The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) [Paperback]

Matt Willen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Best Tent Camping | Publication Date: April 1, 2006

Between the state's two major population centers, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania offers the outdoor enthusiast thousands of square miles of hills, forests, and rivers to pursue a variety of outdoor activities--hiking, bicycling, skiing, fishing, boating, and camping. The Best In Tent Camping: Pennsylvania provides a guide to the fifty best places in the state to pitch a tent and spend the night without being bothered by the noise of loud portable stereos, large recreational vehicles, and crowds. In addition to providing campers with essential information about each campground (including season, rates, facilities, and how to reserve a site), the guide identifies the best sites at the best campgrounds, offers information on exciting day trips, suggests hikes and activities accessible from the campgrounds, and describes the flora and fauna campers might encounter on a trip. From the Pocono Mountain region to the Allegheny National Forest, the Laurel Highlands to the suburbs of Philadelphia, The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania is an indispensable guide for the person who likes to sleep in a tent not far from the convenience of the car.

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50 of the most scenic campgrounds...includes at-a-glance key information, driving directions and detailed maps. -- Parents Express, August 2006

About the Author

Matt Willen has lived in Pennsylvania for the past fifteen years, during which he has explored many of the state's hiking trails and kayaked many of its rivers. He is currently a professor at Elizabethtown College, where he teaches courses in professional writing. He lives on a farm outside of the town of Hershey.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089732613X
• ISBN-13: 978-0897326131
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent PA Camping Resource, March 2, 2009

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Kurt E. Klapkowski (Camp Hill, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)

Excellent resource for folks looking for great tent camping spots in the Keystone State. The title really says it all - this book recommends the quiet and off the beaten path organized camping sites. My favorite thing about this book is that the author describes the individual sites available for camping and makes recommendations based on specific site amenities -- close to running water, in the shade, privacy/screening from other campsites, out of the path to the restrooms for the rest of the camp site, etc. This makes it much less of a roll of the dice when reserving specific sites, especially through the Pennsylvania State Park system.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania, March 17, 2007

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Happy Camper (Beaver, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)

Especially liked the information on which campgrounds are dog friendly.
Would hate to get to a campground and find out Rover wasn't welcome.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK, July 19, 2006

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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)

This is the book to have if you are interested in Pa state campground camping w/o a trailer or RV.

This entire series (The Best in Tent Camping....) is excellent.