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From Rt. 219 at Carrolltown, turn onto State Route 4015 and look for highway signs leading to Prince Gallitzin State Park. From Patton, take Rt. 36 East to Glendale Lake Road and look for highway signs leading to the park. From Rt. 22, take the Rt. 53 Cresson Exit and follow Rt. 53 North and look for highway signs leading to the park. From Interstate 99 (Rt.220), follow Exit 32 Frankstown Road Exit and travel north on Rt.36 leading to Rt.53 in Ashville and look for highway signs leading to the park.
This campground has it all just not all the city crude. The lake uncluttered with development. Awesome swim beach with sand. Playground. Trails all over. We came at first day. We was alone on Monday. So sweet. Bathrooms are plenty. Boat ramp. Ranger cool. Great camping to cover all kinds camping powered and non power. Pets have a special area. Has showers. Be sure to stop just before you get here for wood. I’m sitting on the bench writing this with fire warming my back. I’m bringing my grand kids next time. I don’t want to leave love the evergreens and the quietness.
I always loved crooked run!! Book ahead because this is a popular spot, especially if you want a site with electricity. They have both with and without, they do have a camp store that will haul firewood to your site if you need any, and they have their own swimming area. And they do have serve food at the camp store, they have a shower/bath house with bathrooms which is nice. Be cautious of traffic usually a lot of children on bikes and such. Your campsite should have a fire put with a rack on it. Rangers do patrol the area often and are quite friendly so any questions they will be eager to answer or help.
Our first visit to Crooked Run Campground in Prince Gallitzin State Park- Sept 2023, Cherry Loop non-electric site 381. This is a huge campground! The beginning of the camping loops are more congested, RV and TT sites, then when you get to the Cherry loop you get more trees, and wooded-type areas which are great tent sites. 381 was a big, flat site with plenty of room for a big tent, hammocks and room around the fire pit. On the week nite it was very quiet, only the camp host and one other tenter on our half of the loop. About a 100 step walk on a path to the bath house which has very nice sinks, decent push button showers (long spray with each push), hot water, and nice dish washing sinks outside. There is a 2 mile trail around the whole campground which has 9 super easy geocaches to collect. There is a beach to swim in the lake, and we rented kayaks ($20/hr for singles). Overall we really enjoyed this campground and park, it was well worth the 3 1/2 hr drive and I expect we will return at some point.
Really nice. We were there on a rainy October weekend but the kids still fished and rode bikes. It was well kept and facilities were clean and convenient. I can see how during summer It might get super busy.
