Five Pines Camping & Rec

The review is more about the integrity of how this company is run vs the campground itself. We have a self contained RV and just needed a boondocking site for one night. Despite it being closed, the company offered to let us pay for one night without hookups. We paid ahead, but a miscommunication led us to miss the campground, and we found an alternative boondock site in the Borough of Ohiopyle. The company refunded our money. Look forward to another visit and maybe white water rafting in the future. The Borough and the area were charming!!

For now you get a 2 overall... now I'll explain that... Update website... address is 393 Workman... Campgrounds is under repair and improving. New ownership is working to make this once campsite a campsite again. Countryside here is beautiful, small lake as you enter. Lots of open ground which use to be possibly back ins, overlooking this area. Office needs repaired asap and is in good location. Suggest a few waterfront sites with electric only. As you go into woods to right I suggest keep those sites as is, just add water and electric and sewer for 20 footers and less. To the left where cabins are being put in, make it all cabins. Beyond the cabins and house with pool, turn it into primitive with possible upgrades later. Owner maintenance was extremely helpful and apologetic for Rafting companies error in booking. On-site security is a cool dude. Do not expect this as the website says... yet ! For now you can get full hookups with some engineering. Wildlife walks right in on you... and leaves peacefully, too. Saw turkey, deer and I believe a young bear Your Intentions are good and it can be as described... has a good foundation. I did have a good time. Minutes to half hour from all sites in Ohiopyle area. Would love to visit again for a comped week to be able to raise your rating to 5.

DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER LISTED. It belongs to some elderly lady who has no clue how her number is associated with a campground. The address is 393 Workman Rd. Once entering the campground you drive past an old, falling apart office building. As you enter a wooded area you see a few cabins. That is the campground. The sites are all messed up. 80% of the sites don't have modern working electrical hookups. Once I was able to find an employee, he advised that the new owner is working to fix up the grounds. We were the first people under the new owner. I told him about the issues and he said he would tell the owner. I might be willing to return if it was a no charge tell us how we've improved/what still needs improved things.

If you want to party all night in the woods with loud music, this is your place. The facilities weren't terrible for a campground and the sites were mostly flat. We had a no water/electric site so can't speak to that. If you have a camper, there are some sites but the drive way has a gravel road with a somewhat steep hill so be prepared to tow up that with whatever you have. For the meat of our experience, the first night wasn't terrible. We were placed close to another site which seemed a little odd since their weren't many campers and we could have been placed further away but didn't concern us at first. The first night, they stayed up fairly late talking and had a small child crying fairly often, it happens and we expected about the same the next night. The second night was horrible and something I've never had to deal with before. The other site was actually really quiet at first and we thought we would be lucky since it was 10pm and nothing had really started up there. Then at about 11pm a new car who had never been there comes in with their music blaring as they drive to the site and a group of drunk and loud people got out and everything started. I asked them nicely to keep it down so my family could sleep and was simply told that they planned to continue and it was their right to party here. I had to drive to the owners B&B since he wouldn't answer his phone. There he simply told me he wasn't going to do anything about it and we could move to another site if we wanted. If I am going to take down my tent and move my family in the middle of the night, it wasn't going to be to anywhere else in his mostly empty campground. We packed up the car and drove four hours back home in the middle of the night. That may seem extreme but we have no security from drunk people in the middle of the night. If we had called the police on them, there was nothing stopping them or friends from returning to the campground angry. There is no security stopping anyone from entering the grounds. I've been around enough to find there are two main groups in the woods, those who want to get drunk and loud and those who want to actually enjoy being away from crowds and the noise. If you are part of the first group, this is your place. If you are part of the second, go to the state park or Benner's.