Campgrounds and RV parks near Greens Landing, PA

The area is built around water, gorges, and mountain forest. At Pine Cradle Lake Family Campground, families can kayak or fish on a private lake and use on-site recreation facilities. Falling Waters Campground home of Buttermilk Falls has walking trails from the campground to Buttermilk Falls, a 42-foot waterfall, with World's End State Park and state game lands a short drive away. An hour or so west, Robert H Treman State Park offers about nine miles of hiking through Enfield Glen past 12 waterfalls, including the 115-foot Lucifer Falls, plus a stream-fed swimming pool below a waterfall staffed with lifeguards from late June to Labor Day weekend. North - Newtown Battlefield State Park adds Revolutionary War history, pavilions, and views over the Chemung River Valley, with boat launches on the Chemung River nearby. Downtown Ithaca and Finger Lakes wineries are within reach for day trips.

Camping in this part of the northern Appalachians is largely a warm-weather activity. Public campgrounds run on defined seasons: North - Newtown Battlefield State Park operates from mid-May through mid-October for both campsites and cabins, and Robert H Treman State Park opens mid-May and stays open into early November, with reservations strongly recommended for campsites and required for cabins. Private campgrounds like Falling Waters Campground home of Buttermilk Falls advertise year-round operation, while Pine Cradle Lake Family Campground runs a spring-to-fall season. July and August are the warmest and busiest months, with highs typically in the upper 70s to low 80s Fahrenheit and prime swimming, fishing, and gorge-hiking conditions. Summer weekends around Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day book out first, and cabins at Robert H Treman carry multi-night minimums on holiday weekends and a seven-night Saturday-to-Saturday minimum in peak season. Late September through mid-October brings fall color across the Endless Mountains and Finger Lakes, cooler nights, and lighter crowds. Winters are cold and snowy, with most state park campgrounds closed and only select private grounds open.

Sites in this region range from full-hookup RV pads to primitive tent spots. Pine Cradle Lake Family Campground offers full-hookup sites with 30/50 amp service, plus tent sites. Falling Waters Campground home of Buttermilk Falls provides 64 sites with electric, water, and sewer, 30 and 50 amp service, big-rig-friendly pull-throughs, plus wooded tent sites and cabin rentals, with a dump station and on-site restrooms. State park campgrounds are more rustic. Robert H Treman State Park has about 70 campsites with a limited number of electric hookups, 14 cabins, restrooms with showers, and a dump station. North - Newtown Battlefield State Park offers campsites and rustic cabins, showers, and a dump station, with some sites limited to shorter vehicles. Two pets are typically allowed per site on a six-foot leash at the New York state parks, and current proof of rabies vaccination is required at check-in.