Planned Activities

Jellystone Park™ Chautauqua

Jellystone Park at Chautauqua in Jamestown, New York, offers full-hookup RV sites and cabins with an outdoor pool, water slides, mini-golf, and the full Jellystone family activity program. A craft room, sports courts, and gem mining round out the on-site recreation in one of the most culturally significant summer resort communities in the United States. Full-hookup RV sites serve guests with rigs, and cabins provide enclosed lodging for those without. A dump station, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout. Recreation is the product here. An outdoor pool with water slides anchors the summer, with mini-golf, a craft room, and gem mining and gold panning filling out the program. Sports courts, tennis, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, and gaga ball spread across the grounds, with a playground, pavilion, and dog park besides. A creek runs the property, and planned activities run throughout the season. Pets are welcome. Jamestown sits in Chautauqua County on I-86 in the southwestern New York lake plateau. Chautauqua Lake's resort community is close, as is the Chautauqua Institution, whose nine-week summer program of lectures, concerts, and courses has drawn visitors since 1874. Jamestown is also Lucille Ball's birthplace, and the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum and comedy center give the city a second cultural identity alongside the Institution's more high-minded programming. Summer is decisively the season — the Institution's nine-week program and family camping demand overlap almost entirely. Reserve well ahead for July and August, when lodging across Chautauqua County tightens considerably.

from $55/night

Bear Creek Lake

8 RV Sites

Bear Creek Lake in Franklinville, New York, offers 8 full-hookup RV sites across 750 acres of forested hills and meadows, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories join a private 15-acre lake, outdoor pool, recreation center, tennis and pickleball courts, and food trucks. Eight sites run in back-in and pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two straightforward categories keep booking simple, and 60 feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. Cabins round out the lodging. A general store, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A private 15-acre lake anchors the property for boating, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, swimming, and fishing, with an outdoor pool alongside. A recreation center, pavilion, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, basketball, walking trails, hiking, biking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and food trucks fill the rest, with live music and planned activities. Offroading is nearby. Seven hundred fifty acres and a private lake for eight RV sites is an extraordinary ratio — guests essentially have a small resort's worth of land to themselves, and horseback riding and mountain biking on the property are not things most campgrounds this size can offer. Cattaraugus County sits in the Enchanted Mountains of New York's southern tier, minutes from Ellicottville — a genuine four-season resort village with Holiday Valley's skiing and mountain biking. Access is easy via SR-16 north to SR-400 from I-90. Summer and fall foliage drive demand, with ski season extending it. Reserve well ahead.

from $75/night

Sparrow Pond Campground

84 RV Sites, 12 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites

Sparrow Pond Campground in Waterford, Pennsylvania, offers 84 RV sites, 12 cabins, and three tent sites in Erie County, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Pondside, valley view, and shaded back-in categories join full-hookup and water-and-electric tiers, with an outdoor pool, recreation center, and clubhouse. Eighty-four sites span back-in, back-in water-and-electric, pondside back-in, shaded back-in, valley view back-in, and pull-thru categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Naming categories by outlook — pondside, valley view, shaded — tells you exactly what you are booking. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. Twelve cabins and three tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a pond supporting fishing, and a recreation center, clubhouse, game room, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, walking trails, hiking, a playground, and pavilion filling the grounds. Live music and planned activities run through the season, stargazing is good under the rural sky, and the property operates as a wedding venue. A state park, casino, and boating are nearby. Presque Isle State Park's Lake Erie beaches and the lakefront vineyard corridor running west toward Ohio are both within practical range. Summer is the season in the Lake Erie lowlands, with fall harvest drawing wine-country traffic. Reserve ahead.

from $64/night

Meadville Campground

Meadville Campground in Meadville, PA, offers full-hookup RV sites carrying water, sewer, and electric, with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table at each site. Both pull-thru and back-in layouts are available, and the campground is rated big rig friendly. The grounds are gated and open year-round for monthly stays. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, a dump station, and cabins cover the rest. Check-in runs 3:00pm to 7:00pm with a 10:00am checkout — worth planning your driving day around. Contact the campground for site count, amp service, and maximum rig length. The recreation is family-scale: an outdoor pool, a recreation center with a game room and arcade, a pavilion, a ball field, sport courts, basketball, volleyball, gaga ball, corn hole, horseshoes, a playground, walking trails, and a lake and pond with boat docks for boating, paddle boats, fishing, and swimming, plus planned activities. Meadville is the Crawford County seat in western Pennsylvania's lake country, where the Allegheny Plateau's glacial lakes and reservoirs make this a quietly exceptional stretch for freshwater recreation. A state park is nearby. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Note the check-in window before a long drive.

from $51/night

Colden Lakes Resort

Colden Lakes Resort in Colden, NY, offers full-hookup pull-thru RV sites carrying water, sewer, and electric, with a fire pit and picnic table at each site. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a snack bar, propane fills and exchange, a dump station, and a clubhouse cover the essentials, with cabins for guests without a rig. There's a free telephone on the property and an emergency phone with posted instructions — in an emergency, call 911 and notify the facility manager. Contact the resort for site count, amp service, and maximum rig length, since those specifics aren't published here. An outdoor pool, mini-golf, a ball field, sport courts, basketball, shuffleboard, gaga ball, a playground, walking trails, and lake access fill the grounds, with swimming, boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking, biking, and planned activities. Colden sits in the rolling countryside of Erie County south of Buffalo, where working dairy farms, forested ridgelines, and the four-season Great Lakes climate define the region. Wine tasting is nearby. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Western New York's summer season is short — reserve ahead.

from $55/night

Rustic Acres RV Resort & Campground

28 RV Sites, 6 Tent Sites, 2 Glamping Sites, 1 Onsite RV/Trailer

Rustic Acres RV Resort and Campground in Shippenville, Pennsylvania, offers 29 RV sites, six tent sites, and two glamping sites in the Clarion River watershed, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. A back-in full-hookup category with a private backyard joins pull-through tiers at both amperages, with EV charging, a craft room, and a dog park. Twenty-nine sites span back-in full hookup 30-amp with backyard, back-in, pull-thru full hookup 50-amp, and pull-thru full hookup 30-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The site with a private backyard is a genuine find. EV charging is still uncommon at RV parks. Six tent sites and two glamping sites round out the lodging. A general store, dump station, showers, firewood, RV storage, and a craft room handle the practical side. The resort is LGBTIQA+ friendly. A playground, community fire pit, dog park, and creek fill the grounds. The trails are the standout — the campground is adjacent to 3,000 acres of wooded state game lands with ATV roads and hiking trails, accessible directly from your site. Offroading, boating, a state park, and wine tasting are nearby, with productive birding and live music through the season. The property has run as a family retreat for more than 65 years, in Clarion County near the Allegheny National Forest. Summer and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead for October.

from $39/night

Sun Retreats Sherkston Shores

66 RV Sites, 29 Cabins, 46 Tent Sites, 55 Cottages

Sun Retreats Sherkston Shores in Port Colborne, Ontario, offers 66 full-hookup RV sites, 84 cabin and cottage units, and 46 tent sites across 560 acres on four kilometers of Lake Erie beachfront, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet behind a gated entrance. Waterfront and premium full-hookup categories join a 30-amp tier, alongside a water park, splash pad, and mini-golf. Sixty-six sites run in full hookup 30-amp, premium full hookup 30/50-amp, and waterfront full hookup 30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The waterfront category is the one to request. Eighty-four cabins and cottages and 46 tent sites make the lodging inventory far larger than the RV side. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, boat storage, recycling, and food trucks handle the practical side. The property was formerly Sherkston Shores Beach Resort & Campground. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and the beach alongside. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, arcade, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, golf cart rentals, a playground, dog park, and bar fill the rest, with boating, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, hiking, biking, live music, and Niagara wine country nearby. The scale rivals dedicated resort destinations. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $37/night

Jellystone Park™ Western New York

163 RV Sites, 77 Cabins, 25 Tent Sites

Jellystone Park of Western New York in North Java offers 163 RV sites, 77 cabins, and 25 tent sites across over 100 acres of pine forest, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, behind a gated entrance. Economy water-and-electric, premium, and shared buddy pull-through categories join a water park and private lake. One hundred sixty-three sites span economy back-in water-and-electric (tents allowed), economy water-and-electric (no tents), premium back-in, premium pull-through, and shared buddy pull-through categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The economy tiers explicitly state whether tents are permitted, which removes a common booking ambiguity. Seventy-seven cabins and 25 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A water park, splash pad, and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a private lake supporting boating, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, and a beach. Mini-golf, laser tag, an arcade, game room, craft room, jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, inflatable water toys, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, and horseshoes fill the grounds, with golf cart rentals, a playground, dog park, clubhouse, snack bar, and live music besides. North Java sits in the rolling hill country of the Allegheny foothills. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Woodstream Campsite

Woodstream Campsite in Gainesville, New York, offers full-hookup RV sites, tent camping, and cabins alongside a fishing creek in Wyoming County's Western New York farmland. An outdoor pool, mini-golf, and a game room serve a classic, no-fuss family campground south of Letchworth State Park. Full-hookup RV sites serve guests with rigs, with tent camping and cabins covering the rest. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout. One important planning note: the campground closes for the season over winter and reopens each spring, so confirm dates before booking a shoulder-season stay. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with mini-golf, a game room, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, and horseshoes across the grounds, plus a playground and pavilion. A creek, pond, and lake on the property support fishing, and biking and swimming run from camp. Food trucks visit and planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Gainesville sits in Wyoming County's agricultural hill country in the Genesee River valley, and the wooded campsite privacy and rural character are the appeal. Letchworth State Park is the headline attraction close by — one of the most spectacular gorge landscapes in the eastern United States, and remarkable natural scenery at short-drive distance from a quiet farmland campground. The season runs spring through fall. Summer families and October foliage at Letchworth drive the heaviest demand — reserve ahead for fall color weekends, when the gorge draws visitors from across the Northeast.

Bruce's Landing RV Resort

1 RV Site

Bruce's Landing RV Resort in Cayuga, Ontario, offers 1 unserviced waterview and waterfront RV site on the Grand River, with rigs accepted to 40 feet, open all year. A general store, recreation center, playground, and river frontage serve a small property in Haldimand County. The site is unserviced waterview and waterfront, sized to 40 feet, with a fire pit and picnic table. Plan accordingly — this is a self-contained site without hookups, so arrive with full water and empty tanks and confirm current dump and fill arrangements when you book. The unserviced designation is stated plainly in the category name, which is more candid than many properties manage. Contact the resort about additional site availability and amp service. A general store, restrooms, propane exchange, recreation center, and playground handle the practical side, with fishing, boating, and picnicking on the river. Pets are welcome. The Grand River is one of Ontario's great natural corridors — a designated Canadian Heritage River recognized for its natural, cultural, and recreational values as it runs south from the Dundalk Highlands to Lake Erie. Along its lower reaches through Haldimand County the river widens and slows through mixed farmland and woodlot, with smallmouth bass, pike, and one of the better walleye runs in southern Ontario. Cayuga sits on the river with Ruthven Park's historic estate close, Lake Erie's beaches about 20 minutes south, and Niagara Falls within an hour east. Summer is the season in southern Ontario, with the spring and fall fishing runs drawing anglers. Reserve ahead, and arrive self-contained.

from $25/night

HTR Niagara

85 RV Sites, 20 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites, 5 Cottages, 2 Yurts

HTR Niagara on Grand Island, New York, offers 84 RV sites, 25 cabin and cottage units, four tent sites, and two yurts ten miles south of Niagara Falls, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 75 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Lakeview back-in and preferred, select, and deluxe categories join standard tiers, with a pool, zip line, mini-golf, and laser tag. Eighty-four sites span standard back-in, standard pull-thru, select back-in, preferred back-in, lakeview back-in, and deluxe pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 75 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Twenty-five cabins and cottages, four tent sites, and two yurts round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A resort fee covers the pools, mini-golf, crafts, boating, and the wider amenity program. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a beach supporting swimming, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. A zip line, mini-golf, laser tag, gaga ball, basketball, sports courts, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, and dog park fill the grounds. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. Grand Island sits in the middle of the Niagara River between the United States and Canada — one of the most strategically located campgrounds in the Northeast for anyone whose itinerary centers on the falls. Summer is decisively the season at Niagara. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $49/night

Jellystone Park™ Harrisville

162 RV Sites, 40 Cabins, 4 Glamping Sites, 41 Cottages, 2 Yurts, 1 Treehouse, 1 Lodge

Jellystone Park Harrisville in Pennsylvania offers 162 full-hookup RV sites, 83 cabin, cottage, lodge, and treehouse units, and six glamping sites and yurts beneath tall hardwoods, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet. Red Carpet and Preferred Premium categories join premium back-in tiers, alongside a water park, splash pad, laser tag, and mini-golf. One hundred sixty-two sites span premium back-in, preferred premium back-in, preferred premium pull-thru, and Red Carpet categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Eighty-three cabins, cottages, lodges, and treehouses and six glamping sites and yurts make the lodging inventory far larger than the RV side. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Pet-friendly cabins are marked as such; pet owners must bring a crate. A water park, splash pad, and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with mini-golf, laser tag, a jumping pillow, gem mining, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, a fitness center, recreation center, craft room, golf cart rentals, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and on-site dining filling the rest. The park took Camp Jellystone's Park of the Year award in 2025 and has five separate Outdoor Hospitality Industry recognitions. Butler County's rolling hills sit about an hour north of Pittsburgh. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $57/night