Campgrounds and RV parks near Orwigsburg, PA

Orwigsburg sits in Schuylkill County in east-central Pennsylvania, on the southern edge of the anthracite coal region and within easy reach of the Blue Mountain ridge, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, and the Appalachian Trail. The area offers a mix of private RV parks and a large state park campground, all within about a 30-minute drive of town. Locust Lake State Park Campground sits on the side of Locust Mountain around a 52-acre lake, with 282 wooded sites divided into tent and trailer sides. Christmas Pines Campground, LLC in nearby Auburn is a family-run private park with 30 and 50-amp RV sites, tent sites, cabins, a pool, and a doggie park. Rosemount Camping Resort in Tamaqua has been welcoming campers for over 50 years and offers full-hookup RV sites, tent sites, and cabin rentals in the Lewistown Valley. Further south near Shartlesville and Hamburg, Mountain Springs Camping Rsrt and Appalachian RV Campground add larger resort-style options with full hookups, pools, and weekend activities, useful when Locust Lake is booked out.

Locust Lake State Park sites are booked through the Pennsylvania State Parks reservation system online or by calling 888-PA-PARKS. Most campsites can be reserved up to 11 months in advance, with new dates released at noon Eastern Time, and reservations remain bookable up to noon on the day of arrival. Unreserved sites are available first-come, first-served. Private campgrounds handle their own reservations. Christmas Pines Campground, LLC takes bookings by phone, and Rosemount Camping Resort books by phone or through its website; Mountain Springs Camping Rsrt and Appalachian RV Campground are typically booked directly with the operator or through common aggregator sites. For summer weekends and any stay overlapping Independence Day, Labor Day, or the fall Hawk Mountain migration, booking at least three months out is recommended, and full-hookup sites should be reserved earlier.