Pequea Creek Campground

This was my first year owning a camper and after looking at many campgrounds, I decided on Pequea
When I arrived, it was just like the pictures showed! Shaded sites, lots of space with a creek that runs along the campground
The owners, John and Lori, make this campground!
If you are looking for a serene, peaceful campground that has spectacular flora and wildlife, put this place on your list next year

What is the alternative to – roughing it backpacking and hiking Car Camping! This is a nice little spot for it along a babbling creek, set in the roving hills of Lancaster area PA.
Brought me back to childhood years of summer vacations via Winnebago, on our family New York-​Maine camp/​road trips. Where we stopped at many a KOA campground. Or those seaside holidays in my mom’s home country (England) where we stayed on the beach in little campers.
Memories aside, this campground comes with individual campsites, with water, power outlets the works really everything you would need to suffice for car camping. Or it offers tent only spots if you were just there for a night or two like me. I was there for the Susquehanna 30 mile superhike. I chose the cheaper route which was tent camping. You do no get a fire pit with tent camping but you still have access to drinking water and showers. The showers are up a hill about .3 mile from the tent area. Where the longer term camping spaces are. This was a little crappy.
Only other issue was they had just cut the grass and did not have mowers that removed cut grass. So there was wet cut grasssss everywhere all the time. I wish they would hire someone who can carry it out but all in all its very clean well kept nice campground.
** Note that this campground is very busy weekend of Sept 7^th or the first weekend following labor day each year. Due to about 300 or more Superhikers who may be camping there and the Otter Creek Campgrounds. Also Buses come in at 5 am on that day to transport hikers.
It is also only about 10 – 15 miles out from local towns where you can grab a nice meal after that 30 miles of hiking. Or fishing or whatever you’ve done to work up your appetite!

This was my first trip to Pequea Creek Campground, and I was beyond impressed. We arrived pretty late in the day (8:30pm), and Lori (one of the owners) was so warm and welcoming. We were sold on this place just talking to her! The check-​in center is also a small store that has pretty much anything you may have forgotten for your trip and then some (food, games, worms, OH MY)
Anywho – we booked site 92 which was right on the creek (perfect for my resident fisherman), and we were really happy with our choice. The site came with an electric hookup and water, and had plenty of space to spread out our stuff. The grounds were extremely well kept. The bathrooms weren’t too far from our site, and were basically permanent port-​a-​potties (oxy moron?) but did the trick for what we needed.
There was some pretty hiking right around the campground, and you could fish right in the creek (with a license, mind you), and we saw lots of kayakers and tubers floating past.
This place was only an hour and 45 minute or so drive from Philadelphia (a little longer getting out of the city on a Friday), so I’m confident this is going to be our go-​to camping spot for a really long time.
And there are tons of Amish people around! Nothing says country living like a horse and buggy sharing the main road with you