Beautiful state park located in the Allegheny mountains. Sites are set amongst tall pines and are spacious. Our site was in a newer 50 amp section and was very level and had a large gravelled patio area adjacent to the parking pad. Beautiful lake and lots of hiking trails (easy to moderate) to walk. There are also cabins and yurts to rent. The bathrooms were older and I agree with the previous poster that the toilets need to be anchored a bit better & it would be nice if they had air hand dryers. There is a new upper section of sites going in and there was a new bath house under construction there. This one will be ideal as it is well lit, has nice tile and will have air hand dryers. Hopefully, they'll upgrade the older bathrooms to meet up with the standards of the new one. Rangers patrolled the campground often during the weekend, but didn't see them at all during the week. Although, by the time the week came around, the campground was pretty deserted so probably no need for patrolling. I would have rated this campground higher if the older bathrooms were in better shape. But, all in all, this is a really nice campground to visit. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Shawnee is a beautiful campground nestled in the mountains. This park offers a variety of camp sites to suit your equipment. If you go to their website, through the reservation process: they will tell you which sites are suitable for your camping equipment. Their sites range from open to shaded and the roads are a mixture of both paved and gravel. We stayed in one of the 3 new camping cottages Shawnee now offers. One of the cottages is ADA accessible. These are the bare-bone type of cottages with no cooking or restroom facilities inside. They consist of a rather large double bed with a single bunk on top (but you can fit two kids in one of these bunks), and then a set of single bunks on the opposite wall. There's also a nice indoor table and benches and two chairs. The cottage also offers a large covered front deck. Shawnee also offers two yurts. There are scheduled activities Thursday through Sunday but nothing for the rest of the week. There are a lot of nice hiking trails within the campground as well as within the state park itself, which are anywhere from easy to difficult. The lake is about 1/2 mile from the campground entrance, and they have boat rentals at a concession area. The swimming beach is beautiful, but is quite a hike from the parking area; going to it is downhill, but going back to the parking lot it's quite a steep climb. They do have a campstore, but the entire time we were here from Sunday afternoon until Thursday morning, we did not see it opened one time. However, there are several places to get supplies/groceries nearby (1 to 3 miles). The toilet area of the restrooms were not in the best of shape. They cleaned the restrooms daily however, it seemed like a lot of the toilets were backed up and when you went to sit on them, it felt as if you were going to fall over; they were not anchored very well. And, there is no soap dispensers or paper towels/hand dryers in the sink area. The beauty of this campground outweighs the problems with it. It is definitely a place I will camp at again. The prices are hard to beat as well as the natural surroundings. We camped here in a Campground Cabin.

Near Bedford. Lake swimming. Some sites very unlevel for RVs. Nice lake for swimming/fishing. Plenty of hiking. Go to Bedford Festival first two weekends in October. Also see Historic Bedford Village. One can get some nice lake views from around the park. Only an 8 due to some unlevel sites. Still recommended. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.