Description

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. 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.

Details

Website/URL http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/giffordpinchot.aspx

Phone Campground Office: 717-292-4112 Park Office: 717-432-5011

Features Biking, Boating, Cabins, Camping Cottages, Cross-country Skiing, Disc Golf, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Hunting, Ice Boating, Ice Fishing, Ice Skating, Organized Group Tenting, Picnicking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Yurts,