Codorus State Park

We stayed at Codorus State Park in Hanover, Pennsylvania. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A last-minute booking, but not a great state park.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-06-07
Check out: 2024-06-09
2 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temps 78-79°F, lows 56-60°F
Negligible wind, gusts to 19 MPH

Noise:

No road noise
No train horn noise
No neighbor noise

Site:

#102, back-in, asphalt
Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
Very unlevel site, high on driver side and back; unable to get completely level; used air leveling
Asphalt driveway about 55 feet long by 12 feet wide
30-90 feet to neighbor passenger side
Driveway on driver side
Picnic table
Fire pit
Tall trees
Clean site

Utilities:

50 amp power, conveniently located
75 PSI water, conveniently located
Loose sewer connection, somewhat conveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 4-8 Mbps down, 0.1 Mbps up, 50-100 ms ping
AT&T: 50 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
Verizon: 10-25 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage dumpsters

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Narrow, twisty roads and sloped sites

This park is not big rig-friendly. The roads are twisty and narrow, with many low trees. We were in site 102, which was incredibly sloped front-to-back, so we dealt with living on an angle for our two-night stay. You could place a marble at one end of the motorhome and it would have rolled to the front unaided, this is how bad it was. An interesting quirk of this park is that they have “pet-free” areas where you’re not allowed to camp with pets. I never did see any explanation of this policy and it didn’t make any sense to me since people were walking their dogs through the “pet-free” area anyway. So, if you’re camping with pets, be sure to double-check what the rule is for a site before you book it, because the ranger at check-in will call you out if they think they see a pet with you. We camped at Codorus State Park in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Atomic Dog Cidery near Gettysburg has good food and cider. Just be careful if you want to purchase some cans to take home, as the park has a strict “no alcohol” policy and your nosy neighbors will comment on it even if you’re not drinking it….

Campground map:

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