Boating

Sun Retreats Lancaster County

67 RV Sites, 26 Cabins, 24 Tent Sites, 1 Glamping Site, 1 Yurt, 2 Motel Rooms, 1 Tipi, 1 House, 1 Wagon

Sun Retreats Lancaster County in Narvon, Pennsylvania, offers 67 RV sites, 29 cabin, house, and motel-room units, 24 tent sites, and four glamping, tipi, wagon, and yurt accommodations around a six-acre lake, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Red Carpet categories join standard full-hookup sites behind a gated entrance. Sixty-seven sites span 30-amp and 50-amp full hookup, Red Carpet 50-amp full hookup, and Red Carpet pull-through categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The lodging range is exceptional — 29 cabins, houses, and motel rooms, plus tipi, wagon, and yurt options and 24 tent sites. A general store, boutique shop, laundry, propane exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The property was formerly Lake in Wood Camping Resort. The six-acre lake anchors the recreation, with boat rentals, boat docks, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating from the shoreline. An outdoor pool and splash pad, hot tub and sauna, mini-golf, a game room, arcade, recreation center, fitness center, and clubhouse cover the rest, with sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, and shuffleboard outdoors. Golf cart rentals, walking trails, a dog park, barn, and on-site dining round it out, with live music and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Narvon sits in the working Amish farmland of eastern Lancaster County, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $46/night

100 Mile View Camping

7 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites

100 Mile View Camping in Jim Thorpe, PA, offers 7 RV sites and 7 tent sites, with room for rigs up to 40 feet. Every site is a rustic campsite that takes either an RV or a tent, with a fire pit and picnic table. Be clear on what rustic means here: there are no hookups at the site — no water, sewer, or electric — and sanitation is by portable toilet, so come fully self-contained. The property is rated big rig friendly within its 40-foot limit. Pets are welcome. What you get instead of hookups is the view. The campground occupies 400 acres of rolling Pocono terrain and its high ridgeline delivers panoramas across multiple counties on a clear day — the name is not marketing. Walking trails, hiking, biking, and mountain biking run from the property, with boating and a state park nearby. Jim Thorpe sits three miles away, a Victorian town in the Lehigh Gorge that anchors this corner of the Poconos. Rates for RV and tent sites are on the booking page. Arrive self-contained and with water aboard — there is nothing to hook up to.

from $40/night

Sun Retreats Hospitality Creek

81 RV Sites, 19 Cabins, 4 Onsite RV/Trailers

Sun Retreats Hospitality Creek in Monroe, New Jersey, offers 85 full-hookup RV sites and 19 cabins on a lake, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Lakefront premium, lakefront standard, and lakeview premium categories join premium back-in and pull-through tiers, alongside a water park, beach, laser tag, and jumping pillow. Eighty-five sites span lakefront premium, lakefront standard, lakeview premium, premium back-in, and premium pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Three of the five categories are named for their relationship to the water, which tells you what the property is selling. Nineteen cabins and Jayco rental trailers round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A daily resort fee covers the jumping pillows, playgrounds, and the wider amenity program. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a lake and beach supporting boating, fishing, swimming, and inflatable water toys. Laser tag, an arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, a ball field, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, bike rentals, golf cart rentals, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, and on-site dining fill the rest. Gloucester County sits in the southern Pinelands between Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $64/night

Lakewood Park Campground

23 RV Sites

Lakewood Park Campground in Barnesville, PA, offers 23 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites come in four categories — back-in, deluxe back-in, pull-thru, and deluxe pull-thru — all carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. The campground is open all year, family-owned, and explicitly LGBTIQA+ friendly. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, propane fills, RV storage, and on-site dining cover the day-to-day, with cabins available for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome. The lake is the centerpiece: a fishing pier, boat docks, and boat and paddle boat rentals for fishing, boating, and paddling, plus a pavilion, playground, gaga ball, and planned activities. The property also serves as a wedding venue. Barnesville sits on 54 acres in Schuylkill County, three miles from the I-81 interchange in Pennsylvania's anthracite region, near Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine, and the Lehigh Gorge. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Deluxe pull-thrus are limited and book first on summer weekends.

from $60/night

Spacious Skies Country Oaks

133 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers

Spacious Skies Country Oaks in Weymouth, New Jersey, offers 135 RV sites, two cabins, and two tent sites in the Pine Barrens, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Premium patio pull-through and buddy site categories join a pool, jumping pillow, and lake. One hundred thirty-five sites span 30-amp back-in, 30-amp buddy back-in, 30/50-amp back-in, deluxe 30/50-amp pull-through, and premium patio 30/50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The buddy sites suit two families together, and the premium patio category adds outdoor living space. Two cabins and two tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. All guests check in at the main office and sign the terms on arrival. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a jumping pillow, arcade, recreation center, sports courts, basketball, horseshoes, and gem mining filling the grounds. A lake and pond support fishing, boating, canoeing, and kayaking, with walking trails, hiking, a playground, dog park, pavilion, snack bar, and golf cart rentals besides. Stargazing is strong under the Pine Barrens sky. The Pine Barrens is among the least-developed landscapes on the eastern seaboard — pitch pine, sand oak, and tea-colored cedar streams. Summer is the season. Reserve ahead.

from $32/night

Dingmans Campground

50 RV Sites, 82 Tent Sites

Dingmans Campground in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, offers 50 RV sites and 82 tent sites in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, with 20, 30, and 50-amp water-and-electric service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Forest RV sites join tent and RV categories with capacity limits stated up front, alongside a boat ramp, bike rentals, and river access. Fifty back-in sites span 20/30/50-amp forest RV, 20-amp forest tent/RV, and tent/no forest amenity RV categories with a stated 10-person maximum, carrying water and electric, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Plan around the hookups: sites carry water and electric but not sewer, so manage tank capacity and use the dump station. Accessible sites are available. Eighty-two tent sites make this a tent-first property — more tent sites than RV sites by a wide margin. A general store, dump station, restrooms, portable toilets, and firewood handle the practical side. A boat ramp and bike rentals open the Delaware for canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, boating, swimming, and fishing. Sports courts, volleyball, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, and picnicking fill the grounds, with planned activities and genuinely productive birding. Pets are welcome. The Delaware Water Gap protects one of the most scenic river valleys in the Northeast, with waterfall hikes, clean swimming pools in the river, and Pike County's forested Pocono highlands all at hand. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $46/night

Wake in the Woods Aquapark & Campground

Wake in the Woods Aquapark & Campground in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, offers camping and cabin rentals on a private seven-acre lake with an inflatable aqua park on the water, behind a gated entrance in the Pocono Mountains. Boat docks, boat rentals, a bar, and food trucks serve families and group events on historic Lake Genero. Tent sites and cabin rentals make up the accommodations, with corporate retreat and group event infrastructure on site. A general store, boutique shop, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout and a gated entrance controlling access. The inflatable aqua park is the signature. These are large floating structures with water slides, obstacles, and climbing features, designed to give swimmers a safe, genuinely demanding play area on open water — considerably more engaging than a pool, and the reason most families book. Boat docks, boat rentals, swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating fill out the water recreation, with sports courts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and community fire pit on land. A bar and visiting food trucks handle evenings, and the property also serves as a wedding venue. Stargazing and birding are strong across the forested acreage. Pets are welcome. Lake Ariel sits in Wayne County in the northeastern Pennsylvania lake district, where private lakes, state forest land, and ridge-and-valley terrain built the Pocono resort region's identity for Philadelphians from the nineteenth century onward. Summer is decisively the season for the aqua park. Reserve well ahead.

Kittatinny River Beach Campground

Kittatinny River Beach Campground in Milford, Pennsylvania, offers full-hookup RV sites, cabins, and tent camping across 18 acres directly on the Delaware River, with wooded, open field, and riverfront configurations. Its parent operation, Kittatinny Canoes, runs the region's most extensive fleet of rafts, kayaks, canoes, and tubes. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric in back-in and pull-through configurations with fire pits and picnic tables, alongside cabins and tent sites across more than 160 positions in wooded, field, and riverfront settings. A general store, dump station, restrooms, and firewood handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. The river operation is what sets this apart. Kittatinny Canoes offers self-guided rafts, kayaks, canoes, and tubes for trips of every length and difficulty on the Upper Delaware, which eliminates the outfitter logistics that usually complicate a river trip — you book the boat and the campsite together. A beach sits on the property, with swimming, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and birding from the water and a pond and playground on the grounds. The campground sits three miles from the borough of Milford at the northern tip of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, with mountains and river frontage on every side. Summer river season is decisively the peak — this is a water-recreation property first, and demand tracks the tubing and rafting calendar. Reserve well ahead for July and August weekends, when the Upper Delaware corridor fills.

from $60/night

Sun Retreats Avalon

30 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites

Sun Retreats Avalon in Middle Township, New Jersey, offers 30 full-hookup RV sites and seven tent sites on the Cape May Peninsula, with 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Premium back-in, back-in, and pull-through 50-amp categories join a lake, beach, mini-golf, fishing pier, and bar. Thirty sites span back-in 50-amp, premium back-in 50-amp, and pull-thru 50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One thing to check before booking: service is 50-amp throughout, so bring an adapter if your rig runs 30. Seven tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, and a snack bar handle the practical side. The property was formerly Big Timber Lake RV Resort. An outdoor pool and lake beach anchor the summer, with a fishing pier opening the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and fishing. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, arcade, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, golf cart rentals, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and bar fill the rest, with planned activities through the season. The address is 116 Swainton-Goshen Road in Cape May Court House, on the southern Cape May Peninsula where the Atlantic barrier islands meet the quieter Delaware Bay. Avalon and Stone Harbor's beaches are minutes east, with Cape May's Victorian district and the Wetlands Institute close. Summer is decisively the season on the Jersey Cape. Reserve well ahead.

from $72/night

Splash Magic RV Resort

127 RV Sites, 38 Cabins, 18 Tent Sites

Splash Magic RV Resort in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, offers 127 RV sites, 38 cabins, and 18 tent sites on the North Branch of the Susquehanna, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 40 feet. Premium 30-amp and 50-amp pull-through categories join a water park, splash pad, hot tub, and beach. One hundred twenty-seven sites span 30-amp back-in, 50-amp back-in, premium 30-amp pull-through, and premium 50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Note the 40-foot cap before booking a larger rig. Thirty-eight cabins and 18 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and beach alongside. A lake supports boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, with mini-golf, a game room, arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, basketball, and volleyball filling the grounds. Bike rentals, golf cart rentals, walking trails, hiking, biking, a clubhouse, playground, pavilion, dog park, and snack bar round it out. Birding along the river is productive, and a state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. The Susquehanna's broad river valley gives the resort a natural backdrop that the water park programming sits within rather than replacing. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $64/night

Fantasy Island Campground

16 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 1 Onsite RV/Trailer

Fantasy Island Campground occupies Packer Island in the Susquehanna River near Sunbury, Pennsylvania, offering 17 full-hookup back-in RV sites and two cabins with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 42 feet. A single back-in category joins an outdoor pool, mini-golf, boat docks, clubhouse, and community fire pit. Seventeen back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 42 feet, with fire pits. One consistent category and no guesswork. Two cabins and onsite RV rentals round out the lodging. A general store, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Two policies to plan around: extra vehicles beyond your RV and tow vehicle park in overflow rather than at the site, and there is a two-night minimum on weekends and three nights on holidays. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with boat docks opening the river for boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. Mini-golf, a clubhouse, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, and shuffleboard fill the rest. Pets are welcome. Being on a river island is the distinguishing feature and not something many campgrounds can claim. Packer Island sits in the Upper Susquehanna between the historic communities of Northumberland and Sunbury, with water on every side — the West Branch and the North Branch of the Susquehanna meet just upstream, forming the longest river on the East Coast. Shikellamy State Park's overlook is close, with Knoebels Amusement Resort a short drive east. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead for July and August, and plan around the weekend minimum.

from $65/night

Lake Heron Retreat

10 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites

Lake Heron Retreat in Liverpool, PA, offers 10 full-hookup RV sites, 3 cabins, and 3 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Every site is a back-in taking 20, 30, and 50-amp service, carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. No adapter guesswork, and at 60 feet the sites take a large rig. A bathhouse with showers, firewood, a dump station, and a pavilion cover the essentials, with cabins for guests without a rig. Multi-month RV sites are available by application with a deposit — worth asking about if you want a season here. Pets are welcome. The property covers 240 acres of mixed woodland built around a private 10-acre lake, with a boat ramp, boat docks, a fishing pier, and boat and kayak rentals for fishing, paddling, paddle boats, and swimming, plus walking trails and hiking. Liverpool sits in Perry County in central Pennsylvania's ridge-and-valley country, along the Susquehanna corridor. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. Ask about the multi-month application if you're planning to stay the season.

from $43/night