State: Pennsylvania
Address 1: 2200 Rosstown Rd.
City: Lewisberry
Zip: 17339
Phone: 717-292-4112
Open: Open from mid Apr through mid Oct
Open all Year: No
Number of Sites: 339
Camp URL: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/giffordpinchot.aspx#staythenight
Full Hook: Yes
Gifford Pinchot State Park, a 2,338-acre full service park, is in northern York County along PA 177 between the towns of Rossville and Lewisberry. The park consists of reverting farm fields and wooded hillsides with the 340-acre Pinchot Lake serving as a prime attraction.
Camping: modern sites, some with electricity
With 339 campsites at the southern end of the lake, this park provides one of the largest state park campgrounds in the Commonwealth. The campground opens on the second Friday in April and closes by the end of October. All of the sites have macadam pads and can accommodate virtually any piece of camping equipment from a large motor home to the smallest tent. The campground has an accessible swimming beach, outdoor amphitheater, some accessible campsites, hiking trails, boat launching and mooring area, sanitary dumping stations, staffed campground office, and modern bathhouses with flush toilets and showers. Pets are permitted on designated sites.
Camping Cottages: Three cottages sleep five people in single bunks and double/single bunks, and have wooden floors, windows, electric heat, porch, picnic table, fire ring, electric lights and outlets. Nearby Bathhouse Seven provides toilets, showers, drinking water and a dishwashing station.
Recreational Opportunities
Trails – Biking – Horseback Riding – Picnicking – Swimming – Boating – Fishing – Hunting – Disc Golf – Wildlife Watching – Cross-country Skiing – Ice Fishing – Ice Skating – Iceboating – Organized Group Tenting – Yurts – Cabins – Camping Cottages – Camping