RV Parks In Allentown, Pennsylvania

For full hookups and a comfortable base, the Allentown KOA Journey in New Tripoli is our top pick, with 50/30-amp full-hookup pull-thru and back-in sites on a secluded 40-acre valley property plus a pool and weekend activities. Mountain Springs Camping Resort off I-78 in Hamburg is the bigger resort choice at close to 292 sites, and Robin Hill Campground is an easy 50-amp big-rig option open April through November. If you want a public forest setting, Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos offers electric and full-hookup sites about 40 minutes north. Together they cover everything from a resort hub to a quiet mountain loop.

Yes. The private parks in the Lehigh Valley are built around full-service camping. The Allentown KOA Journey offers full hookups with both 50 and 30-amp pull-thru and back-in sites, along with water/electric sites, and it keeps monthly full-hookup sites available year-round. Mountain Springs Camping Resort runs full hookups across its large site count, and Robin Hill provides 50-amp full-hookup sites in season. For public camping, Hickory Run State Park has 111 modern electric sites plus 15 true full-hookup sites, so even the state-park option can give you sewer at the pad. If you need to plug in and empty tanks at your site, this area has you covered.

Plan on Northeast-metro rates at the private parks, generally about $45 to $70 a night in peak season depending on the park and hookups, with prices climbing on summer weekends, holidays, and around Dorney Park visits. The KOA Journey and Mountain Springs price like established resorts, while Robin Hill offers seasonal 50-amp sites. The budget move is the public option: Hickory Run State Park electric sites start well under $30 a night, with full-hookup sites somewhat higher. Snowbirds should ask the KOA about its year-round monthly full-hookup rates. Basing once and day-tripping the region also saves real fuel money versus moving camp nightly.

For summer weekends and holidays at the private resorts, book several weeks to a couple of months out, because Mountain Springs and the KOA fill during peak family season and around Dorney Park visits. Midweek and shoulder-season stays are far easier and often available on short notice. Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos reserves through Pennsylvania's DCNR system up to eleven months in advance, and its electric and full-hookup loops go quickly for summer and fall foliage weekends, so lock those in early. Unreserved state-park sites release first-come at noon when advance booking closes, which can rescue a spur-of-the-moment plan.

Fall is the standout, roughly September into November, when the days turn crisp, the ridges light up with color, and the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary raptor migration draws birders from all over. Summer is warm, humid, and busy, ideal for Dorney Park and family trips but the priciest and most crowded season, so reserve ahead. Spring reopens the parks but runs cool and sometimes muddy early on, better for quiet weekday stays. Winter is the one to skip: the seasonal campgrounds close and the valley takes real snow and occasional nor easters. For the best mix of weather and scenery, target May through October, with fall as the sweet spot.

Yes, comfortably. The Allentown KOA Journey and Robin Hill Campground both cater to big rigs with 50-amp full-hookup sites and pull-thrus that make setting up a 40-foot motorhome or large fifth wheel straightforward, and Mountain Springs Camping Resort has the room to handle larger units as well. Access on the main corridors, I-78, US-22, and I-476, is wide and RV-friendly, with the main caution being rush-hour congestion rather than tight roads or low bridges. The one place to avoid a big rig is downtown Allentown near the PPL Center, where large-vehicle parking is scarce; leave the rig at camp and drive in with the tow vehicle.

The nearest public camping worth a trip is Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos, about 40 minutes north in Carbon County. It spreads across nearly 16,000 acres with over 40 miles of trails, trout streams, and the famous boulder field, and its campground offers 111 modern electric sites plus 15 full-hookup sites. Reservations run through Pennsylvania's DCNR system up to eleven months ahead, with unreserved sites released first-come at noon. It is a genuinely different experience from the valley resorts: cooler, quieter, and darker at night. For a mixed trip, we like a few hookup nights in the valley followed by an electric loop up in the mountains.

It is one of the better ones. From a Lehigh Valley campground you are roughly 90 miles west of New York City and about 60 miles north of Philadelphia, close enough to make either a comfortable day trip in the tow vehicle without moving the rig. That hub strategy is the whole appeal of camping here: park once at a full-hookup site, then reach two major cities plus the Poconos and Amish Country on separate days. Drive in with the tow vehicle and use park-and-ride or city garages rather than trying to navigate a motorhome downtown. It saves fuel, hassle, and the cost of repositioning camp.

Plenty, and it changes with the season. Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom is a summer family magnet right in town, while Hawk Mountain Sanctuary about 40 minutes west delivers world-class raptor migration viewing from September into November. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, roughly an hour north, offers canoeing, hiking, and river scenery along the Pennsylvania and New Jersey line. Add the Poconos for lakes and waterfalls and Lancaster's Amish farms to the southwest, and a single Allentown base gives you amusement parks, wildlife, mountains, and countryside all within an easy drive. It is a lot of variety for one hookup site.

Mostly not. Like the rest of the Northeast, the Lehigh Valley's seasonal parks close for winter, and the valley takes genuine snow and the occasional nor easter, so this is not a cold-weather camping destination. The main exception is the Allentown KOA Journey, which keeps monthly full-hookup sites running year-round, though that is aimed at extended stays rather than short winter trips. The Poconos state-park loops at Hickory Run largely shut down for the season as well. If your travels bring you through in the cold months, plan around the weather and lean on the year-round monthly sites rather than expecting a typical short-stay campground to be open.

The Allentown KOA Journey is our family pick for its pool, playground, game room, mining station, and weekend activities like hayrides and bingo, all on a secluded valley property that keeps kids busy while you day-trip. Mountain Springs Camping Resort in Hamburg is another strong family option given its size and resort amenities. Both put you within easy reach of Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom for the summer thrill-ride day, and close enough to Hawk Mountain and the Delaware Water Gap for nature outings. For a family trip, we would base at the KOA, run the full hookups, and mix amusement-park days with quieter hikes and city visits from the same site.

For summer weekends and fall foliage, yes, we strongly recommend it. Hickory Run's electric and full-hookup loops book up through Pennsylvania's DCNR reservation system, which opens sites up to eleven months in advance, and the popular weekends go early. That said, the park also releases unreserved sites on a first-come basis at noon each day when advance booking closes, so a midweek or shoulder-season arrival can often find space without a reservation. Given the drive up from the valley, we would rather lock in a site than gamble, especially for a weekend. Check the DCNR site for the current campground status and any seasonal loop closures before heading up.

If you are staying at a full-hookup site at the Allentown KOA Journey, Mountain Springs, or Robin Hill, you have sewer and potable water right at the pad, so tank management is handled during your stay. At Hickory Run State Park, the modern electric sites do not include sewer, so fill fresh water on arrival and use the campground dump station or the full-hookup sites there when you break camp. For travelers passing through without camping, the region has service-plaza and campground dump options; see our companion Allentown RV dump stations guide for the specific locations and whether they take non-guests.

For full hookups and a comfortable base, the Allentown KOA Journey in New Tripoli is our top pick, with 50/30-amp full-hookup pull-thru and back-in sites on a secluded 40-acre valley property plus a pool and weekend activities. Mountain Springs Camping Resort off I-78 in Hamburg is the bigger resort choice at close to 292 sites, and Robin Hill Campground is an easy 50-amp big-rig option open April through November. If you want a public forest setting, Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos offers electric and full-hookup sites about 40 minutes north. Together they cover everything from a resort hub to a quiet mountain loop.

Yes. The private parks in the Lehigh Valley are built around full-service camping. The Allentown KOA Journey offers full hookups with both 50 and 30-amp pull-thru and back-in sites, along with water/electric sites, and it keeps monthly full-hookup sites available year-round. Mountain Springs Camping Resort runs full hookups across its large site count, and Robin Hill provides 50-amp full-hookup sites in season. For public camping, Hickory Run State Park has 111 modern electric sites plus 15 true full-hookup sites, so even the state-park option can give you sewer at the pad. If you need to plug in and empty tanks at your site, this area has you covered.

Plan on Northeast-metro rates at the private parks, generally about $45 to $70 a night in peak season depending on the park and hookups, with prices climbing on summer weekends, holidays, and around Dorney Park visits. The KOA Journey and Mountain Springs price like established resorts, while Robin Hill offers seasonal 50-amp sites. The budget move is the public option: Hickory Run State Park electric sites start well under $30 a night, with full-hookup sites somewhat higher. Snowbirds should ask the KOA about its year-round monthly full-hookup rates. Basing once and day-tripping the region also saves real fuel money versus moving camp nightly.

For summer weekends and holidays at the private resorts, book several weeks to a couple of months out, because Mountain Springs and the KOA fill during peak family season and around Dorney Park visits. Midweek and shoulder-season stays are far easier and often available on short notice. Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos reserves through Pennsylvania's DCNR system up to eleven months in advance, and its electric and full-hookup loops go quickly for summer and fall foliage weekends, so lock those in early. Unreserved state-park sites release first-come at noon when advance booking closes, which can rescue a spur-of-the-moment plan.

Fall is the standout, roughly September into November, when the days turn crisp, the ridges light up with color, and the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary raptor migration draws birders from all over. Summer is warm, humid, and busy, ideal for Dorney Park and family trips but the priciest and most crowded season, so reserve ahead. Spring reopens the parks but runs cool and sometimes muddy early on, better for quiet weekday stays. Winter is the one to skip: the seasonal campgrounds close and the valley takes real snow and occasional nor easters. For the best mix of weather and scenery, target May through October, with fall as the sweet spot.

Yes, comfortably. The Allentown KOA Journey and Robin Hill Campground both cater to big rigs with 50-amp full-hookup sites and pull-thrus that make setting up a 40-foot motorhome or large fifth wheel straightforward, and Mountain Springs Camping Resort has the room to handle larger units as well. Access on the main corridors, I-78, US-22, and I-476, is wide and RV-friendly, with the main caution being rush-hour congestion rather than tight roads or low bridges. The one place to avoid a big rig is downtown Allentown near the PPL Center, where large-vehicle parking is scarce; leave the rig at camp and drive in with the tow vehicle.

The nearest public camping worth a trip is Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos, about 40 minutes north in Carbon County. It spreads across nearly 16,000 acres with over 40 miles of trails, trout streams, and the famous boulder field, and its campground offers 111 modern electric sites plus 15 full-hookup sites. Reservations run through Pennsylvania's DCNR system up to eleven months ahead, with unreserved sites released first-come at noon. It is a genuinely different experience from the valley resorts: cooler, quieter, and darker at night. For a mixed trip, we like a few hookup nights in the valley followed by an electric loop up in the mountains.

It is one of the better ones. From a Lehigh Valley campground you are roughly 90 miles west of New York City and about 60 miles north of Philadelphia, close enough to make either a comfortable day trip in the tow vehicle without moving the rig. That hub strategy is the whole appeal of camping here: park once at a full-hookup site, then reach two major cities plus the Poconos and Amish Country on separate days. Drive in with the tow vehicle and use park-and-ride or city garages rather than trying to navigate a motorhome downtown. It saves fuel, hassle, and the cost of repositioning camp.

Plenty, and it changes with the season. Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom is a summer family magnet right in town, while Hawk Mountain Sanctuary about 40 minutes west delivers world-class raptor migration viewing from September into November. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, roughly an hour north, offers canoeing, hiking, and river scenery along the Pennsylvania and New Jersey line. Add the Poconos for lakes and waterfalls and Lancaster's Amish farms to the southwest, and a single Allentown base gives you amusement parks, wildlife, mountains, and countryside all within an easy drive. It is a lot of variety for one hookup site.

Mostly not. Like the rest of the Northeast, the Lehigh Valley's seasonal parks close for winter, and the valley takes genuine snow and the occasional nor easter, so this is not a cold-weather camping destination. The main exception is the Allentown KOA Journey, which keeps monthly full-hookup sites running year-round, though that is aimed at extended stays rather than short winter trips. The Poconos state-park loops at Hickory Run largely shut down for the season as well. If your travels bring you through in the cold months, plan around the weather and lean on the year-round monthly sites rather than expecting a typical short-stay campground to be open.

The Allentown KOA Journey is our family pick for its pool, playground, game room, mining station, and weekend activities like hayrides and bingo, all on a secluded valley property that keeps kids busy while you day-trip. Mountain Springs Camping Resort in Hamburg is another strong family option given its size and resort amenities. Both put you within easy reach of Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom for the summer thrill-ride day, and close enough to Hawk Mountain and the Delaware Water Gap for nature outings. For a family trip, we would base at the KOA, run the full hookups, and mix amusement-park days with quieter hikes and city visits from the same site.

For summer weekends and fall foliage, yes, we strongly recommend it. Hickory Run's electric and full-hookup loops book up through Pennsylvania's DCNR reservation system, which opens sites up to eleven months in advance, and the popular weekends go early. That said, the park also releases unreserved sites on a first-come basis at noon each day when advance booking closes, so a midweek or shoulder-season arrival can often find space without a reservation. Given the drive up from the valley, we would rather lock in a site than gamble, especially for a weekend. Check the DCNR site for the current campground status and any seasonal loop closures before heading up.

If you are staying at a full-hookup site at the Allentown KOA Journey, Mountain Springs, or Robin Hill, you have sewer and potable water right at the pad, so tank management is handled during your stay. At Hickory Run State Park, the modern electric sites do not include sewer, so fill fresh water on arrival and use the campground dump station or the full-hookup sites there when you break camp. For travelers passing through without camping, the region has service-plaza and campground dump options; see our companion Allentown RV dump stations guide for the specific locations and whether they take non-guests.

The highest-rated station is Lehigh Valley Service Plaza with a rating of 4.0/5 stars.

Yes — there are free RV waste disposal options available near Allentown.