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Pioneer Park is a beautiful 185 acre recreational area nestled at the foot of the scenic Laurel Ridge Mountains. The large manicured grass-covered campsites are enhanced by fifty picturesque acres of spring fed lakes. Three of the lakes are stocked weekly with all species of trout and attract fishermen from all over southwestern Pennsylvania. No fishing license is required, although permits are necessary and can be purchased at the campground office. The fourth lake is used for paddle boats and children's fishing. Fishing is free for children in this lake.
Other activities under the direction of a full time activities director, range from swimming in an olympic size pool, basketball and tennis courts, shuffleboard, miniature golf, horseshoes, volleyball, treasure hunts to paddleboat races.
The area surrounding Pioneer Park is rich with the rural history of the past two hundred years. Other interesting nearby attractions include white-water rafting, Seven Springs Resort, Fort Ligonier, Idlewid Amusement Park and Soak Zone, Fallingwater (a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece), Laurel Caverns, fairs, festivals, and shopping outlets. Our office or activities staff can suggest outings, give directions, and answer any questions you may have.
We hope our friendly staff has the pleasure of welcoming you to Pioneer Park campground so you too can enjoy the thrill of waking up in the cool crisp mountain air to the exciting honking of our Canadian geese or the hungry quacks of the mallard ducks outside your camper door.
Two of the three evenings were nice, quiet and relaxing. The third evening there was a band literally playing within throwing distance of our site. The campground DID NOT follow their own rules, such as "All radios and other sources of disturbance must be turned off. Please respect your neighbors’ peace and quiet! Offenders will be asked to leave. There will be no refunds." As we had a long day and just wanted to come back and have a quiet evening, but could not for the live rock band vibrating our trailer and making our dogs anxious due to the crowds of people and yelling and yes swearing, even the staff in purple shirts labeled 'STAFF' could be heard swearing and again one of the rules states "Excessive use of alcoholic beverages and obscene language will not be tolerated. All alcohol must be kept at your campsite or appropriately concealed." This was also not followed even by the staff. We are members of an international & State camping group and were considering this location for a rally or future stays. We will NOT be staying here again. It could have been nice, but I have never experienced a rock band playing from 7:00 until after, yes after 11:00 p.m. with crowds yelling, screaming, drinking, swearing, including the staff. No respect for us or our campsite at ALL. Also, my husband was not feeling well when we were out that afternoon at a festival, so he went back to lay down in the camper and my parents took me back to the campground about an hour later. They were only there for maybe 10 minutes and got yelled at by one of the same staff that was swearing, drinking and screaming during the live band, for parking near the pavilion stating "that parking is for the pavilion only". First of all my father has a bad leg and can't walk that far or fast, second, I am expecting and they didn't want to make me walk the distance from the entrance to our site on a hot day. This was at 5:00 p.m., the band didn't start playing until 7:00. After they left, I went over to apologize to the band, thinking they had to unload equipment as the car may have been in the way and they said "o no, we didn't mind, it's just the owner, well she is... well you I am sure know by now." I will leave it at that. It could have been a nice place, but consideration of their own rules, respect & common courtesy for others is largely lacking.
We had a wonderful weekend here! The entire campground was clean and well kept. There were a ton of activities for kids! I was very pleased with how nice the staff was. One staff member even jumped on the jumping pillow with my daughter and she absolutely loved it! I was highly surprised with how quiet the campground was considering how many sites were filled. Such a pleasant stay! We didn’t want to leave. We will definitely be back soon!
We have been to Pioneer Lakes (formerly Pioneer Park) for many years. My wife and I love this setting and like to take in the surrounding sights and all that the area has to offer. We really enjoyed staying in a cabin for the 1st time, very clean with everything we needed, and plan to do this again, especially transitioning out of our RV. The park is getting some needed updates but I think it will be well worth the wait after completion. We found the staff to be very friendly and accommodating. Keep up the good work Pioneer Lakes !!!
