Blue Knob State Park — Attraction in Pavia Township

Not a bad state park but certainly not great. The bathrooms were very clean and nice compared to the countless other state parks we have been to through Michigan to Florida. The marking/signage in this park is awful, they have one sewage dump receptacle and water hose which is half way in the camping area. The potable water is not labeled and has no hose on it just a fresh water pipe from the ground just before the sewage dump. Most of the sites are small on the outside loop which is all I would consider, since all the inside sites are just in a open field with no shade. Be careful when looking at site pictures if you make reservations they are very good at taking deceiving angle pics(I spend a lot of time trying to find a perfect private site and ours listed that it would fit a 30' camper with slideout, it did indeed barely, my slide was almost touching the power box). There is no camp store of any size, no DNR station at entrance to the camping area either, that would be located at one of the entrances to the park and off a side road about a mile away from the entrance to the camping area. Firewood has to purchased from locals and I would visit the second home that's on the left who tarps the wood and is priced better than the first house who leaves small divided piles out uncovered and only about 6 sticks per pile for 5 bucks. They do have trails but really no detailed description of anything interesting like rock formations small creeks with rapids or anything. It was quiet and relaxing we had the camp ground pretty much to ourselves most of the time. The pool was very nice and really the only thing the kids enjoyed a 8yo and 2yo. Overall a OK park but wish we had camped further south like we do usually in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginias or North Carolina where the parks have great trails and overlooks/viewing areas of the mountains(this park has a lot of potential but I guess Pennsylvania doesn't care for its...

I would have given 5 stars because the campground is beautiful. But upon pulling into our site, we noticed someone across from ours rolling around in the grass in their sleeping bag. It was strange because there was only a cheap, small tent and a bicycle. Ok, we thought, someone riding the trails decided to stay the night. But there was no paper on the site post. In about an hour we saw a ranger pull up. We thought, ok, they're telling the person to leave. No, they stick the sign up and the person was staying for two weeks?? As we were setting up on our site we realized that this must either be someone mentally ill, homeless, or both by his actions. I took a walk up to the host but their RV was closed up and no one was around. We felt very uncomfortable but stayed the night. In the morning the person was walking around their tent muttering continuously. This is not what I want to see as we're trying to relax and enjoy camping. There were only about 5 people camping in the entire campground and this person could have been given a more secluded site. I feel for the person but this was just not acceptable. We decided to leave after only one night instead of the 3 we were going to stay. There has to be a protocol for this kind of thing. We only got to walk one trail but it was very nice and maintained. I would love to go back and explore more at some time. I hope this was just a fluke. It was our...

Blue Knob is well maintained, but I wish more vistas were opened up. The roads leading to the park have wonderful views but too much growth hides them at the park. I found the best view at the top of the ski lifts at Blue Knob Resort. In the distance, several gaps in the mountains make them look like they weave in and out among each other. I did not include a picture, as the fires in our western states made the air too milky to get a good picture. Blue Knob lacks a boating area and is a somewhat disjointed park. for example, the swimming pool is a great distance from the camping. There's about 50 tent and trailer sites in the camping area. However, some are very much in the sun. There's also three cabins and a house to rent. There is also a remote group camping area with its own pool (currently not filled). There's 23 miles of hiking on 9 trails. Mountain bike on 19 miles of trails, house ride on 7 miles of trails, and 7 picnic pavilions including the ones right off route 869 to the west of the main park. In winter enjoy cross country skiing, snowmobiling, and of course the 1050 foot downhill skiing at Blue Knob Lodge. For events at this park visit: events dcnr pa For more information: pa parks and...