Campgrounds and RV parks near New Cumberland, PA

Hersheypark is the region's biggest family draw, with roller coasters, a water park, and ZooAmerica next door. Gettysburg National Military Park is about an hour southwest, and downtown Harrisburg offers the State Capitol, Riverfront Park, and City Island along the Susquehanna. Outdoor activity centers on Pinchot Lake at Gifford Pinchot State Park, where visitors can swim at the beach, fish for bass, launch boats, and hike more than 18 miles of trails including a segment of the Mason-Dixon Trail. The Appalachian Trail crosses Peters Mountain near Camp Hebron, giving trail access to day hikers. Carlisle hosts frequent car shows and auctions at the Carlisle Fairgrounds, and dirt-track racing runs at Williams Grove and Lincoln Speedways in warm months.

Public and private campgrounds around New Cumberland run on different calendars. Gifford Pinchot State Park's campground opens on the second Friday in April and closes by the end of October, offering modern sites with paved pads and a mix of non-electric, electric, and full-hookup options, plus yurts and camping cottages. Camp Hebron's campground follows a similar mid-April to mid-October window, split into spring, summer, and fall seasons. Private parks tend to stay open longer. Harrisburg East Campground operates year-round, with the outdoor pool running from Memorial Day through mid-September. Hersheypark Camping Resort is also a year-round facility, though Hersheypark itself runs a seasonal schedule that peaks in summer and shifts to Halloween and Christmas Candylane events in fall and winter. Summer weekends fill first, especially around Hersheypark and the Fourth of July. Fall brings cooler nights and foliage but shorter operating hours at day-use amenities. Winter camping is limited to the year-round private parks.

Site types vary widely. Gifford Pinchot's campground has paved pads that fit most RVs, with a mix of non-electric, electric (30 and 50 amp), and full-hookup sites, plus a sanitary dump station. Restroom bathhouses, community water hydrants, a swimming beach, playground, boat launch, and amphitheater are within the campground. Harrisburg East offers pull-through and back-in sites with 30 and 50 amp service, full and semi hookups, a seasonal outdoor pool, laundry, and clean bathhouses. Hersheypark Camping Resort has RV sites plus cabins, with a game room, playgrounds, and a country store. Camp Hebron caters to groups and families in a wooded setting along Peters Mountain. King's Campground has 54 mostly grass sites with water and electric hookups (30 and 50 amp), a heated bathhouse, pool, playground, and a dump station; there are no in-site sewer hookups.