flguppie wrote:
Wow, great suggestions!. Some great new areas to research. Keep these great ideas coming. Thanks.
Hey Soren, what camping places would you recommend in the Lancaster area?
Our favorite is Lake-in-the-Wood. The only negative is that it's a bit remote from all the action, in tourist country, as it's way up in the NE corner of the county. It is however, real close to the Shady Maple Smorgasbord, the Shady Maple market, and the big Goods store, which the locals joke about being "the Amish Wal-Mart". If you want to be closer to the center of the tourist area, Old Mill Stream is really nice. From the road, it looks like it should be a busy, noisy mess, since it's located next to a huge Kiddy Amusement park, on the main commercial stretch in the area (RT 30) but the campground is tucked in a rural valley, behind everything, and it's quiet and real nice. Our other go to choice, is Country Acres, located east on thirty in Paradise. It's conveniently located and really well run. finally, we haven't been there, but Spring Gulch is highly recommended by many.
Couple of points to think about if you are going to do an extended stretch here. As several have stated, it can be hot and humid here. Not Florida hot, but way hotter than you might imagine. The Chesapeake bay region from DC/Baltimore north to the Appalachians in PA. tends to be an odd little spear of southern climate. It's common to find a lot nicer summer weather, and much uglier winters, just a few miles north of here. The other issue is that eight million visitors end up in the county every year. Most of this tourism is located in the Amish area, east of the city. I never tried to book a week, or month in a CG here, but I do know that during the summer, most are quite full, and fairly expensive.
