Has anyone been to both? Has anyone been to Goods Campground?
I've heard Goods is nice because it's private and the owners are super nice and very easy going people. This was by a friend of the Goods family though. Goods is adjacent to Rickett's Glen State Park.
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on these campgrounds?
Not familiar with Goods Campground but we've camped at Rickett's Glen. One big difference, which might influence your decision is Rickett's Glen is all non-electric sites.
Rickett's Glen is a very nice park, though. Beautiful area, especially the waterfalls trail. Nice lake with beach swimming.
John
My parents live about 15 minutes from Ricketts Glenn and I've been there a 100 times in my life. Great campground, lake, water falls, boat rental, beach and more... NO ELECTRIC. The campground has gone many renovations including paving the roads, a new ranger station and leveling all the camp site. The ranger station was a mobile home for many years and is now one of the nicest I've seen at any park. They added no utilities.
Ricketts Glen State Park Office
In September 1999 the remnants of Hurricane Floyd caused massive damage to the park, temporarily closing it and downing thousands of trees. The DCNR hired Carson Helicopters to salvage timber from the downed beech, cherry, maple, and oak trees for $994,000; a crew of 36 workers spent several months cutting the fallen trees into manageable logs, then helicopters flew the logs to the Hayfield area of the park. The salvage operation ran until the fall of 2001, and yielded 3,500,000 board feet (8,300 m3) of lumber. The operation had revenue of almost $7 million, and had the ecological advantage of not requiring heavy logging equipment or new roads in the park.
Some of the money from the helicopter logging operation was used for park improvements, including a new $1.7 million visitor center and park office, which opened in December 2001. In 2002 the park had "up to a half-million visitors each year". Beginning in 2003 the campsites in the park, by then over 50 years old, were refurbished. In 2004 the park and surrounding Pennsylvania State Game Lands were named an Important Mammal Area, and in July the park was featured as a day trip in the Travel section of The New York Times. On June 28, 2006 a 100-year flood caused widespread damage in the park, washing out many of the recently completed improvements to the hiking trails along Kitchen Creek. In 2007 the park was one of the first ten parks to be featured in the Pennsylvania Cable Network's series on the state's park system. The DCNR has named Ricketts Glen one of "Twenty Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks", citing its old-growth forest and many waterfalls and its status as a National Natural Landmark.
I've driven by Good's Campground many many times and have never stopped in. My parents camped there 40 years ago. I've found very little information and reviews online.
I have been to Ricketts Glenn. Below is my video of my campsite and the hike. The hike is not an easy hike. My sister wanted to take her kids there last year and this was my scouting trip. I told her not until they were older and we do a practice hike. Like John said, there is no electricity so its all battery. There are 2 loops. I stayed near the lake 'cause I wanted to eat breakfast on the lake. However, I found that loop to be louder and tighter than the other loop which seemed nicer.
The other thing to consider is that there is a very very steep hill getting into the campground. You have to drive about 45 minutes out of the way to avoid the hill unless you have a light popup and a V8 to drag it up the hill. The hill is no joke. My pup is 1,500#'s and pulled it with my E150 with a 5.0 motor. I was crawling up the hill in 2nd gear doing 20mph or less. The hill is no joke. it is windy so there is no way to speed up to get you up and over the hill. The hill is no joke.
With all that said, I would go back to Ricketts Glenn.
I have never been to the private campground you are talking about but i think I passed it at the bottom of the hill. What i saw were some older looking 1 bedroom type cabins as I drove along the road. It could be very nice and would save you from pulling the pup up the hill.
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