First-time Camper? For $20 you can try Camping in a PA State Park!

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is teaming up with Gander Mountain to get you and your family to camp out under the stars!  For $20, you will get two nights of camping, equipment rental and hands-on instruction on how to camp by state park expert campers.  Colonel Denning in Cumberland County is the closest participating state park to Shippensburg.

You are eligible if you are a first time camper (your name is NOT in the reservation system database on a campsite).

The following camping equipment is provided for your one-time use by Pennsylvania State Parks.

• 1 four-person tent
• 4 sleeping pads
• 1 tarp
• 4 camp chairs
• 1 flashlight
• 1 lantern
• 1 camp stove
• 4 hotdog/marshmallow cookers

Call the following participating Pennsylvania state parks to make a reservation.

Black Moshannon	814-342-5960
Colonel Denning	717-776-5272
Gifford Pinchot	717-432-5011
Hills Creek	570-724-4246
Little Pine	570-753-6000
Locust Lake	570-467-2404
Ole Bull	814-435-5000
Promised Land	570-676-3428
Raymond B. Winter	570-966-1455
Ryerson Station	724-428-4254
Sinnemahoning	814-647-8401
Tobyhanna	570-894-8336