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Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania

   

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AMENITIES:
Tent camping is available
RV hookups are available
Campfires are allowed
Nearby attractions
Fishing
Boating
Cabins
Restrooms
Showers
Picnic and Barbecue area is available
Fishing Pier

Activities: boating, fishing, paddle boats, power boating, hiking, swimming and rowboats

There are showers here at Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, and there are of course restrooms at this campground. The welcoming staff and all the amusing stuff have loads of people coming here.
Quite a lot of amusing stuff to do right next door to Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A; it positively is a good campground. Such
 
    a wonderful pick of attractions and such a wonderful variety of outdoors recreation will without doubt have you coming back repeatedly.
Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A is a very well prized campground by the folks of Fort
 Loudon. Some of the things you can do here at Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A are swimming, whitewater paddling, fishing, hiking, and playing golf, so you won’t get bored.
You need to get out; Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania is a good site for getting out.
You find the 8-mile-long Knobsville to US Route 30 sector of Licking Creek close by; this is a type I-II whitewater segment. For those inexperienced in whitewater paddling this segment of Licking Creek may be an enjoyable location to raft. Whitewater rapids are risky occurrences, so you must check the latest conditions before heading out. Nearby lakes? Sure, Gunter Valley Reservoir is in close proximity
 
to Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A. Going for a horse ride at nearby Star Equestrian Center is always a fun thing to do. Everybody loves Greenbrier State Park; you can have a perfect hiking adventure along the Log Slide Trail.  

White Hall Manor Bed Breakfa, Greencastle

18 miles away
  
Sleep Inn & Suites Clear Spring, Clear Spring

18 miles away
  
Super 8 Greencastle, Greencastle

19 miles away
  
Comfort Inn Greencastle, Greencastle

19 miles away


Other campgrounds near Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania:

   Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area B, Fort Loudon, 1 miles away
      
   Mountain Lake Cabins, Fort Loudon, 2 miles away
      
   Burnt Cabins Grist Mill Ye Olde Mill Campground, Burnt Cabins, 5 miles away
      
   Ye Olde Mill Campground at the Burnt Cabins Grist Mill, Burnt Cabins, 6 miles away
      
   Saunderosa Park, Mercersburg, 9 miles away
      
   Long View Campground, Mercersburg, 10 miles away
      
   Gettysburg Battlefield KOA Kampground, Gettysburg, 13 miles away
      
   Breezewood Campgrounds, Breezewood, 14 miles away
      
   Twin Bridge Meadow Family Campground, Chambersburg, 14 miles away
      
   Harold L Krepps, Shirleysburg, 18 miles away
      

Paddling Rivers Near Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania:

   Licking Creek, Fulton County, 3 miles away
      Class I-II - 8 miles long (Knobsville to US Route 30)

   Big Cove Creek, Fulton County, 11 miles away
      Class I-III - 12 miles long (T379 to Licking Creek)

   Sideling Hill Creek, Fulton / Huntingdon County, 15 miles away
      Class I-II - 20 miles long (Pennsylvania Route 915 to LR31009)

   Great Trough Creek, Huntingdon County, 20 miles away
      Class I-III - 6.3 miles long (T370 to Trough Creek State Park)

   Sleepy Creek, Morgan County, 23 miles away
      Class I-II - 7.7 miles long (CR 9 to Potomac confluence)


Public Lands near Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania:

   Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Harpers Ferry - WV, 36 miles away
      
   Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, McLean - VA, 36 miles away
      
   Catoctin Mountain Park, Thurmont - MD, 40 miles away
      
   Greenbrier State Park, West Virginia, 32 miles away

   Cacapon State Park, West Virginia, 36 miles away


Trails near Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania:

   Mile Trail, Fulton County, 0 miles away

   Horseshoe Trail, Fulton County, 1 miles away

   Log Slide Trail, Fulton County, 1 miles away

   Creek Crossing Trail, Fulton County, 1 miles away

   Cowans Trail, Fulton County, 2 miles away

   Fox Trail, Fulton County, 2 miles away

   Wagner Trail, Fulton County, 2 miles away


Golf Courses Near Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania:

   Whitetail Golf Resort, Mercersburg, 12 miles away

   Greencastle Greens Golf Club, Greencastle, 15 miles away

   Majestic Ridge Golf Club, Chambersburg, 16 miles away

   Chambersburg Country Club, Chambersburg, 18 miles away

   Rocky Spring Golf Course, Chambersburg, 20 miles away


Lakes Near Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania:

   Wolf Lake, Franklin County, 19 miles away

   Gunter Valley Reservoir, Franklin County, 20 miles away


Current weather conditions and forecast for Cowans Gap State Park - Camp Area A, Pennsylvania
Local climate location: EVERETT 19 miles away


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