Clifty Falls State Park, IN

Clifty Falls State Park, IN
July 18-20 2008

	GRADE	COMMENTS
Campsite	C+	Site 34. Electric. No water. Very well maintained. Gravel pad. Site was open to other sites. Site was large. We had a couple of trees on the site, but it was more of a field situation. Due to the large number of campers this weekend, it was almost like a jamboree with kids riding bikes everywhere and very little privacy. If you want a site that's easy to get into this is an A, if you value privacy, it's a C.
Restrooms	C	Reasonably clean. Good temperature in shower. 3 separate showers for women with a bench for your stuff and one of those annoying push buttons. Men have an open shower room with 2 showerheads.
Trails	A+	This is my favorite park in Indiana. It is the closest to Colorado or real hill climbing I've found in the midwest. Rugged and very rugged trails can be found and they are rugged because you have to do a lot of climbing and scrambling. Trail 2 takes you up the creek which has water now and the dogs got to do some swimming. Again, A LOT of rocks and boulders.
Campstore	F	None. This seems to be the norm that I'm noticing. There was a campstore, but its been closed.
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Gifford Pinchot State Park - Pennsylvania

Gifford Pinchot State Park, PA
June 14-20, 2008

	GRADE	COMMENTS
Campsite	B+	Site 213. Electric. No water. Very well maintained. Asphalt pad. Site was well separated from the other sites with a barrier of trees. Lots of interesting boulders and birds including hummingbirds that fed from honeysuckle on the back of our site.
Restrooms	C	Reasonably clean. Great temperature in shower.
Trails	D	Park seems to be geared to visitors of the lake and not hikers. Hiking trails were not well maintained.
Campstore	F	None. Very surprising for a campground this nice.
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