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Topic ClosedPennsylvania’s Grand Canyon - Event Date: 02 Feb 2018

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    Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 3:51pm
Fred,
Thanks for the tip on Ricketts Glen State Park. Our oldest son married a girl from Wilkes-Bare so he's now marooned there forever more so were always on the look out for some place nearby that we can camp. Unfortunately we haven't found a whole lot of close by options to there.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 12:15pm
Dave,

Another park to consider is Ricketts Glen State park. If you like hiking a trail with one beautiful waterfall after the next, it's a must. This was one of our first podding experiences. We have learned a lot since then.


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P.S. Yes, I do remember seeing that homestead in the bottom of the canyon and wondering the same.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:49am
Originally posted by fwunder

Leonard Harrison State Park a few years back. Great spot for hiking and biking.


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Great photos Fred, thanks for sharing them. We didn't get time to hike down to the bottom of the canyon but just enjoyed the sights. I observed from the viewing area at the park down in the canyon that there is a little sliver of private land which some lucky owner has a cabin built on it across the river. I wish I could of seen how does the owners of this cabin gain access to their cabin? I could see with my binoculars no access road to it or view a bridge to it but that it has solar panels mounted for power. Interesting place and hope to explore more of the area and the upper Allegheny River area in the future.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 7:35am
Leonard Harrison State Park a few years back. Great spot for hiking and biking.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 5:17pm
Update! Well scratch the Grand Canyon of PA of our bucket list since we made to it a few weeks ago. Traveled west to east on Rt. 6 one of PA scenic highways which was interesting trip and went into Wellsboro, a really cool town and a must see if your in the area. Stayed at Grand Canyon Campground which was okay nothing great but not bad either. If I had to do it over again by arriving during a week day I could of probably score one of the few, I think there is 8 or 10, campsites at Leonard Harrison State park. Its a first come first serve campground, 30 & 50 amp service with water and dump station, and the campground is within walking distance of the overlook to the canyon. Beautiful place but since then I've learned there are some really nice places to camp north of Wellsboro at state park on a lake. Learned that after the fact from the guy who owns the RV repair shop I deal with who's family is from there, small world indeed, who I sent out an SOS from there when my converter died. Lucky I was smart enough to have taken along a battery charger so we just rolled on once he help me diagnosis the failed converter.   
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 8:05am
There a really nice KOA in E Stroudsburg. Been to it once nice and lots of restaurants and stuff a few miles away
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 6:40pm
Originally posted by lostagain

Are there camping places around the Del Water Gap on the NJ/PA border?  That area is really pretty.  We've gone for walks along the river there before moving away from NJ but I don't recall any camping areas.


Don't know off hand though you can look at State park list online for PA and NJ. Or check references as Google maps with just entering in campgrounds after you go to the area your interested in. Then there is the good ole old school method of getting a Good Sam RV Travel Guide and thumbing through the pages.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Mar 2018 at 12:53pm
Are there camping places around the Del Water Gap on the NJ/PA border?  That area is really pretty.  We've gone for walks along the river there before moving away from NJ but I don't recall any camping areas.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 1:23pm
The only other one we had been to was a campground probably halfway from Twin Grove to Wilkes-Barre, but we pulled in and proceeded to pull a quick U-turn. It was awful!
Will keep our eyes open when we swing through that area. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 11:32am
Leo, thanks for the recommendation of Twin Grove but as you say its a wee bit south of Wilkes Barre where our oldest lives. The closest campground we've found, time and distance wise, is Moyers Grove Campground in Wapwallopen (that's a mouthful to say!) Its rated four stars but at best I'd give it maybe three. It could of been when we stayed there but it seems to be a bit of a hillbilly heaven with having to listen to the blast of out door DJ music until 9:30 - 10pm on a Saturday night. If your into that more power to you. We stayed once at Lehigh Gorge Campground which is not far from 81 and just off 80, not bad but a little bit to far to drive to get into Wilkes-Barre.
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