Generally we love Pennsylvania state park camping, but I feel impelled to give a warning to anyone who may be considering a stay at Caledonia. Although many of the sites looked very spacious, we were cramped into site 145. It appeared as if they converted a 6-space bathroom parking area into 3 sites, and we were squeezed in the middle, on asphalt, for the weekend. The nice hiking trails of the park were well maintained and well marked, but after a long hiking day, it was not very relaxing to return back to our site. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Water access was a little difficult. Campground is nice, but the surrounding area was terrific. Grounds are within a nice drive to Gettysburg. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This was a pretty good campground, for a State Park. The site was well wooded, and yet level (didn't need to use levelers.) This was our first campground, as an RV'r. I've been a tent camper all my life, until now. There are no amenities (camp store, etc.) The swimming pool is HUGE. However, this (and the public park areas) are used heavily by the local community, so there were lots of people in the pool. The lake is not right next to the campsites, so you had to drive to it. Firewood was sold by camp hosts, within the campground. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Too many of the sites in the Hosack Run campground are too crowded, not at all what we expected based on our experiences with other state parks in Pennsylvania. When our neighbor backed in, his slide out was less than 3 feet from our awning. There are a few fairly good electric sites but not many. The non-electric sites on the outside of the loop looked very nice -- roomy and private. No electric in the shower houses from about 8 am to about 8:30 pm. Rather annoying push-button showers, although the water temperature was good. The sites in the other campground at Caledonia are spread out better and more private than those in Hosack Run, but only a handful have electric and most of those have little shade. That campground is also very hilly. We love camping in state parks but will not be returning to Caledonia. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
This beautiful state campground's setting is tall pines and a rocky running stream. We stated in the 50 amp sites (152) because we wanted to stay near my in-laws who have a big rig (150) and they wanted 50 amp. We chose only from knowledge of the map online, but if we would do it again, we'd choose another site - perhaps 132-136 because of they are level sites near the stream or else 177-183 on the other side because of level, big sites near the bathhouse. The bathhouse is no luxury (push button showers that start out cold but they get hot and no lights during day to save electricity) but they were clean enough. It's pretty, basic family camping at its best. The other campground at the park has the pool nearby but it looks much hillier and more difficult for bigger rigs without as much pretty shade. We will definitely return to Hosack. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.