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Pocono Paradise

This property backs up to the Cranberry Bog one of the largest Bogs in the country. This property is perfect for hikers and nature enthusiasts. Your hosts live on property so we will always be available should the need arise. We are centrally located near all tourist attractions, restaurants, stores and hospital. We look forward to hosting our guests. We will have a picnic table available at your site, also water and electric can be made available as well. A centrally located fire ring is also on property with wood available. More pictures coming soon.

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The view of site 1 from the top of the path.

Peace & Quiet by the River!

My farm is just beautiful.  I have owned it for 46 years and am proud as can be of its beauty and serenity. Welcome to our perfect outdoor haven, a beautiful 150 acre farm, providing an extraordinary escape from the hustle and bustle of our modern world.  Two of our exclusive campsites are located on the banks of the Little Schuylkill River, with the world-renowned Hawk Mountain Sanctuary boarding on the other side of the river.  The third site, has an open view of Hawk Mountain and the farm, to say nothing of the full sky view.. Our private, exclusive campsites, easily encompassing about 5 acres at each site and surrounded by the 150 acre farm, are designed to take advantage of the natural surroundings. Here you will find yourself off grid and alone with nature.  Imagine yourself pitching your tent along the river or on the hill top, viewing countless birds of prey and all types of wildlife with no other folks around, except for your people.

The location could not be better or more private. Our family for years have camped and played at these site, enjoying the river and night sounds. We are a working Christmas Tree farm as well. Truly private camping, not a commercial camp ground. Very few camping sites exist where you can just have your own space, but you may have it here. My family are stewards to this wonderful farm, and are thrilled to share it with you.  We want you to chill and to find tranquility, to respect our sites and make memories that are treasured.

Details:

We will consider 1 night stays for weekdays, please contact for availability and pricing. 

We will also consider more than 8 campers. Please inquire!

Because we are a tree farm, we cannot allow you to bring wood from other locations on to the farm.  Wood is for sale here and we request a pre order so we can have it ready at your site.  You may purchase through Hipcamp or directly from us.  

All sites have a picnic table, a Hawk Shadow Out House, water to wash things, a preparation table and a good bundle of kindling to start off your camping experience.  There Is a shovel, cooking grates, log benches and a neat campfire ring. Potable water is available at the farm and you may refill when needed. 

Campsite #1 (Lean To Site)

This site is along the river. It is private and lovely. 

You may park your car above the site and walk down to the river and camping area. Short, 50 yards, but a steepish walk.  Pack in and out accordingly.

Very private, lots of space. It is perfect. 

Campsite #2 (Dog Gone Site)

This site is also along the river. 

It is private and has the same set up as site one. 

Park your car on top of hill and walk on down. It is a lovely spot. Walk is about 50 yards down a steep hill. Pack accordingly.

Campsite #3 (High Site)

Site 3 is above the river and looks over Hawk Mountain and the farm. 

It is private with beautiful views. Unreal full moon gazing.............

Sunrise, Sunset, Moon rise, Bird watching, all very visible from this site. 

Car accessible, no walking to campsite required.  

At all sites, different seasons bring different activities. Spring: Kayaking, fishing and  hiking. Summer: hiking, fishing in the pond, cooling off in the swim hole. Fall: raptor watching, hiking, biking plus fishing, (license required), in the Little Schuylkill. The nights are dark with star lit skies.

We have a 1.5 acre bass pond on the farm for fishing, so bring your rod.  Big bass in there!!

Your camp site is surrounded by woods and forest, fields and trees.

You are a two hour drive from center city Philadelphia and 2.5 hours from down town New York City.  One hour from Harrisburg.

What to do here? Plenty!

Hiking!  Hawk Mountain Sanctuary entrance is only 3 miles away.

www.alltrails.com/parks/us/pennsylvania/hawk-mountain-sanctuary

https://www.hikingproject.com/directory/8018169/hawk-mountain-sanctuary

Both entrances to the Appalachian Trail, Eckville and Port Clinton, are a 10 minuet drive.

A visit to Yuengling Brewery, in Pottsville, Americas older brewery, is a 20 minute drive.

Jim Thorpe is a fourty five minute drive. 

Kutztown University is 35 minutes away. 

The heart of Amish Country is an hour drive. 

Biking, both country road and mountain.  You need your own maps! 

Fishing in our beautiful river or on our pond!

Cabela's in Hamburg is just 15 minutes down the road. But most of all to do here is to relax, fish, play in the river, walk and visit with your family and friends.

Please see schuylkillriver.org for more information about our area. 

Hawk Shadow is located between New Ringgold and Port Clinton on the east side of the Appalachian Mountain.  Very Rural. 

There is plenty of local produce, we can give you directions to our local farm stands. Fresh butchers are not far away. 

Swap meets and antique auction houses are scattered around the area. 

Yes, you can drive to the area of the campsite, but no, you cannot drive down actual site at campsite #1 and #2.  Parking at site 3, no walk required..

Contact me and we will give you as much information as we can.

Enjoy, have fun and be peaceful!

Look at these sites for hiking and activities in the area!!

www.alltrails.com/parks/us/pennsylvania/hawk-mountain-sanctuary

https://www.hikingproject.com/directory/8018169/hawk-mountain-sanctuary

schuylkillriver.org

The Little Schuylkill River runs right behind camping sites 1 and 2.

Plenty of wonderful hammocking trees surround the camping site.

The picnic table provided the perfect place to eat our meals and play some card games.

There is a lot of space to have a group camping trip at site 3.

Site 3 overlooks the beautiful rolling hills full of Christmas trees.

The beautiful tall poplar trees provide a peaceful and serene space to relax by the fire while watching the wildlife all around you.

The path to the large swimming hole just behind camping site 1.

The space is so peaceful, it is hard to not sleep in all day.

Camp Blackbird

*Dear Campers, due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be hosting during the 2024 season. Sharing our land with you and providing a space to create memories that will hopefully last a lifetime has been a great joy to us. 
Thank you for spending time with us and, as always, happy camping. Sarah and Stein *

Camp Blackbird is a 28 acre property that runs along Beltzville State Park in Carbon County, PA.  So besides the camp, there is an additional 3,002-acres of state park to explore. There are a total of 2 sites. 

The land was vacant for decades and unfortunately used to dump household garbage during that time. We cleaned up the land, built a home and bat habitat. We, Sarah and Stein, always disliked renting a camp site somewhere and then ending up on top of people.

 So it was our goal to make space on our land for campers like us that want to be surrounded by nature, not other camp sites. 

A portion of the proceeds from your stay will be donated to bat habitat conservation and bat sanctuaries around the world.

We are grateful for the hundreds of campers that have stayed with us. Thank you to all of you that have left a clean site and not made unnecessary noise that would disturb the countless species that share the forest with us. Also, Thank You for patronizing local businesses while you are here.  

We'll give you a map so you can see where to take a short walk to get to the lake.

 There are miles of hiking trails a few minutes walk from your campsite.

 Beltzville Lake is a great place for paddling.  The boat launch is just a few minutes drive from Camp.

In addition to the beautiful immediate surroundings, we are centrally located near many exciting destinations. Year round activities at Blue Mountain Resort, adventure on The Appalachian Trail, fine dining, biking the rail trail and whitewater rafting in Jim Thorpe, all within a 25 minute drive.

The property is not suitable for parties or events.

The area is a QUIET ZONE. Ideal for people looking to unplug from it all and become one with nature. It is teaming with wildlife and is ideal for birding.

The hosts mission is to disturb wildlife and its habitats as little as possible.

VERY IMPORTANT - NO PARTIES or unregistered guests on the property. There are other campgrounds in the area that are great for people who want to party.

We welcome pets.

Please add your photos! Especially of your dog camping!  Check out the 300+ photos past campers have added. So many of them are dogs camping it up. 

We, the hosts, live on the property about 700 ft from the campsite. We try to have minimal interactions with the guests to ensure privacy and personal space but we're always reachable.

Campsite2 has its own campfire area, picnic table with unlimited water provided. 

A view of the lake from the "chill" spot. This is a 3-minute walk from your site. 

A copy of this map will be on the picnic table for you. On the other side are listed places to get food and have fun. 

Unlimited water and everything you need to have campfires is included. 

Unlimited firewood with everything you need to have campfires is included in your firewood shed. 

You can pull your car right up to here if you want. 

There are two rather flat spots good for pitching your tent. This is the second spot. 

Water is provided. Welcome packet with additional information is also left for you on picnic table.  

Uncle Willie's

Once known as the Middaugh Farm , this property produced Corn, Buckwheat, Pigs, Chickens, and White Clay.  Forced to sell off a northern 70 acre Tract, which is now off the Tax Roles and held by the DOI,  and other non contiguous properties to help maintain the remaining 268 acres, The streams host turtles, crayfish and minnoes.  Deer , Rabbits, Squirrels, Foxes, Chipmunks, Coyotes (not the immigration kind, ) and the occasional Black Bear occupy the area. Named after my Father, who passed October 09 2017.  It is my goal to keep the property undeveloped, and ON the tax rolls through funding via access to members who enjoy the Dwindling Great Outdoors.  I hope to keep this in the family for a few more generations, while sharing the beauty and abundance of nature with others who have little opportunity to experience what I have, growing up in Rural America.

The original lower level of the campsite, intended for 1 -2 campers.

Ironwood Trail & Private Campground

     It took seven years to carve this winding trail and two-level scenic  campsite into the wooded hill behind our home.  Now completed, I feel inspired to share their solitude and beauty with others who will appreciate it. From the top of a steep drive, a brief but precipitous hike leads you high up very quickly through a mature forest to some steps that lead the first of two camping locations leveled within clefts of rocks forming a pair of overlooks. A soft, level campsite awaits you there under a canopy of trees where you will find everything you'll need for a small-scale deep forest outing.

     The lower level either stands alone (1-2 persons) or serves as a base camp for the Northwest Expansion area (3-4 persons) a very short hike away.  (Please inquire about additional campers.) The expansion features a roomy 13 x 15ft groomed tenting surface, a stone fire ring with steel fire pit, and plenty of extra space to spread out.  It provides an additional layer of privacy and a (leaf-permitting) northwest view that usually includes a sunset.

     [Note: Reservations include use of both the lower level and the upper Northwest Expansion camping areas.  Keep in mind that the technical nature of the trail and terrain makes it unsuitable for most children under 10 years old.]

     Hundreds of feet away, there are a few homes residing below the camps, but you are high enough above the world below to enjoy a sense of separation from it.  Were these camping areas part of any state or commercial campground in Pennsylvania they would easily be among the best tenting sites in the state.  Even among Hipcamps we were awarded a top-ten rating in 2018 and 2019+ - and we've improved since then. People love it here.

      Guests will find a huge, well-stocked chest of supplies at the lower level to furnish virtually any extra thing(s) that may help you camp in comfort, from a Coleman cookstove and table, an air pump, a kettle, a 8x10 tarp, plates and cups and cutlery-there's even a Scrabble game and playing cards. You get the idea.  ** We ask our guests to arrive prepared with their own supplies and to use the supply box as a backup for items that may have been forgotten or to fill in for things they do not want to purchase for a single outing.** (Please do not depend solely on the camp supplies to meet ALL of your camping needs!)  We took items on most camping lists and tried to have them waiting in the box so you can visit without worrying about forgetting anything. 

      Firewood bundles can be purchased at any time during your stay. We try to keep an abundant supply in a woodpile at the trailhead that you purchase as needed via cash, Paypal or Venmo.  Wood can easily be gathered, there are even hatchets and hand saws in the supply box for cutting fallen branches down to size.  We also provide a two-person hammock, plastic Adirondack chairs, battery powered lanterns, citronella torches, etc.  Cell chargers and jugs of drinking water are available upon request.    

      The woods are teeming with resident species of woodpeckers, owls, warblers and more, and vultures and hawks and can almost always be seen riding thermals overhead. If you're lucky the turkeys will come to roost in the woods above the area as they often do. The best part is that no one else will know you are up there.  

     In addition to overnight stays, daytime and evening hours are available too for morning bird walks, lunch breaks, herbal retreats, sunset cookouts--whatever guests might imagine doing in the privacy of the outdoors. Tree climbing and treetop camping are welcome and encouraged for anyone looking for a good place to hang their gear and enjoy the view.  There are scores of great campsites waiting to be discovered up there for experienced and responsible climbers.

     Please check out our reviews for more relevant details and feedback from our guests.  We hope to see you here sometime soon!

Our Northeast Expansion (added June 2019). The roomy new 15 x 15ft tent area is now open for business! There is a second fire pit and more improvements are on their way. For now it's perfect for larger-sized tents.  Book for 3 or more to reserve both levels.

Our original tri-fold brochure (outside).

A panoramic view in November 2017 shows a 12 mile northwestern view. The shoulders of Fancy and Sand Hills are visible in the foreground while the tops of Monocacy and Gibraltar Hills are seen to the left.  Mt. Penn can be glimpsed on the furthest horizon.

A sneak peek of the lower level camping area, your first destination as you pick up the trail.

Look for the mailbox post with the red lantern etching and pull up a steep driveway.

Keep left at the top and park at the trailhead; it's marked by same lantern sign along with the first of many wood-burnt arrows (and reflector pins) to guide you up.

View of the drop box and lower trailhead from the guest parking spot.  Quickly fill in the sign-in sheet so we know you're up there, then follow the arrows or reflective pins if it's after dark. That’s all there is to it.

A look upward reveals that you are walking into a canopy of some enormous oak and poplar trees mixed with maples, beeches, ash and ironwoods.

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