Gettysburg / Battlefield KOA Holiday — Hotel in Highland Township

Just stayed at this KOA for two nights this past weekend - great place to stay! As soon as we pulled in to the campground, a staff member walked up to our vehicle and "pre-registered" us. He then hopped in his golf cart and not only showed us to our site, but helped guide my husband with backing in our camper... all while standing in the rain (and not complaining). After we got set up, I went to the office to finish registering and was greeted by a very helpful young lady who explained everything completely and thoroughly without once giving off an "I hate my job" vibe that I've noticed happening more often these days. In fact, my husband and I both noted that while the majority of the staff seemed to be teenagers/young adults, not one of them was rude or snarky like we've come to expect based on our experiences with other businesses.

Anyways.... all the sites on the side of the property we stayed on were nicely separated from each other by the natural landscape of boulders and trees. The roadways were nicely maintained and all the sites we saw seemed to be quite level...even ours (site 74) which was up a small hill, only required one leveling block to be placed under our passenger wheel. The bathrooms/showers were very clean and the small dog park was a nice little treat for our pups. We also saw a cute little playground, big bouncy thing for kids, neat little bike buggies, and a pool (not yet open for the season), but since we don't have kids, we didn't use these amenities. I only have a few little notes:

*The road that bordered our section of the campground had some seriously loud traffic. I do not hold this against KOA since I know there's nothing they can do about it. I only note it for other potential campers - and I'm not sure, but I think the other side of the campground borders a quieter road. *The nature trail is beautiful and well maintained, but it is very rocky. Again, I do not hold this against KOA because it's just the natural terrain and I'm glad they didn't bulldoze through it and ruin the beauty to take out the boulders. I just figured future campers should know not to walk it in flip-flops or other non-supportive shoes...it was tough on the ankles. *Our site, #74, was right at the entrance to the nature trail - not a big deal except the fire ring is right on the border of the first few feet of the trail so that not only are people having to walk through our fire smoke when entering the trail (no avoiding it) but while sitting by the fire, we're watching people constantly walk by only a couple feet from us... constant interruption while trying to enjoy the fire and have a conversation with eachother. It seemed to me that a better spot for the fire ring would be a little farther back on that same side of the site - after the trail curves away from the site and where there is a little hill and trees between the site and trail.

Overall, great campground and having stayed at a couple campgrounds in the Gettysburg area, I'd recommend this one over the...

Love staying at this campground. Staff always go out of their way to help and it's obvious they put in efforts to make improvements. The new tents on the hill look amazing. Halloween weekend was enjoyable and the kids had a blast. Loved that they closed the roads to keep everyone safe during the trick-or-treat. Kind of miss the parade they used to do in the park but we still had a great time. I would like to just add though, it's disheartening to see some of the recent reviews before mine. I can say as someone staying maybe 5 sites down the hill, I have a good idea the two that mentioned golf carts and staff bothering them were the ones at the top of the hill in the corner. Let me assure anyone reading those reviews, that group was not sitting peacefully by the fire. Lots of drinking and carrying on the whole weekend. And they did have their own golf cart with colored lights on it. Which, isn't supposed to be allowed unless someone is disabled yet they most certainly had one so they got permission somehow. When I see all the quiet park reviews here, I know without a doubt after this weekend that it's because staff do their part to try and enforce quiet hours. (Starts a little early at 10pm I believe) I think the standing at the road comment was misleading too as they were across the way from me talking at the light pole. I do recall a golf cart coming by more than once asking those folks to not be so loud. There is no fire at the light pole so they weren't watching one that I could tell. These may not be the same folks, but I think I can put two and two together on the reviews and feel safe believing it was them. I did see a cart with no lights going around (as mentioned) but I just assumed they were trying to be respectful and not shine the headlights in everyones sites. I for one can't stand being blinded sitting at my fire when cars or trucks go by. I have also been to many KOA's that have security or gate people, and that seems to be common practice so for me it isn't really an alarming moment. The first time I saw it was in Seattle, but I could also see how folks could think that's dangerous. Although, this park does have street lights so it's not complete darkness either. I guess what I am saying is don't let a few peoples bad experience deter you from coming. We love this place and will continue to visit. Trust me when I say not all KOA's are ran equally and this one is gold standard compared to many others. Thanks for all the great memories and making our stay enjoyable. Oh, and those Smore's...

My family and I have come to this campground for years! There is a decent amount of campers/Rv’s in our group. We are always respectful and participate in camp activities, purchase souvenirs from the gift shop, etc. However, this year the staff was not friendly and seemed to be singling out our group to make us not want to come back. The main reason I think this is because a comment was made by staff while paying our balance that they had a few groups they couldn’t wait to get rid of and it didn’t sit right with me. On several occasions during our stay staff was speeding around on their golf carts which was not only unprofessional, but dangerous! Children are playing and people are walking their dogs throughout the campground and the staff were not following their own posted speed limits. In the evenings we enjoy having a campfire and relaxing with family. We went to buy wood and were told they keep it in the back and would deliver it. I thought, that’s great! So I ask how big it is so I know how many to buy. I was informed it was a large bundle that would burn for 2 hours. So I ordered 6 for $50. Once it was delivered they were the smallest bundles of wood I’ve ever seen. Burned for maybe 30 min per each bundle. Then, staff continuously came to our campsites and told us it was quiet hours at 10 pm. We were not loud and simply sitting by the fire. They came over every 15 min or so and even started texting our phones and yelling down a hill at us to stop talking. It was clear they wanted us to go inside, and not just be quiet. Meanwhile other campers were outside being loud, talking, playing music, etc. but we watched staff drive right past them. Then, the next night, we saw staff driving up to our site with NO lights on their golfcart!! Extremely dangerous! They could have hit someone! They stopped at the site we were at the night before and sat there. Almost trying to be sneaky and catch us doing something. It’s extremely disheartening that a campground would treat paying customers like this and push us out. Several other campers even noted the behavior of staff towards us and commented that it was hateful and they were experiencing issues as well, some even said their sites for next year were booked out to someone else even though they had the weekend to rebook their site! Very disappointed in KOA and we will not be back. This is NOT a campground for families.

To recap: -Rude staff -Dangerous behavior by staff -Dirty bathrooms -False advertising on wood,...