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Ives Run

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Within the Tioga-Hammond Lakes protected area, Ives Run operates as a US Army Corps of Engineers campground that accommodates everything from large RVs to tent campers seeking lakefront access. The facility spans multiple loops, with the main campground offering full hookups on concrete pads and a separate Pine Camp loop providing primitive sites directly on Lake Hammond's shoreline.

The main camping loops feature paved roads and sites that can handle RVs up to 108 feet, though MickandKarla W. notes "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." Sites face each other across loops, creating a neighborhood feel that some campers enjoy for socializing. The bathhouses include laundry facilities, though only one washer may be operational during busy periods.

Lake Hammond provides the campground's main attraction, with multiple boat launches accommodating vessels of all sizes. Robert W. observes that "Lake Hammond is beautiful with great access" and notes wildlife ranging "from eagles to squirrels, chipmunks and more." The lake supports swimming and fishing, with a designated beach area and sandy shoreline access from certain sites.

Cell service works well for major carriers, with Verizon providing four bars in most areas. The campground operates seasonally from mid-April through late October, requiring reservations well in advance for peak periods. A camp store near the main loops sells basics like ice and firewood, while Wellsboro sits 20 minutes away for full grocery runs. For tent campers prioritizing lake views over conveniences, Hills Creek State Park Campground offers a more rustic alternative five miles south.

Fee Info

All reservations must be made on www.recreation.gov or by calling (877) 444-6777 prior to arrival. Shelter Weekdays-$0.00 (Reservations can be made as well as first come first served)Shelter Nonelectric Weekends $75.00Shelter Electric Weekends $100.00 Boat mooring slips are first-come-first-served for campers only.

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Ives Run is located in Pennsylvania

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Directions

The campground is located 4 miles south of Tioga and 12 miles north of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, on State Route 287, within the Ives Run Recreation Area.

Address

710 IVES RUN LANE
Tioga, PA 16946-9733

Coordinates

41.8869444 N
77.1791667 W

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Connectivity

  • signal strength bars
    T-MobileLTE
    Some Coverage
    Verified by 4 users
    Last on 4/3/26
  • signal strength bars
    VerizonLTE
    Some Coverage
    Verified by 1 user
    Last on 4/3/26
  • signal strength bars
    AT&TLTE
    Some Coverage
    Verified by 8 users
    Last on 4/3/26

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Connectivity

  • signal strength bars
    T-MobileLTE
    Some Coverage
    Verified by 4 users
    Last on 4/3/26
  • signal strength bars
    VerizonLTE
    Some Coverage
    Verified by 1 user
    Last on 4/3/26
  • signal strength bars
    AT&TLTE
    Some Coverage
    Verified by 8 users
    Last on 4/3/26

Access

  • Drive-In
    Park next to your site
  • Walk-In
    Park in a lot, walk to your site.
  • Boat-In
    Sites accessible by watercraft.

Site Types

  • Tent Sites
  • RV Sites
  • Standard (Tent/RV)
  • Group

Features

For Campers

  • Market
  • Trash
  • Picnic Table
  • Firewood Available
  • Phone Service
  • Reservable
  • Drinking Water
  • Electric Hookups
  • Toilets
  • Alcohol
  • Pets
  • Fires

For Vehicles

  • Sanitary Dump
  • Sewer Hookups
  • Water Hookups
  • Pull-Through Sites
  • 50 Amp Hookups
  • Big Rig Friendly

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15 Reviews

Visitors often highlighted spacious, clean sites with excellent facilities including well-maintained bathhouses and full hookups. The campground offers strong family amenities with lake access, swimming, and trails, though advance booking is essential due to high demand.

K
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2023

Beautiful location

Rolling hills, lots of room between sites, curved roads and loops (versus straight roads and everyone parked like a mobile home park) make for a very pleasant site. Lots of different settings to choose from.

SiteBeech loop #73
Month of VisitAugust
Damon O.
Reviewed Jul. 29, 2023

Great spot. Friendly hosts.

Well established campground with many campsites, both with and without hookups. Bathrooms, showers, boat launch, beach, playground, and a camp store. Lots of great trails nearby as well. Worth the visit!

Month of VisitJuly
Katherine T.
Reviewed May. 30, 2023

Good views from Pine Loop

The Pine loop is a pleasant escape for tent campers hoping for a good view of the lake. Note that the access gravel access road to this loop is about a mile to the "comfort station" with flush toilets and showers. This loop only has pit latrines. Site #136 was slightly sloped towards the lake, the ground was soft enough to get stakes in easily.  Would return again but probably stay on the lakeside of the Pine loop next time.

SitePine 136
Month of VisitMay
  • Review photo of Ives Run by Katherine T., May 30, 2023
Robert W.
Reviewed Jun. 27, 2022

Great relaxing place with beautiful lake.

Ives Run has been a favorite site for us for the last 5 years. Lake Hammond is beautiful with great access. You can easily walk, bike, skate on miles of paved roads and you can also take the 1.5 mile roundtrip down the stone road to Pine Camp, a non-full hook up area that's on the lake edge. Plenty of wildlife to see from eagles to squirrels, chipmunks and more. This year we had a very hard time with gypsy moth caterpillars, first time we ever saw them. Camp hosts and rangers keep the campground at its best. Plenty of large full hook up sites available and AT&T and Verizon work well there. Trees are sparing enough to allow great Starlink access as well.

Site88
Month of VisitJune
  • Review photo of Ives Run by Robert W., June 27, 2022
  • Review photo of Ives Run by Robert W., June 27, 2022
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MickandKarla W.The Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Jun. 27, 2022

Large Well-Run COE

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.

Site67
Month of VisitJune
  • Review photo of Ives Run by MickandKarla W., June 27, 2022
  • Review photo of Ives Run by MickandKarla W., June 27, 2022
  • Review photo of Ives Run by MickandKarla W., June 27, 2022
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M
Reviewed Mar. 8, 2022

Ives Run Federal Park

We make sure we visit Ives Run several times during the season. The sites are mostly treed and you don’t infringe on your neighbors. Their showers and bathroom areas are kept spotless. There is a sandy beach area with a bathhouse and swimming. Ives is very popular with boaters and fishing. There is an area for dry docking. Beautiful area in the mountains.

Site55
Month of VisitJune
Christopher D.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2021

Well kept, and overall a great time

I booked site 144 at the primitive sites in Oct 2021. It was a great spot and happily, I was totally alone as no one had booked any of the sites near me( the closest people were about 400m away). The sites I was located on all had a small piece of water access which allowed you to sit by the water and the sites were relatively flat (although not perfect). I did not have to deal with any crowds since I was basically completely alone, but I imagine that during the peak season, you will be close by your neighbors as there is no separation between the campsites, just designated spots next to each other on a lawn. Located only about an hour away from Watkins glen, and made for a great home base during my visit to the finger lakes- away from the hustle and bustle of the tourist towns. Would def. Visit again.

Site144
Month of VisitOctober
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Missy
Reviewed Sep. 7, 2020

Great experience!

We camp here every Labor Day weekend in Pine loop. It is always a great experience. The bath houses are clean and the primitive sites are very roomy.

  • Review photo of Ives Run by Missy , September 7, 2020
Jeremy C.
Reviewed Jul. 11, 2020

Water activities galore

Well organized camp with sites in in full sun to full shade and everything in between. Grounds had swimming area and multiple boat launch locations on large man made lake.

  • Review photo of Ives Run by Jeremy C., July 11, 2020
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Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019

Great stay

We stayed on two different sites over 5 days. A very busy park, lots of reservations.
The gate house was closed so we managed reservations by phone. Nice bathrooms and showers. All options available FHU, WE, primitive. Beautiful mountains and Lake. We visited the Grand Canyon of PA during our stay.

James P.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018

Best campground in Northcentral PA

Taking everything into consideration, it’s hard to find a nicer campground to stay for a night or two weeks.

  • clean, well maintained and monitored.

  • large sites on macadam pads. Large fields behind most sites for activities.

  • full hook ups available

  • numerous hiking trails, large lake for boating, fishing and swimming.

  • centrally located between Mansfield, Wellsboro and Corning

*pet friendly. Alcohol allowed

the only draw back is that it fills up quickly and you need to reserve many months ahead of time especially for holidays. Not group camping friendly because of the reservation system. No pavilions for group activities within the Campground

Kayla N.
Reviewed Jun. 16, 2018

clean campground

this campground is very clean and very up kept. I try to can here ones a year. all the sites are nice all the years I been camping here I have only found 1 site that we don’t like. some site you will need 2 hoses for your water because the hook ups are far from the sites and some of them will have the hook up facing the front of your camper.

Em I.
Reviewed May. 4, 2018

Ives Run for FUN!

Beautiful, scenic and clean! Wonderful campgrounds for the whole family! Beautiful lakes, boating, fishing, swimming, trails, paved sites, full hookups and primitives as well! We love this place and are repeat campers!

SiteVarious
Month of VisitMay
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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to stay at Ives Run Campground in Tioga, PA?

Ives Run Campground offers various pricing options depending on the type of site. Full hookup sites are available at a premium rate, while water/electric sites and primitive camping options are offered at lower price points. The Pine loop offers more budget-friendly primitive sites with lake views. For exact current rates, contact the campground directly or check the Recreation.gov website where reservations are managed.

Where can I find a map of Ives Run Campground?

Maps of Ives Run Campground are available at the gatehouse when staffed. For online access, visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website or Recreation.gov where you can download a PDF map showing all camping loops (including Beech and Pine loops), amenities, and lake access points. The map will help you understand the layout of the different camping areas, which include both primitive sites and full hookup options, as well as the location of comfort stations, boat launches, and the beach area.

What do visitors say about Ives Run Campground?

Ives Run Campground consistently receives high praise for its cleanliness, spacious sites, and beautiful lake views. Campers appreciate the well-maintained facilities, spotless bathrooms and showers, and the variety of camping options from full hookups to primitive sites. The campground is described as peaceful and quiet with excellent privacy between sites. Many visitors are repeat campers who return annually, particularly valuing the paved site pads, lake access, and overall maintenance of the grounds. The Pine loop is highlighted as an excellent option for tent campers seeking lakeside views.

How do I make reservations at Ives Run Campground?

Reservations for Ives Run Campground can be made through Recreation.gov. The campground is popular and fills up quickly, especially during peak season, so booking well in advance is recommended. When the gatehouse is closed, reservations can be managed by phone. Upon arrival, if the office is unstaffed, look for instructions directing you to proceed to your site, where a camp host may place your tag and campground information on your site post.

What activities are available at Ives Run Recreation Area?

Ives Run Recreation Area offers numerous outdoor activities centered around Hammond Lake. Water recreation includes swimming at the sandy beach area with bathhouse, boating with multiple launch locations, and fishing. On land, visitors can enjoy hiking on numerous trails, biking, and skating on miles of paved roads. The campground features large fields behind most sites perfect for games and activities. There's also a playground for children and a camp store for supplies. The surrounding area provides access to additional attractions like the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, making it an excellent base for regional exploration.

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