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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

Jellystone Park™ Akron-Canton

81 RV Sites, 13 Cabins, 6 Tent Sites, 2 Glamping Sites, 1 Cottage, 1 Lodge

Jellystone Park Akron-Canton in Uniontown, Ohio, offers 81 full-hookup RV sites, 15 cabin, cottage, and lodge units, six tent sites, and two glamping sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet behind a gated entrance. Presidential and Premier buddy categories join deluxe back-in and pull-through tiers, alongside a water park, splash pad, mini-golf, and jumping pillow. Eighty-one sites span deluxe back-in, deluxe pull-thru, Premier back-in, Premier buddy, Premier pull-thru, and Presidential back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The Premier buddy sites suit two rigs traveling together, and the Presidential tier is the top of the range. Fifteen cabins, cottages, and lodges, six tent sites, and two glamping sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Office hours run 9am to 9pm in peak season and 9am to 5pm in value season and winter, and a minimum stay applies. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool and beach alongside. Mini-golf, a jumping pillow, arcade, recreation center, barn, gem mining, inflatable water toys, gaga ball, sports courts, tennis, basketball, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and on-site dining fill the rest, with live music and planned activities. Uniontown sits between Akron and Canton, within striking distance of Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Summer is the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $65/night

Jellystone Park™ Clay's Resort

174 RV Sites, 51 Cabins, 2 Glamping Sites, 53 Cottages, 3 Lodges

Jellystone Park at Clay's Resort in North Lawrence, Ohio, offers 174 RV sites, 107 cabin, cottage, and lodge units, and two glamping sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted up to 155 feet — the largest capacity in this batch. Lakefront premium back-in and pull-through categories join a water park, spa, and laser tag. One hundred seventy-four sites span premium back-in, premium pull-through, preferred premium pull-through, lakefront premium back-in, and lakefront premium pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 155 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The lakefront categories are worth requesting early. One hundred seven cabins, cottages, and lodges and two glamping sites make the lodging range exceptional. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, portable toilets, and firewood handle the practical side. Four-seater and six-seater golf carts can be added at booking. A water park, splash pad, outdoor pool, and inflatable water toys anchor the summer, with a hot tub, sauna, and spa alongside. Mini-golf, laser tag, an arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, corn hole, and a beach fill the grounds, with a lake for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. On-site dining, a bar, snack bar, barn, and live music round it out. Pets are welcome. North Lawrence sits in Wayne County between Canton and Wooster, near the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Amish country. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $58/night

Claremar Twin Lakes Camping Resort

51 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 10 Tent Sites, 5 Onsite RV/Trailers

Claremar Twin Lakes Camping Resort in New London, Ohio, offers 56 RV sites, five cabins, and 10 tent sites on twin lakes in Huron County, with 20, 30, and 50-amp water service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Lakefront and interior categories join a playground-adjacent tier and a lakefront camper rental bunkhouse, with an inflatable water park, beach, hot tub, and food trucks. Fifty-six back-in sites span interior 20/30/50-amp with water, interior 20/30/50-amp with water beside the playground, and lakefront 20/30/50-amp categories, carrying water and electric, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Plan around the hookups — sites carry water and electric rather than sewer, so manage tank capacity and use the dump station. Five cabins, 10 tent sites, and a lakefront camper rental bunkhouse sleeping four round out the lodging. A general store, dump station, restrooms, showers, propane fills and exchange, and firewood handle the practical side. Most amenities run daily in season; the inflatable water park and food trucks are typically weekends and holidays. An outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna, and beach anchor the summer, with the lakes supporting boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, swimming, and snorkeling. Sports courts, basketball, volleyball, golf cart rentals, a playground, dog park, and picnicking fill the rest, with live music and planned activities. The address is 47675 New London Eastern Road, and the resort has served camping families for more than 43 years. Summer is the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $42/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

Bayfront Resort at Cross View

39 RV Sites, 10 Cottages

Directly across Sandusky Bay from Cedar Point Amusement Park in Erie County, Ohio, Bayfront Resort at Cross View offers what may be the single most uniquely positioned RV and cottage resort on the Great Lakes—a bayfront property with direct water views of one of the world's premier amusement parks, boat ramp access to the Lake Erie island ferry corridors, and a resort experience that works equally well for roller-coaster families and fishing-focused lake travelers who want neither the price nor the density of the Cedar Point hotels. Thirty-nine RV sites and ten fully equipped bay-view cottages in the shadow of the Millennium Force and the Top Thrill Dragster's silhouette constitute a camping proposition with genuine uniqueness. RV sites with full hookup service—water, sewer, and electric—provide the standard full-service infrastructure, while the ten cottages represent the resort's most distinctive accommodation option. Sleeping up to six adults, each cottage includes a bedroom, bunk beds, a sleeping loft, full kitchen, in-unit laundry, and a full bath—a genuinely complete family accommodation with the Cedar Point skyline as its backdrop. A heated swimming pool, modern bathhouses with full shower facilities, and laundry accommodate RV guests, and a boat ramp gives water-access guests the ability to launch onto the bay without a marina stop. A dog park, picnic areas, and catch-and-release fishing round out the property's practical amenity profile. A community fire pit provides the evening gathering space that campground guests consistently identify as their preferred social dimension. Sandusky Bay's position as an arm of Lake Erie—protected by Cedar Point Peninsula on the north and the Marblehead Peninsula to the northeast—creates a relatively sheltered water environment excellent for kayaking, fishing, and small-boat cruising. The bay's western basin productivity for walleye, perch, and bass is well-established, and the access the boat ramp provides to the broader Lake Erie island corridor—Kelleys Island, South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay), and Middle Bass Island—extends the fishing and day-excursion options considerably. Ferry service to Put-in-Bay, the Lake Erie island community famous for its summer social energy and Lake Erie geology, departs from nearby ferry terminals. Cedar Point operates within literal sight of the campground, and its status as one of the top three amusement parks in the world—with seventeen roller coasters and a record collection that has defined the competitive coaster industry for decades—is the primary day-trip draw for most guests. The park's proximity, combined with the campground's lower nightly rate relative to Cedar Point's own campground and the resort hotels, makes Bayfront a practical and cost-effective base for multi-day park visits. The Sandusky waterfront's downtown dining, charter fishing operations, and ferry terminals provide additional options for guests who want days off from the park. Bayfront Resort at Cross View is open seasonally in alignment with the Cedar Point operating season, which typically runs from early May through early November. Summer holiday weekends book very quickly, and Cedar Point-specific events—HalloWeekends in fall, Coastermania for enthusiasts—create additional demand spikes around specific dates. Reserve early for summer and fall weekends, pack the sunscreen and the coaster enthusiasm, and wake up to one of the most distinctive campground views anywhere on the Great Lakes.

Camp Sandusky

68 RV Sites, 92 Cabins, 38 Tent Sites

Camp Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio, offers 68 RV sites, 92 cabins, and 38 tent sites six miles from Cedar Point, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 60 feet behind a gated entrance. Categories run from 30-amp electric-and-water back-ins to 50/30-amp full hookups, with fiber WiFi throughout. Sixty-eight sites span 30-amp electric-and-water back-in, 30-amp electric-water-and-sewer back-in, 50/30-amp full-hookup back-in, and pull-through categories, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Accessible sites are available. Ninety-two cabins carry a large share of the inventory, with 38 tent sites besides. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and on-site dining handle the practical side. The park is cannabis friendly. Note there is no shuttle to Cedar Point, though local taxi services will take a family to the park. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with sports courts, volleyball, basketball, gaga ball, corn hole, gem mining, a playground, and a pavilion filling the mature shaded grounds. Biking and birding run from the area, with a lake, water park, amusement park, golf course, and wineries nearby. Pets are welcome. The park keeps nightly rates deliberately reasonable while investing in fiber WiFi and clean facilities, which is what brings guests back year after year. Cedar Point season drives everything here. Reserve well ahead for summer weekends.

from $39/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

Skyline RV Resort

45 RV Sites

Skyline RV Resort in Darien Center, New York, occupies a position in western New York that puts guests within easy reach of some of the region's strongest attractions — including Six Flags Darien Lake directly nearby, Niagara Falls to the northwest, and Letchworth State Park's dramatic Genesee River gorge to the southeast — while delivering a well-equipped, lakeside campground experience that functions equally as a destination in its own right. The resort's full-hookup sites, two heated pools, and extensive event facilities make it as appealing for families who never leave the property as for those who use it as a staging base for the surrounding region. Full-hookup RV sites with spacious pads accommodate large rigs across the property, with the waterfront location adding a distinctive natural character to an otherwise well-programmed family resort. Two heated swimming pools serve guests through the warm-weather season, covered cornhole courts and an expansive event center provide structured activity space in any weather, and a snack bar, playground, sports courts, and clubhouse fill out a comprehensive amenity lineup. Propane exchange and Wi-Fi throughout make practical needs simple, and the overall infrastructure reflects a resort built to sustain families through multi-day stays with programming variety that reduces the "what do we do now?" friction of family camping. Pets are welcome throughout. The Genesee Country landscape of western New York surrounds the resort with agricultural beauty — rolling farmland, hardwood woodlots, and the characterful terrain of a region that was once the frontier of western New York settlement and has retained a quieter, more pastoral character than the Great Lakes cities further north. Darien Center's position between the Erie Canal corridor and the Finger Lakes wine country places it in a varied landscape with more to explore on multi-day itineraries than most guests initially anticipate. Six Flags Darien Lake, effectively adjacent to the resort, is western New York's largest amusement park with coasters, a waterpark, and the Darien Lake Amphitheater hosting major touring concerts and events through the summer — a combination that makes the resort particularly convenient for families with concert or amusement park plans. Letchworth State Park, about 30 miles south, protects 17 miles of the Genesee River gorge in terrain often called the "Grand Canyon of the East" — the three major waterfalls and canyon overlooks are among the most dramatic natural scenery in the Northeast. Niagara Falls and Buffalo's cultural institutions, about 45 miles northwest, round out a day-trip roster that gives the Darien Center location more regional drawing power than first glance suggests. Skyline RV Resort operates through the New York outdoor season from spring through fall, with summer peak weeks driven largely by Six Flags Darien Lake's operating season and the Darien Lake Amphitheater's concert calendar. Reserve early for concert weekends and the July-August peak, when the combination of pool, nearby amusement park, and the resort's own activity programming keeps it at or near capacity.

from $49/night

Driftwood Beach Resort

20 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 10 Tent Sites, 2 Cottages, 2 Lodges

On the clear, spring-fed waters of Lakelet Lake in Wellington County, Ontario, Driftwood Beach Resort offers a genuine Canadian cottage-country camping experience in a region that sits within practical driving distance of the Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph population centers but feels thoroughly removed from the urban Ontario world in character and pace. Part of the Summerhill Resorts family, the resort anchors itself on Lakelet's exceptional water quality—a spring-fed lake with depths exceeding 40 feet and remarkable clarity that supports healthy populations of bass, perch, and trout—and a shoreline combination of sandy beaches and gravel-bottom shallows that makes it suitable for swimmers of every age and confidence level. For families and couples looking for the quintessential Ontario lake vacation without driving three hours north, Driftwood provides a compelling answer. The resort's waterfront character drives everything about the guest experience. Sandy beaches with the kind of firm, clean bottom that barefoot swimming requires provide the primary warm-weather gathering space, and the spring-fed water's exceptional clarity gives both swimmers and anglers exceptional visibility in the lake's shallower zones. Bass, yellow perch, and lake trout populate the deeper water, and the resort's dock and boat access infrastructure support anglers who want to work the lake methodically across multiple mornings. Hiking trails wind through the surrounding woodland for guests who want land-based exploration, and a wildlife viewing dimension—herons, ospreys, painted turtles, and the white-tailed deer that water at the lake margins in the evening—comes as standard with the waterfront setting. Modern resort facilities serve the practical needs of an extended stay, and organized activities and special events through the season create the kind of campground community programming that makes a week go quickly in the best possible way. Lakelet Lake's spring-fed character gives it a water temperature and clarity that distinguishes it from the more turbid lakes of southern Ontario's agricultural plains. The surrounding Wellington County landscape—gently rolling countryside, heritage stone farmhouses, and the modest forest cover of the Ontario uplands—provides a pastoral backdrop that is immediately and genuinely restful. The lake's relative modesty in size gives it an intimate quality; you can take it in from the beach and feel oriented to the whole body of water in a way that larger resort lakes don't allow. The Kitchener-Waterloo region, within manageable driving distance to the south, provides the urban infrastructure that supports a longer stay—grocery provisioning, the St. Jacobs farmers' market (one of the largest outdoor farmers' markets in Canada), and the cultural programming of the twin cities. Guelph and the University of Guelph campus add another cultural anchor in the region, and the Grand River Conservation Authority's trail system provides additional hiking and cycling access through the Waterloo Region countryside. Wellington County's heritage towns, local artisan producers, and pastoral cycling routes give guests with open days a rural Ontario itinerary worth following. Driftwood Beach Resort operates from May through October in alignment with the Ontario camping season, and summer weekends fill quickly with the Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph family market that values the resort's proximity and water quality. Waterfront sites book earliest, and reservations for the July and August peak period should be made as early in the season as possible. Fall offers a quieter alternative with the added appeal of Ontario's foliage season in the surrounding countryside. Reserve your lakeside site and let Lakelet Lake deliver the Ontario cottage experience that the southern lake regions have been providing for over a century.

from $26/night

Cross Creek Camping Resort

Cross Creek Camping Resort in Delaware, Ohio, offers full-hookup RV sites, tent sites, and cabins on a big-rig-friendly property 30 minutes north of the Columbus ring road. A heated pool, recreation center, and full activity program serve central Ohio's weekend camping market in rolling Delaware County countryside. Full-hookup RV sites serve guests with rigs on a layout sized for big coaches, with tent sites and cabins rounding out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Check-in for rentals is 3pm, and the resort is strict on it given the cleaning turnaround from the previous night's departure. Pets are welcome. A heated pool anchors the summer, with a recreation center, sports courts, tennis, volleyball, basketball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, gaga ball, corn hole, and gem mining across the grounds. A creek runs the property, with walking trails, biking, a community fire pit, playground, and dog park besides, and live music through the season. A lake, water park, amusement park, and casino are all nearby. Delaware County's position north of the Columbus metro is the practical advantage — this is a genuine outdoor escape that a Columbus family can reach in half an hour, which is exactly what the weekend camping market needs. State park access and boating are close. The resort serves the Ohio season. Summer weekends from the Columbus metro drive the heaviest demand, with fall color extending it into October. Reserve well ahead for summer holiday weekends.

from $36/night

Jellystone Park™ North Port Huron

67 Cabins

Jellystone Park at North Port Huron sits directly on the shoreline of Lake Huron in Carsonville, Michigan, delivering a Great Lakes lakefront camping experience anchored by the full Yogi Bear's Jellystone entertainment franchise. The park's position on M-25—the scenic lakeshore highway that traces the Michigan Thumb—puts guests within sight and sound of one of the Great Lakes, with a sandy swimming beach opening directly onto jellystone port huron's wide blue horizon. The Water Zone drives the daytime action: a multi-level splashpad, giant water slides, a floating water obstacle course, and jumping pillows keep kids occupied through the hottest Michigan summer days. The resort pool, an 18-hole miniature golf course, outdoor laser tag arena, and game room extend the activity options into the evening, and the Campfire Café serves pizza, burgers, and chicken tenders alongside homemade ice cream from the Camp Store. Paddle boat rentals offer a quieter way to explore the lake's edge, and golf cart rentals let guests move between the resort's sections with ease. Full hookup RV sites, tent sites, and rustic cabins with full kitchens and private bathrooms provide accommodation options at multiple price points. Lake Huron's shoreline at this stretch of the Michigan Thumb is characterized by clean sandy beaches, relatively calm water, and the wide open horizon that makes the Great Lakes feel genuinely oceanic. Carsonville is one of the quieter communities along the Lake Huron coast, which means the lakeshore around Jellystone Park North Port Huron retains a relaxed, uncrowded character that's harder to find at some of Michigan's more commercialized beach towns. The Thumb's agricultural interior—cherry orchards, bean fields, and small Victorian-era towns—provides a distinctly Midwestern backdrop just a few miles inland from the resort's beach. Port Huron, at the southern tip of the Thumb where Lake Huron drains into the St. Clair River, is about an hour south and anchors the region's commercial activity with waterfront dining, the Blue Water Bridge crossing to Sarnia, Ontario, and the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse—the oldest lighthouse in Michigan. Sanilac County's shoreline is dotted with small harbors, lighthouses, and public beach access points. The Sanilac Petroglyphs State Historic Site preserves ancient Native American carvings on exposed limestone, one of Michigan's most unusual and overlooked archaeological sites that provides a genuinely educational detour from a beach camping trip. Jellystone Park North Port Huron runs a full summer season from Memorial Day through Labor Day, with character events, foam parties, candy bar bingo, and dance parties structured around peak summer family camping weeks. Lake Huron's beach season aligns well with the resort calendar, and fishing and water recreation extend the appeal into the shoulder seasons for adult campers. Cabin reservations fill quickly for summer weekends, and the combination of Great Lakes beachfront access with the Jellystone entertainment package makes this one of the stronger all-in-one family camping experiences available on Michigan's eastern shoreline.

from $50/night