We stayed at Mountain Top Campground in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A campground on a mountain top… it’s right in the name. A downside of being on a mountaintop (or what passes for mountains on the east coast) is a narrow windy road to get to it. And the sites with the best view are crowded together.

Dates:

• Check in: 2025-07-13
• Check out: 2025-07-19
• 6 nights

Weather:

• Thunderstorms, rain, mostly cloudy
• High temps 81-87°F, lows 68-72°F
• Little wind, gusts to 17 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• Little neighbor noise

Site:

• #41, back-in, gravel
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
• Unlevel site; high on passenger side and back; used hydraulic leveling with extra blocks in front
• Gravel driveway about 75 feet long by 12 feet wide
• 0-18 feet (wedge-shaped) to neighbors on both sides
• Just grass between sites
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Tall trees behind site
• Mostly clean site
• Mountain top view behind site
• Low tree branches behind site prevented going back further
• Elevation 1,150 feet, front facing NE

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, inconveniently located behind site; needed to use a provided Hughes Autoformer voltage booster instead of my Watchdog due to low voltage (but still cut out a few times, not great for our electrical systems); also had 1.5 hour area power cut due to thunderstorms
• 50 PSI water, inconveniently located behind site
• Good sewer connection, inconveniently located (3 10-foot pipes needed); campground has rules about avoiding heavy water use like flushing tanks

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Starlink: 84-93 Mbps down, 26 Mbps up, 32 ms ping
• RoamLink: 105 Mbps down, 45-56 Mbps up, 150 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used)
• AT&T: 120 Mbps down, 45 Mbps up, 102 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters by entrance

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient to Pittsburgh

The access roads into the park are twisty and narrow, making for some tense driving in a big rig. The dirt road into the campground itself was so dusty when we arrived that it set off a malfunction indicator light in our diesel pusher (the alert cleared after we left and drove on the freeway for a while, so it was definitely a combination of the hill and dust).

When hooking up to the power, there was a voltage booster attached to the pedestal, which we weren’t sure about, but one of the camp hosts (owners?) came by and explained that the power is a bit weak in the corner, so we could use that if there were issues. There were, and we did, but even with the booster, we were getting fluctuations.

In retrospect, we would have asked to be moved to a different site, as the weather was not conducive to taking in the view anyway. Also, the corner sites with the best views are very narrow, while the sites on the straight side are more spacious. During our stay, there were massive thunderstorms in the vicinity, which knocked out the power to the campground, and we got several text messages with the ETA of power restoration, which was very appreciated. We camped at Mountain Top Campground in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Take in a game at PNC Park, one of the prettiest MLB parks! Also, near enough to check out the historic/iconic Fallingwater house by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site; would have been much better as a front-in site:

View behind our site:

Autoformer electrical voltage booster:

Voltage error before I switched to the provided voltage booster:

ECM SPN 3058 FMI 18 error code when arriving, due to a steep climb up a very dusty road:

Other sites:

Given the narrow dusty roadway, tight sites, flaky power, and excessive rules, we would not stay here again.

We stayed at New York City North / Newburgh KOA Holiday in Plattekill, New York. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A state-park-like KOA with nicely private sites.

Dates:

• Check in: 2025-07-06
• Check out: 2025-07-12
• 6 nights

Weather:

• Partly sunny, some rain
• High temps 76-88°F, lows 65-71°F
• Little wind, gusts to 11 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• Little neighbor noise

Site:

• #117, pull-through, gravel
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
• A little unlevel site; high on driver side and front; used hydraulic leveling
• Gravel driveway about 55 feet long by 20 feet wide
• About 20 feet to neighbors on both sides
• Trees between sites
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Tall trees
• Clean site
• Elevation 540 feet, front facing SW

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, very conveniently located
• 45 PSI water, very conveniently located
• Unthreaded sewer connection, very conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• RoamLink: 16 Mbps down, 0.2 Mbps up, 1,000 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
• Campground Wi-Fi: 2 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
• AT&T: 7-10 Mbps down, 0.2 Mbps up, 120-870 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
• Starlink: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage pickup from site
• Pool
• Package delivery to office

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Nice place to get away

We had a nice site tucked under the trees, which has pros and cons. On the plus side, it was shady and felt private. On the negative side, the trees made Starlink impossible to use, and our cell coverage wasn’t great. If you have to work or remain connected like we do, this is a problem, but luckily I didn’t have any critical meetings, so it worked out okay. There are a lot of amenities for families and kids, so I can see this would be a destination for folks who want to get away from the city. We used it as a jumping-off point to go into the city, as there aren’t a lot of options closer to the city for a large motorhome, and it was easy enough to drive to Yankee Stadium (about an hour and a half away). I would have loved to stay longer and explore more in the immediate area, however. Next time! We camped at New York City North / Newburgh KOA Holiday in a Motorhome. 

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site:

Other sites:

Cabins:

Bathrooms being renovated:

Playground:

Pool:

Pond:

Office:

We’d be happy to stay here again.