French Creek State Park Reviews Summary

Camping and Accommodations

Pros:

• "French Creek State Park campgrounds are an ideal location for casual, stress free car camping."
• "Stayed in a cabin at the park it was very quiet and peaceful."
• "Last time we stayed in a yurt! It was clean and comfortable in early summer."
• "Our site was huge! Loop D. It was private and very quite."
• "The camping areas are well maintained and quiet."
• "Camp sites are nice and clean, not too close to your neighbor and have shower/bath houses."
• "The campgrounds were roomy and under shade."

Cons:

• "Sites are way too close together and much smaller than the Reservation site shows."
• "The constant noise from the range kind of kills the camping/chilling out aspect."
• "Many campsites pads in loop A have significant slope making it very challenging to level your camper/rv."
• "I don’t like that there is zero privacy in between campsites because there is not even a tree to separate."
• "However even with Loop A being brand new, it's very poorly designed for trailers of any size."
• "The spot I had was extremely rocky and didn't have any comfortable/safe place where you can pitch a tent."
• "Some of the campsites are horribly unlevel with bad layouts."

Facilities and Amenities

Pros:

• "Everything was clean and well cared for."
• "The park rangers here are kind and professional."
• "Friendly helpful staff/rangers."
• "Camp host very friendly and helpful."
• "The bathrooms were ok but overall disappointed."
• "Bathrooms were clean which was good."
• "The campground is great - well maintained, clean bath houses, friendly hosts, and good amenities."

Cons:

• "The large pool you see in pictures, is not operating."
• "The showers don't have curtains between the shower side and the dressing side."
• "FIX THE ROADS! Beware of potholes."
• "The kayak/canoe rentals is not operating."
• "No pets allowed, very difficult registration process and the ranger is very rude, intrusive and accusatory making me not want to camp there."
• "The bathrooms at campgrounds were very very very dirty, it felt like it's not been cleaned in years."
• "Unfortunately, water pressure in the shower left much to be desired."

Recreation and Activities

Pros:

• "Plenty trails to explore and uncover more beauty."
• "The park has really good hiking trails which gives you a lot of options based on the type of hike you'd like to do."
• "Nice state park right near Hopewell Lake. Plenty of trails to walk around with great views of the lake."
• "Great disc golf course. Everything is wooded, so I do wish there was more open fairways to throw."
• "Great place to get away. Rocky rugged trails."
• "Loved the boating, stand-up paddle boarding, cabin lodging, fishing, hiking, and all the activities we did here!"
• "Rented kayaks and spent some time on the lake. Plenty of room for all water activities and so peaceful."

Cons:

• "The pool is still closed and swimming is prohibited in all lakes."
• "The trail also offers no scenic views or views of the lake."
• "They really need to do some trail maintenance and upkeep to this park."
• "Went over to Hopewell Lake but it is so overgrown close in to shore it's pretty useless."
• "Quiet hours non existent."
• "The Loop trail is poorly marked and in rough condition: rocky, rutted and very buggy."
• "Hunting all day first day of 2020 not too many hunters but no deer seems like it just doesn’t have too many deer."

Value and Experience

Pros:

• "Nice to see something great being done with state tax money."
• "A great place to bring our own kids (and grand kids)."
• "It has been a great experience to support friends and family as they continue to recover."
• "The beauty of Mother nature is really on display here. Wondering hiking trails take you thru amazing forests."
• "An absolutely incredible place. Breathtaking beauty and wildlife."
• "Love love love French Creek 20 minutes away from my house and we always have a blast."
• "This is a wonderful park with many well marked trails for hiking."

Cons:

• "A pretty pricey place to stay."
• "Expensive camping sites."
• "BEWARE! When you rent a family cabin at French Creek State Park, please understand cabin #3 and #4 as of August 2021 has bed bugs."
• "Very crowded. No social distancing."
• "Worst time I ever had. My family has been going up for over 30 yrs."
• "This was an embarrassing experience. I won't be returning."
• "Really disappointed with our experience at French Creek."