 755-3592
- Parking on the grass is prohibited.
- Two vehicles maximum per campsite.
- No alcoholic beverages.
- There is a limit of 1 wheeled camper and 1 tent per campsite, or 2 tents per campsite.
- Don't Move Firewood: 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.
- Pennsylvania state law requires children under 13 to wear a personal flotation device; all people on boats less than 16 feet in length and all canoes and kayaks must also wear a PFD Alcoholic beverages are prohibited If you have any questions about the rules and regulations for the Tionesta Recreation Area please call the Ranger Station, 814-755-3512
- 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
