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wozzukes · 06-12-2011, 05:57 PM

We live about 5 minutes away from the KOA near Allentown. We've never camped there for obvious reason (might as well just stay in the backyard at that point!) so unfortunately I don't have much information on it. We drive past the road it's on daily, but never actually ventured back that road since it doesn't really go anywhere except for the campground. We've actually never camped at a KOA so I don't know much about them.

We did camp at a place called Soaring Eagle in the Water Gap a few years ago. We really liked it, but at the time it was just the two of us and the dog. There was no pool, no play areas, so not much for small kids to do but that didn't matter to us at the time. They do have a tubing/rafting/canoeing operation, but it wasn't running while we were there because the river was so high. Our site was right on the river, and you actually drove on dried up river bed to get to it. It was beautiful. We had torrential rains while there though and it was when there was a really rainy spell so the river was high to begin with. When we woke up the next morning the truck of the site 2 down from ours was half way in the water because the river rose so much overnight! They ended up having to move a bunch of boulders just so we could get out without having to drive through the river. Overall it was a nice place though.

We used to have a boat and took it to the Water Gap all the time. We have driven through Dingman's Campground up there to check it out and it was really nice. We have it on our list as a place to go to this year if we get around to it. The list keeps growing but unfortunately the number of weekends in the year doesn't!

Haven't been to Pine Grove Furnace so can't really comment on it, but it looks like a nice place from the looks of the dcnr website. Hickory Run State Park is another nice one to go to with kiddos as there is lots to do in the area. Just beware of the bears! They give out warnings about them when you check in and both times we camped there over the years we have seen one, so heed the warnings! We have never been disappointed in the state parks, and back in our tenting days that was all we camped in.

06-12-2011, 05:57 PM	#25
wozzukes Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: PA Posts: 61	We live about 5 minutes away from the KOA near Allentown. We've never camped there for obvious reason (might as well just stay in the backyard at that point!) so unfortunately I don't have much information on it. We drive past the road it's on daily, but never actually ventured back that road since it doesn't really go anywhere except for the campground. We've actually never camped at a KOA so I don't know much about them. We did camp at a place called Soaring Eagle in the Water Gap a few years ago. We really liked it, but at the time it was just the two of us and the dog. There was no pool, no play areas, so not much for small kids to do but that didn't matter to us at the time. They do have a tubing/rafting/canoeing operation, but it wasn't running while we were there because the river was so high. Our site was right on the river, and you actually drove on dried up river bed to get to it. It was beautiful. We had torrential rains while there though and it was when there was a really rainy spell so the river was high to begin with. When we woke up the next morning the truck of the site 2 down from ours was half way in the water because the river rose so much overnight! They ended up having to move a bunch of boulders just so we could get out without having to drive through the river. Overall it was a nice place though. We used to have a boat and took it to the Water Gap all the time. We have driven through Dingman's Campground up there to check it out and it was really nice. We have it on our list as a place to go to this year if we get around to it. The list keeps growing but unfortunately the number of weekends in the year doesn't! Haven't been to Pine Grove Furnace so can't really comment on it, but it looks like a nice place from the looks of the dcnr website. Hickory Run State Park is another nice one to go to with kiddos as there is lots to do in the area. Just beware of the bears! They give out warnings about them when you check in and both times we camped there over the years we have seen one, so heed the warnings! We have never been disappointed in the state parks, and back in our tenting days that was all we camped in. __________________ 2011 Springdale 284FWBHSSR