Caledonia State Park — Attraction in Greene Township

A clean and affordable alternative to spending hundreds of dollars at local hotels and "camping resorts".

I stayed at the Chinquapin hill section of this park at one of their tent sites. It's only $25 and change for five adults per night. This park is conveniently located ten or so miles outside of the Gettysburg battlefield. Finding it is very easy, as the signage on the roads are very clear and hard to miss.

When I arrived, I went straight to the main office. I was pleasantly surprised to see that people who make online reservations do not need to check into the office. None the less, this being my first time here I decided to go in ask where my campsite was. I was greeted by the friendliest park Ranger I've ever met in my life. He was actually happy to help me out!

Most people fear the restroom situations at state parks, and for good reasons. Not the case here. There are bathroom facilities located in excellent proximity throughout the entirity of the park. And they are very clean! The showers are free and the hot water seems almost endless. Water pressure could be better, but it's not that big of a deal.

The firewood is priced nicely and is available at several areas through the campgrounds. There are local places to buy firewood for a bit cheaper.

The only small complaint I have is the layout of some of the tent sites. The tent site next my site was laid out in a way that my neighbor's tent should be put up near where my site's fire ring was located. This seemed to be a recurring pattern for some clusters of sites. Not big deal, just could be annoying if your neighbors are light sleepers.

Overall, this place is outstanding. While the 2 star hotels in the middle of Gettysburg are charging $150 per night with a 2 night minimum, and the "camping resorts" are charging close to a hundred with a similar 2 night minimum, this place shines. Clean facilities. Beautiful scenery. Pool with a water slide. A running creek with water fall. Tons of hiking trails. Horseback riding. Friendly and helpful staff. Tons of other activities. And last, but not least; $20-$30 bucks per night (tent)! I will definitely be staying here again if I find myself...

We camped here in June 2020. It is a great State Park campground. We were in site 128 with a big tent. The site was nice and flat, but a little odd if there would be someone in 129 next door, our tent may have encroached on them. But with that spot empty it was a great site, no one on the other side, you couple see neighbors behind but not right on top of us. There were no filled out trees between us, not like an old woodsy state park, but we liked it a lot. There were plenty of other good sites available. The camp hosts were super nice, they even told us where there was firewood left by departed campers. The ranger station also sold good wood on the honor system, not bundled - pick what you want at a reasonable price as well as a large bin of kindling free of charge. The bath houses were built last year and are super nice, and there is one large family shower/restroom. Also an outside dishwashing station. Nice walking around the campground as well as good hiking paths including the AT. There is a very nice big swimming pool, $4 for campers, it is closed Wed or Thurs (I forget) and a stream that kids were splashing in around a large picnic ground. Park Rangers drove their rounds and were pleasant. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed this SP campground, one downside is the proximity to Rt 30 and you can hear trucks and motorcycles thru the nite, but that won't stop us from going back, and I think you may not hear them from the other end of the campground (site 70 area). We will definitely...

The park is beautiful, the prejudice we experienced was ugly. We were the only Black family (we saw) on the Saturday we visited. My Son was rounding up the kids and the stuff we we’re allowed to bring to the pool when one of the lifeguards told him he could not enter the pool with the floatie he had around his waist(he had a towel around his waist, his shirt on and was calling the kids to exit the pool). The floatie belonged to his young daughter- he can swim, she’s learning. The park ranger tried to rationalize the Lifeguard’s statement- his point was that the Lifeguard “Preemptively” told him he couldn’t take the floatie in the pool, just in case the pool became crowded….there were eight (8) people in the pool, with 4 lifeguards….My family and I left that area to eat. After lunch my kids and grandkids returned to the pool and witnessed kids with the same type of floatie that my family were told they could not use….in the pool with them. My grandchildren who are all of mixed ethnicity were negatively impacted by this encounter. Later the same lifeguard allowed a small girl to almost drown after sliding down the water slide. A man who was there had to rescue the child. On a day that should have been wonderful (my elderly mother had all her great grandchildren there) was sullied by the hatred of a small minded person who hopefully learned to be kind and actually pay attention...