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Half of Forest County, where Tionesta Lake is located, is preserved as public lands. The region is known as one of Pennsylvania's best big game regions and is home to a remarkable variety of wildlife.
Campers come to the Kellettville Recreation Area Campground to enjoy the forested area along Tionesta Creek. The area is ideal for fishing, hunting as well as scenic hiking.
Tionesta is a culturally rich region with a long history. The Seneca Indian tribe named this area "where the water separates the land." Nearly a century ago, narrow gauge railways dotted the surrounding countryside, hauling out virgin timber from the hillsides.
In-season hunting, fishing, hiking canoeing and kayaking, are all available from Kellettville.
Visitors interested in wildlife viewing are likely to spot white-tailed deer, porcupine, wild turkey, osprey and opossum.
Each camp site has a picnic table, fire ring and water is available to use, flush toilets and dump station.
Tionesta Lake winds its way through the rugged hills of northwestern Pennsylvania. Surrounding public areas include the Allegheny National Forest, Cooks Forest State Park, Cornplanter and Clear Creek State Forests, the state fish hatchery and state game lands.
Tionesta Creek Road, which winds through the Tionesta Creek valley upstream of the dam, is an excellent scenic drive with spectacular views.
The nearby Allegheny National Forest also makes a great day trip.
Address: 979 Kelletville Road Tionesta, Pennsylvania 16353 From Pittsburgh take I-79 North. Merge onto I-80 East exit 116a toward Clarion for 9.8 miles. Take the PA-8 exits 29 toward Barkeyville. Turn Left onto Pa-8/State Route 8 for 16.4 miles. Turn right on US-62 and follow US-62 for 34 miles. Turn right on Pa-666 for 10 miles. Then take left turn on to Branch Rd for .1 mi and take a left at campground entrance. From Warren travel US-62 south 30 miles turn left onto PA-666 for 10 miles. Then take left turn on to Branch Rd for .1 mi and take a left at campground entrance.
If you like a primitive type of camping then this is your spot! It's quiet mostly except for the occasional disrespectful jagoffs that let their generator run all day and all night long even when they're not around the camper but other than that it's pretty perfect! The issue with generators is that they echo off the mountains that surround the campground and with no other noise to help drown it out it's SUPER LOUD so people please keep this in mind as not everyone wants to listen to your ac running while we're trying to make a mountain pie or SLEEP at night! There are zero amenities there. Maybe an outhouse, maybe not. One pavilion and that's it. No water, no electric, no games, no stations to clean out the camper waist. But like I stated it's super quiet and 90% of the time and , 90% of the people are awesome. One of my favorite spots in the whole world is rite here!
Only campers here. Quiet peaceful and very cool, but it is mid October.
Very nice camping spots, restrooms could use a good cleaning, other than that .loved it.
