Willow Bay
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- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $20–$29Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 10899 on recreation.gov
- Season
- January 1 – December 31Open January 1 through December 31
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
Willow Bay is located within the Allegheny National Recreation Area, about 16 miles from Bradford, in northwestern Pennsylvania. It is primarily an accessible family campground that also offers rustic cabins available by reservation year-round. The facility offers modern amenities, including flush toilets and showers, but also provides access to great outdoor recreation opportunities. Most of campsites and cabins can be accessed by vehicle, some campsites are walk-to. Guests are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. Keep reading
Recreation
Visitors enjoy water sports, including boating, water skiing, swimming, and sailing on the 12,080-acre, man-made Allegheny Reservoir. Anglers can find walleye, bass, and musky. A courtesy dock is provided at the boat launch for easier loading and unloading during the summer season. Kayak and canoe rentals are also available on site, first come, first serve basis. The North Country Trail is part of the National Scenic Trail system and can be accessed from the campground and cabin area. It is open to hikers only; no bicycles of any kind, no riding or pack stock, and no motorized travel. The historic trail stretches across seven states and 12 national forests, wandering 4,600 miles through America’s rugged northern heartlands. The area offers excellent wildlife viewing, as well as birding and photography opportunities.
Facilities
The campground offers dozens of campsites available for tent or RV camping. It is comprised of four loops, some of which have walk-to tent campsites and others have back-in RV sites with electric hookups. Each site offers a table and a campfire ring with grill. Accessible flush and vault toilets, as well as showers and drinking water are provided. Some sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each one-room, 10ft x 12ft cabin contains a double bed and a set of bunks, with mattresses, to sleep up to four or six guests. The cabins have electricity and heat, but there is no running water and no kitchen or bathroom inside. Guests use the campground facilities. Cabins also have access to an outdoor table, campfire ring, and pedestal grill. Each cabin has a covered front porch with a porch swing. Guests staying at the cabin will need to bring their own bedding, including blankets, pillows and/or sleeping bags, as well as their own cooking and eating supplies, food, and other camping equipment. Firewood and ice are available for purchase on-site during Peak Season, April - October. Shower houses and water are on 4/1 to 10/30. To confirm late season call 814-363.9090 or go to www.alleghenysite.com. Updates on Facebook Natural Features Built in the 1960s by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the campground has an open appearance unlike other Forest Service facilities in the area. The campground was recently renovated and cabins were erected at the site between 2003 and 2011, offering a different kind of experience for visitors to the area. The campground and cabins are situated on the shore of Willow Bay, off the Allegheny Reservoir, which is also called Kinzua Reservoir. The facility is in forested hills, at an elevation of 1,400 feet. Campsites vary from being on grass with no shade, to being nestled in small stands of mature Hemlock trees (location within the campground is mentioned on the site list). Cabins are nestled in the surrounding forest.
Nearby Attractions
The Seneca-Iroquois Indian Museum and the Salamanca Rail Museum are popular historic sites that are located just over the state line, in Salamanca, New York. It is about a half-hour drive from the campground and cabin area. The Zippo/Case Museum, located in nearby Bradford, PA, showcases the history and products of the Zippo, Case, and Ronson Companies. It is open 7 days a week except New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day, and admission is free. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (814) 362-4613.
Charges & Cancellations
Cancellations or changes must be made on line at Recreation.gov
What the agency tells you
Campsite fee includes one wheeled camping unit only
Parking is limited; an additional $5 fee will be collected at the campground for extra vehicles
The cabins do not have running water, but guests can use facilities available throughout the campground
Everything else this campground posts · 9
Pets must be on a leash at all times and cannot be left unattended. Pets are not allowed on the beaches or in the water. Please clean-up after your pets.
Click here for more information about the Allegheny National Forest.
Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
Interagency passes are accepted at most sites and are valid for the pass holder and any accompanying passengers in a private vehicle. Pass holder must occupy the site.
Please build fires only in the fire ring or grill provided. Dead material down on the ground can be used for fires but live trees, shrubs, and plants must not be cut or damaged. do not replace or remove fire rings.
It is illegal to discharge weapons, firearms, or fireworks within the Recreation Area.
Please place trash in provided receptacles. Do not burn trash or waste food in the fire ring. This invites wild animals into the campground and no one wants to cook their dinner over your rubbish.
Check out time is 12pm. Check in time is 2:00 pm. Camping fees must be paid by within 30 minutes of arrival - Put your site number and license plate number on your fee envelope.
Tents can not be put up on cabin sites. A seperate site must be purchased. * Cabin 104 does come with a tent site and the cost reflects that.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 108 · 32 walk-in, 13 cabin
- Hookups
- 40 electric
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Paved pads
- 5 of 108
- Accessible sites
- 19
- Pets
- Allowed at 103 of 108 sites
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets
- “…offers modern amenities, including flush toilets and showers, but also provides access to great… / …ring with grill. Accessible flush and vault toilets, as well as showers and drinking water are…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “The facility offers modern amenities, including flush toilets and showers, but also provides access to great outdoor recreation opportunities.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Coast
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Ranger programs
- Swimming
- Water sports
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 13th darkest of 48 in PA
- Bortle 4
- Fall color · reported 2 days ago, in McKean County
- Past peak
Full this Saturdayread 15:51 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
OpenBookedClosed
Every one of the 37 sites on offer is taken this Saturday. 89 are free on Tue, Oct 20. read 15:51 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 18
What you actually pay
“an additional $5 fee will be collected at the campground for extra vehicles” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$29 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Cancellations or changes must be made on line at Recreation.gov” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 7
recreation.gov availability, read 15:51 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
109 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 96 mapped sitesAll 109 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 101 of the 109 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 108 of the 109 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| ASPE | 001 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 289 ft | 351 ft | $25–$29 | |
| ASPE | 002 | type not stated | 45 ft | 50/30 amp | yes | 400 ft | 214 ft | $20–$29 | |
| ASPE | 003 | standard electric | 35 ft | 20 amp | 63 ft | 307 ft | 378 ft | $25–$29 | |
| ASPE | 004 | type not stated | 40 ft | 50/30 amp | yes | 426 ft | 262 ft | $20–$29 | |
| ASPE | 005 | standard electric | 40 ft | 20 amp | yes | 90 ft | 356 ft | 413 ft | $25–$29 |
| ASPE | 006 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20 amp | yes | 111 ft | 464 ft | 332 ft | $25–$29 |
| ASPE | 007 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 79 ft | 399 ft | 466 ft | $20–$24 | |
| ASPE | 008 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 78 ft | 386 ft | 525 ft | $20–$24 | |
| ASPE | 009 | standard electric | 55 ft | 20 amp | yes | 110 ft | 526 ft | 406 ft | $25–$29 |
| ASPE | 010 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 110 ft | 467 ft | 501 ft | $20–$24 | |
| ASPE | 011 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 78 ft | 336 ft | 592 ft | $20–$24 | |
| ASPE | 012 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 100 ft | 369 ft | 609 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 013 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 100 ft | 273 ft | 694 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 014 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 82 ft | 260 ft | 674 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 015 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 116 ft | 172 ft | 781 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 016 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 81 ft | 192 ft | 706 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 017 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 88 ft | 104 ft | 753 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 018 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 88 ft | 192 ft | 673 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 019 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 100 ft | 220 ft | 602 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 020 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 97 ft | 102 ft | 716 ft | $20–$24 | |
| ASPE | 021 | standard electric | 40 ft | 15 amp | yes | 81 ft | 221 ft | 509 ft | $25–$29 |
| ASPE | 022 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20 amp | 106 ft | 117 ft | 596 ft | $25–$29 | |
| ASPE | 023 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 81 ft | 112 ft | 784 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| ASPE | 024 | standard electric | 40 ft | 20 amp | 81 ft | 219 ft | 454 ft | $25–$29 | |
| ASPE | 025 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20 amp | yes | 87 ft | 82 ft | 535 ft | $25–$29 |
| ASPE | 026 | standard electric | 30 ft | 20 amp | yes | 87 ft | 206 ft | 414 ft | $25–$29 |
| ASPE | 027 | standard electric | 35 ft | 20 amp | 87 ft | 102 ft | 493 ft | $25–$29 | |
| ASPE | 028 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50/30 amp | 85 ft | 212 ft | 370 ft | $25–$29 | |
| ASPE | 029 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50/30 amp | 93 ft | 87 ft | 492 ft | $25–$29 | |
| ASPE | 030 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50/30 amp | yes | 85 ft | 292 ft | 285 ft | $25–$29 |
| DEER | 072 | walk to | 45 ft | 40 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 531 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 073 | walk to | 45 ft | 44 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 493 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 074 | walk to | 84 ft | 62 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 402 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 075 | walk to | 92 ft | 153 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 351 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 076 | walk to | 84 ft | 80 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 324 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 077 | walk to | 54 ft | under 10 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 287 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 078 | walk to | 54 ft | 54 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 237 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 079 | walk to | 172 ft | 219 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 70 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 080 | walk to | 51 ft | 77 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 243 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 081 | walk to | 51 ft | 80 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 258 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 082 | walk to | 76 ft | 122 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 275 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 083 | walk to | 70 ft | 216 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 202 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 084 | walk to | 70 ft | 221 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 252 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 085 | walk to | 47 ft | 90 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 339 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 086 | walk to | 47 ft | 94 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 364 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 087 | walk to | 150 ft | 71 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 491 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 088 | walk to | 176 ft | 276 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 554 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 089 | walk to | 77 ft | 58 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 623 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 090 | walk to | 77 ft | 51 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 686 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 091 | walk to | 78 ft | 52 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 743 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 092 | walk to | 91 ft | 171 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 730 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 093 | walk to | 94 ft | 38 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 771 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 094 | cabin electric | 91 ft | 176 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 756 ft | $60–$100 | |||
| DEER | 095 | walk to | 61 ft | 71 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 677 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 096 | cabin electric | 58 ft | 207 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 634 ft | $60–$100 | |||
| DEER | 097 | walk to | 61 ft | 54 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 618 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 098 | cabin electric | 58 ft | 204 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 577 ft | $60–$100 | |||
| DEER | 099 | walk to | 60 ft | 56 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 539 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 100 | cabin electric | 108 ft | 169 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 470 ft | $60–$100 | |||
| DEER | 101 | walk to | 60 ft | 54 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 478 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 102 | walk to | 87 ft | 49 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 397 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| DEER | 103 | cabin electric | $60–$100 | ||||||
| DEER | 104 | cabin electric | $60–$100 | ||||||
| DEER | 105 | type not stated | $20–$29 | ||||||
| HEML | 052 | standard electric | 50 ft | 20 amp | 96 ft | 276 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 542 ft | $25–$29 | |
| HEML | 053 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 154 ft | 232 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 676 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 054 | standard electric | 55 ft | 20 amp | 96 ft | 201 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 484 ft | $25–$29 | |
| HEML | 055 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 90 ft | 43 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 508 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 056 | standard electric | 55 ft | 20 amp | 89 ft | 173 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 328 ft | $25–$29 | |
| HEML | 057 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 90 ft | 53 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 435 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 058 | standard electric | 55 ft | 20 amp | 131 ft | 233 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 194 ft | $25–$29 | |
| HEML | 059 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 116 ft | 78 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 364 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 060 | type not stated | 40 ft | 50/30 amp | 253 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 173 ft | $20–$29 | ||
| HEML | 061 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 94 ft | 111 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 314 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 062 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 94 ft | 101 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 321 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 063 | standard electric | 50 ft | 20 amp | 131 ft | 211 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 192 ft | $25–$29 | |
| HEML | 064 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 95 ft | 87 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 323 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 065 | type not stated | 35 ft | 50/30 amp | 194 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 196 ft | $20–$29 | ||
| HEML | 066 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 79 ft | 65 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 325 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 067 | standard electric | 60 ft | 20 amp | 65 ft | 139 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 270 ft | $25–$29 | |
| HEML | 068 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 79 ft | 34 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 358 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 069 | standard electric | 50 ft | 20 amp | 65 ft | 160 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 314 ft | $25–$29 | |
| HEML | 070 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 148 ft | under 10 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 392 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| HEML | 071 | standard electric | 35 ft | 15 amp | 89 ft | 177 ftAllegheny Reservoir | 397 ft | $25–$29 | |
| OAK | 031 | cabin electric | 122 ft | 289 ft | 205 ft | $60–$100 | |||
| OAK | 032 | cabin electric | 48 ft | 252 ft | 237 ft | $60–$100 | |||
| OAK | 033 | cabin electric | 48 ft | 234 ft | 267 ft | $60–$100 | |||
| OAK | 034 | walk to | 164 ft | 72 ft | 416 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| OAK | 035 | cabin electric | yes | 65 ft | 88 ft | 740 ft | $60–$100 | ||
| OAK | 036 | walk to | 92 ft | 125 ft | 430 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| OAK | 037 | walk to | 65 ft | 151 ft | 484 ft | $20–$24 | |||
| OAK | 038 | walk to | 15 ft | 66 ft | 109 ft | 577 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| OAK | 040 | cabin electric | yes | 65 ft | 171 ft | 528 ft | $60–$100 | ||
| OAK | 041 | cabin electric | yes | 68 ft | 191 ft | 575 ft | $60–$100 | ||
| OAK | 042 | cabin electric | yes | 57 ft | 135 ft | 669 ft | $60–$100 | ||
| OAK | 043 | walk to | 15 ft | 57 ft | 78 ft | 722 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| OAK | 044 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 95 ft | 88 ft | 1,007 ft | $20–$24 | |
| OAK | 045 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 95 ft | 152 ft | 938 ft | $20–$24 | ||
| OAK | 046 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20 amp | 65 ft | 204 ft | 721 ft | $25–$29 | |
| OAK | 047 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20 amp | 65 ft | 222 ft | 660 ft | $25–$29 | |
| OAK | 048 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50/30 amp | 94 ft | 280 ft | 565 ft | $25–$29 | |
| OAK | 049 | standard electric | 55 ft | 20 amp | 42 ft | 339 ft | 473 ft | $25–$29 | |
| OAK | 050 | standard electric | 45 ft | 20 amp | 42 ft | 335 ft | 433 ft | $25–$29 | |
| OAK | 051 | type not stated | 45 ft | 50/30 amp | 328 ft | 365 ft | $20–$29 | ||
| S&P | S&P Premium Electric | type not stated | $20–$29 | ||||||
| S&P | S&P Premium Nonelectric/Walk To | type not stated | $20–$29 | ||||||
| S&P | S&P Standard Electric | type not stated | $20–$29 | ||||||
| S&P | S&P Standard Nonelectric | type not stated | $20–$29 | ||||||
| WILLOW BAY | P01 | day use | $50 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
25 of 109 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Hooks Brook Boat Access CampgroundAllegheny National Recreation Area · 2.4 mi
Tracy RidgeAllegheny National Recreation Area · 3.5 mi
Handsome Lake Boat Access CampgroundAllegheny National Recreation Area · 4.6 mi
Hopewell Boat Access CampgroundAllegheny National Recreation Area · 5.3 mi
Pine Grove Boat Access CampgroundAllegheny National Forest · 8.1 mi
DewdropAllegheny National Forest · 11 miFrom Bradford, travel west on PA-346 for 16 miles. Willow Bay is located just south of the Pennsylvania-New York border. Follow signs to the Allegheny Reservoir and the campground. From the south, take PA-321 North to PA-346 and turn left. Continue to the campground on the left.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Russell, PA
Typical weather
Typical October night 38°F, day 59°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 15°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Willow Bay is in Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district. Its representative, Glenn Thompson (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyGlenn ThompsonU.S. Representative · Pennsylvania’s 15th district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationDavid McCormickU.S. Senator · Pennsylvania
- Your senator, on the same appropriationJohn FettermanU.S. Senator · Pennsylvania
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Willow Bay, Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania
Dear Glenn Thompson, I’m a constituent in Pennsylvania’s 15th district. I tried to camp at Willow Bay, Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 99 of the 108 campsites the agency files at Willow Bay, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 37 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Willow Bay keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Willow Bay. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Willow Bay (Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Willow Bay, Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania
Dear David McCormick, I’m a constituent in Pennsylvania. I tried to camp at Willow Bay, Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 99 of the 108 campsites the agency files at Willow Bay, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 37 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Willow Bay keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Willow Bay. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Willow Bay (Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Willow Bay, Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania
Dear John Fetterman, I’m a constituent in Pennsylvania. I tried to camp at Willow Bay, Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 99 of the 108 campsites the agency files at Willow Bay, and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 37 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Willow Bay keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Willow Bay. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Willow Bay (Allegheny National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania) via campanac.com