Stay the Night at Hickory Run State Park
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Camping
Flush toilets, warm showers, some electric and full-hookup sites
The large tent and trailer camping area has modern restrooms with warm showers, a sanitary dump station, a forested section and a grassy, more open section. Many sites have electric hookup. Some sites have full-hookup service, which includes:
The campground has modern facilities from the second Friday in April until the third Sunday in October when the dump station and all facilities with running water close for the season. Rustic camping continues until mid-December.
Pets are permitted on designated sites.
A camp store has general camping supplies, ice, firewood, and food.
This activity or structure is ADA accessible. Four campsite with nearby showers and restrooms are ADA accessible.
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
Hickory Run State Park Campground Map (PDF)
Attention All Campers: Because of an active bear population, overnight guests are required to store all food and any scented items such as toothpaste, deodorant, and dish soap in their vehicle while away from their site. Trash should be disposed of in the bear-proof dumpsters. This includes when leaving the site for even a short period of time, day or night. Park staff will enforce these rules and failure to comply may result in a citation.
Free Camping for Campground Hosts
Three host positions
The campground host site amenities include 50-amp electric service. Hosts are required to assist park personnel for 40 hours per week, which includes weekends. A three-week minimum stay is required.
Contact the park office for additional information and availability.
Lodging
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This activity or structure is ADA accessible. Ruffed Grouse Camping Cottage and Eastern Hemlock Deluxe Cottage are ADA accessible.
Camping Cottages
Three cottages in the campground feature:
Wooden walls and floors
Windows
Porch
Electric baseboard heat
Lights
Electric outlets
Each cottage sleeps five people in a single bunk and single/double bunk.
There is no running water or restrooms in the cottages, however, there is potable water and non-flush toilets nearby. Additionally, there is a modern restroom and shower facility for shared use in the lower section of the campground available from opening to the third Sunday in October.
Deluxe Camping Cottages
Two deluxe cottages are available from the second Friday in April until the end of deer season in mid-December.
The deluxe cottages have minimal furnishings:
Kitchen stove top
Refrigerator
Electric heat
Lighting
Bunk beds
There is no running water, or restrooms in these deluxe cottages, however, there is potable water and non-flush toilets nearby. Additionally, there is a modern restroom and shower facility for shared use in the lower section of the campground available from opening to the third Sunday in October.
Organized Groups
Organized Group Tenting
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Adult and youth groups can rent one or more of the 13 group sites.
Across PA 534 from the campground, this rustic area is open year round and has:
Picnic tables
Fire rings
Non-flush toilets
Water spigots
Organized Group Cabin Camps
Camp Daddy Allen holds 124 people and Camp Shehaqua holds 149 people.
The camps are open from the second Friday in April through the third Sunday in October.
Located in a wooded setting with adjacent play fields, the camps share a swimming pool that is open from about June 1 to Labor Day. Groups must supply their own certified lifeguards.
Contact the park for registration information.
Maps and Rosters for the Group Cabin Camps
Daddy Allen Organized Group Cabin Camp Map (PDF)
Daddy Allen Organized Group Cabin Camp Roster (DOC)
Shehaqua Organized Group Cabin Camp Map (PDF)
Shehaqua Organized Group Cabin Camp Roster (DOC)