About Tionesta Rec. Area Campground
Number of accommodations: 118
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Pet friendly
Showers
RV Utilities and Hookups
- Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene
- Showers
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (928)
What Guests Are Saying
Tionesta Recreation Area Campground is a clean and well-maintained site offering spacious campsites with full hookups and a peaceful atmosphere ideal for families. Visitors appreciate the variety of activities available, including fishing, biking, and exploring local trails, as well as friendly camp hosts who enhance the experience. While some reviews mention the need for bathroom updates, overall satisfaction suggests it's a favorite camping destination.
What Guests Are Saying
Tionesta Recreation Area Campground is a clean and well-maintained site offering spacious campsites with full hookups and a peaceful atmosphere ideal for families. Visitors appreciate the variety of activities available, including fishing, biking, and exploring local trails, as well as friendly camp hosts who enhance the experience. While some reviews mention the need for bathroom updates, overall satisfaction suggests it's a favorite camping destination.
Review Summary
Daniel S
VerifiedAugust 24, 2021 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: 1
Camp host and staff visited our site three times to make sure we were good! First two were informative, helpful, and very courteous! The third, a female, switching our placard out on our signpost for our "extra night" that we had purchased prior to arriving at the campground, made us feel like we were putting her out by trying to explain why we had the extra night purchased. She made comments like, "well that the kind of thing that keeps us busy around here", and, "I guess that will give us something to do on the computer, but computers are wonderful, they will allow us to fix anything!"
She was the only snarky person we met the entire weekend! So I guess that was a "very good" weekend! It is the only thing that kept me from rating an EXCELLENT!
Also, it rained very hard for 5 hours on Friday eve into Sat. morning. Your drainage system is amazing!! The sites are all pea-graveled and crowned, yet level! The drainage ditches worked to perfection all around the campground except for one spot involving two sites. Very impressive! Overall, we were very impressed with the campground, the trails, the water resources and the town. We will be back again!
Daniel S
VerifiedAugust 24, 2021 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: 1
Camp host and staff visited our site three times to make sure we were good! First two were informative, helpful, and very courteous! The third, a female, switching our placard out on our signpost for our "extra night" that we had purchased prior to arriving at the campground, made us feel like we were putting her out by trying to explain why we had the extra night purchased. She made comments like, "well that the kind of thing that keeps us busy around here", and, "I guess that will give us something to do on the computer, but computers are wonderful, they will allow us to fix anything!"
She was the only snarky person we met the entire weekend! So I guess that was a "very good" weekend! It is the only thing that kept me from rating an EXCELLENT!
Also, it rained very hard for 5 hours on Friday eve into Sat. morning. Your drainage system is amazing!! The sites are all pea-graveled and crowned, yet level! The drainage ditches worked to perfection all around the campground except for one spot involving two sites. Very impressive! Overall, we were very impressed with the campground, the trails, the water resources and the town. We will be back again!
David P
VerifiedAugust 23, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: 1
We had a very good time at campground lots to do fishing, boating, places to eat campground was very clean. There is playground for children, ball field and volley ball court so much to do.
David P
VerifiedAugust 23, 2021 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: 1
We had a very good time at campground lots to do fishing, boating, places to eat campground was very clean. There is playground for children, ball field and volley ball court so much to do.
Robert S
VerifiedAugust 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: 3
We did have a good time. The roadway into the park is very bumpy, would really help if you could do something with it. So glad to see you put in a new playground, grandkids love it. And the vollyball area being mowed is a big plus also. The bathrooms could use alittle more TLC.
Annette R
VerifiedAugust 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 036, Loop: 3
Always have a great experience here at Tionesta. Clean, organized and perfect fir a weekend at camping.
Robert S
VerifiedAugust 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: 3
We did have a good time. The roadway into the park is very bumpy, would really help if you could do something with it. So glad to see you put in a new playground, grandkids love it. And the vollyball area being mowed is a big plus also. The bathrooms could use alittle more TLC.
Annette R
VerifiedAugust 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 036, Loop: 3
Always have a great experience here at Tionesta. Clean, organized and perfect fir a weekend at camping.
Robert Y
VerifiedAugust 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 100, Loop: 4
Very nice site
Robert Y
VerifiedAugust 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 100, Loop: 4
Very nice site
Location Tionesta Rec. Area Campground
Address:
Tionesta Lake Po Box 539
Tionesta, PA, 16353
United States
From Tionesta, PA: Go 0.5 mile south on SR 36 and follow signs into
the campground.
The Tionesta Recreation Area Campground is accessible via State Route 36, which is approximately 0.5 miles north of the campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 41.4843 / -79.4491
Elevation: 320 feet
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
12PM
- Reservations are required before camping.
- Changes to campsite reservations must be made by calling Recreation.gov.
- Contact the Tionesta Lake office for inquiries.
- Contact the Tionesta Recreation Area for inquiries.
Vehicles & parking
- Parking on the grass is not allowed.
- A maximum of two vehicles are allowed per campsite.
Safety & rules
- Alcoholic beverages are not allowed on site.
- Children under 13 must wear a personal flotation device on boats, and all boaters on smaller vessels must wear one too.
Site capacity
- Campsites allow either 1 wheeled camper and 1 tent, or 2 tents.
- Camping longer than 14 days at a water resource project requires written permission.
Accessibility
- Sites 69 and 71 are designated for accessible camping with required passes.
Fires & fuel
- Do not move firewood; buy it locally and burn it on site.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
