Ives Run Campground

We are driving across country in an RV and saw this nice campground on s lake! Figured me might find a spot during the middle of the week, but called and learned all sites had been reserved werks if not months ago. In my view, it is a shame that the public land managers have turned all the sites in so many campgrounds over to online reservations. If you do manage to get in, you see numerous sites sitting empty for days, because some jerk reserved the site six months ago and blew it off. Used to be, managers kept half the sites for first come. That was great. This new system fails to fully utilize a public recreation resource.

Sites are very spacious but only a couple with lake views. In my opinion, sites 97, 98 & 99 are really the only sites with great lake views. The sites are almost level. One thing to be aware of, the electrical boxes and water can be a ways off on some sites so make sure you have a long cord or hose.

Beautiful large park . Nice lake with 4 lane boat ramp and slips. The main campground
Has water and electric sites and many with sewers. Level asphalt pads with crushed stone for the area with picnic tables and fire pit. Decent separation between sites but they do lack privacy. Open fields in the park for playing also a beach. Hiking trails from the campground. The property is well maintained. The bathrooms could use some updating. Some sites with lake views. The pine loop more for tenting had sites on the water . They were kinda close and lacked privacy and was about a mile from main campground.

We really enjoyed our stay here. Our site was in the Beech loop. Nice location with an open grassy area behind us. Big park with hiking trails, boat ramp and areas for biking. It was pretty busy while we were there but the park was very quiet. Highly recommend going to Cherry Springs State Park which is about 40 minutes away. It is one of the only dark sky parks in the country. Definitely worth a visit. The nearby town of Wellsboro has nice downtown area and farmers market. We also went to Colton Point State Park so we could hike the Turkey Trail down to the canyon floor. At the time the trail in Leonard Harrison SP was closed for repairs. Only word of caution is that some of the sites have difficult hookups that require extra long power cords and water hoses so be mindful when booking a site. Bathrooms were old but fairly clean. We didn’t use the showers or laundry.

For a busy boating park, it was full, yet quiet. Nice spacing between sites in Birch Loop. We had only W/E (50A) & with the Lifetime Senior Pass for federal lands, it was 1/2 price $18, not $36. Some slope to site, but manageable in Class A.

Didn’t use bathrooms/showers or laundry. Would’ve liked to stay longer, but no open sites:(
Definitely would return.

We arrived at this very nice COE with no issues, easy to find. The check in office was not manned but had a sign stating to go directly to your site. As we arrived at back-in site 67 (Beech Loop) with FHUs, one of the camp hosts put a tag and campground (CG) info on our site post. The cement pads are pretty much 90 degrees so we had to maneuver a few times to get onto the pad the way we wanted. The road was fairly wide with no obstacles in the way when we swung our 39’ fifth wheel and F450 truck around. There were no issues with utilities as they were pretty much at the middle of the pad. As with most COEs, the water pressure was good (used a reducer) and we had no problems with the 50 AMP service. There is no WiFi in this CG but we got 4 bars on Verizon. We also received 4 OTA channels with one being a major network. There are a lot of mature trees in the park so satellite could be iffy depending on your site. Site 67 has plenty of yard in the front but that’s shared with the bath house so there’s lots of foot traffic back and forth. Also this site has no shade from the afternoon sun. We noted that sites sit so you're facing the next loop's sites and you’re basically staring at each other. A lot of folks tended to sit around outside their site all day “watching.” Not sure if its a tendency in this area or just how the sites are laid out. The Hawthorn Loop bathhouse had 2 washers and dryers but only 1 washer was in service during our 6 day stay. Camp hosts and regulars go into Wellsboro to do their laundry. The park’s huge boat ramp is at the end of Beech loop, which is convenient for launching large or small boats plus kayaks. The main CG is a mix of FHU and electric with water only sites. A mile farther down the lake is the Pine Camp loop, which is dry camping. There is no bathhouse in Pine Camp, just vaulted toilets and a water spigot. We noticed that Pine Camp does have sites that will take large rigs but the larger sites right on the lake have some slope to them. There’s a camp store near the main CG loops that has a pretty good menu including burgers and ice cream though we did not try anything. The store also sold ice, wood, sodas and chips plus a few sundries such as duck tape, bug spray, and fishing worms but no milk, bread, etc. Suggest you tour Wellsboro, PA about 20 minutes away. Cool little historic town with a nice park, shops, and restaurants. If you want major amenities such as Walmart or Lowes, go to Mansfield, PA or Corning, NY both about 30 minutes away. Pag-Omar Farmers Market at the Wellsboro junction is a great place to get fresh fruits/vegetables and they have great sandwiches for lunch. Just don't order with double meat because they put plenty on for a regular order. We really liked this CG and would definitely come back again, but we would not stay in site 67 due to its location near the bathhouse and afternoon sun.

Large, busy, but not crowded Corps of Engineers campground on a nice lake. Multiple loops with every combination from no hookup to full-hookup sites. We stayed in the Pine loop (no hookups), standard rate $20/night ($10 w/ NPS Senior Pass), right on the lake shore. Lots of families enjoying the park and the lake. Pine Loop was very quiet at night.

It’s a gem! Stayed on beech loop, excellent FHU site with large concrete pads. Well organized with multiple amenities. Over the air TV avail with about 12 stations, 4 local and the other 8 more distant. Verizon cell hotspot in window had two bars but fairly stable, phone calls good and remote browser based work functional but streaming video will play better if dropped to 480p. T-Mobile from roof winegard antenna was two bars as well but less stable at my location.

Cost was 50% of normal $46 price due to America the Beautiful Senior Lifetime Pass. This is a quiet, beautiful, well-run park next to a lake. We had 30 amp electric, 65 psi water, and sewer. Although we had 3-4 bars with T-mobile at our site, near the visitor center it was zero bars. Site was blacktop and level; had picnic table and fire ring. Near visitor center is a beautiful indigenous wildflower garden, and a long tree walk with dozens of tree species growing and identified. Beach at lake is small, no lifeguard, but has a cool life jacket loan kiosk. Great for kids. Boat and kayak launch areas have a huge parking lot for vehicles and boat trailers. Kayak launch ramp also has a life jacket loan kiosk. Park has several hiking trails, including an archery trail. Has a nice little camp store.

I stayed 10/8 to 10/10 in one of their electric spots ($40/night) and 10/10 to 10/17 in one of their nonelectric spots ($24/night). It’s a Great Campground and very well-maintained. The pit toilet in the non-electric loop wasn’t great, but the rest of the campground had flush toilets and nice showers everywhere. They had a laundry room with two washers and two dryers but I didn’t use it. Lots of wildlife on the nonelectric loop in the morning and at dusk. Access to and in the park is easy. My only disappointment is that Wellsboro is 15 miles away, and the nearest Walmart is 21 miles away. Couldn’t find a grocery store in Tioga.