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Gifford Pinchot
State Park
With 339 campsites at the southern end of the lake, this park provides
one of the largest state park campgrounds in the Commonwealth. The
campground opens on the second Friday in April and closes by the end of
October. All of the sites have macadam pads and can accommodate virtually
any piece of camping equipment from a large motor home to the smallest tent.
The campground has an accessible swimming beach, outdoor amphitheater, some
accessible campsites, hiking trails, boat launching and mooring area,
sanitary dumping stations, staffed campground office, and modern bathhouses
with flush toilets and showers. Pets are not permitted in overnight areas.
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Directions:
The park is near the metropolitan areas of York and Harrisburg. It is
reached from Harrisburg via the Lewisberry Exit (35) of I-83 south then PA
177 south; or by US 15 south to Dillsburg, then to PA 74 south. From York,
take PA 74 north or I-83 north. From I-83, take the Newberrytown Exit (32),
PA 382 west to PA 177 south.
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