French Creek
State Park
(run by the state of Pennsylvania)
843 Park Road
Elverson, Pennsylvania 19520-9523
(610) 582-9680, for reservations (888) 727-2757, up to 11 months
in advance, reservation hours are Monday to Saturday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
EST
Season: Year Round
 Facilities: Total of 201 individual sites, 60 sites with 50 AMP
electrical
connections, flush toilets, showers, dump station, public phone,
picnic table, fire rings, grills, playground, amphitheater, hiking trails,
lake access, 10 improved cabins with electricity, heat and air conditioning,
fully equipped kitchen, wall to wall carpeting, sleeps up
to six, sites are heavily wooded, rates vary, modern cabin weekly, $316
to $381, weekend $78.99 to $95 per day, weekday, $47 to $57 per day,
campsites with electric weekly, $84 to $96, weekend $16 to $18 per day,
weekday, $13 to $15 per day, campsites without electric weekly, $72 to
$84, weekend, $14 to $16 per day, weekday, $11 to $13 per day,
handicapped accessible facilities available. Both improved and
rustic group camping sites available. Rustic group camping is available
year round, rates vary from $20 to $100 per night, improved group
camping site is available from mid-April to mid-December, requests for
permits must be submitted from January to March, rates vary from $25 to
$125 per night with a maximum capacity of 135
Restrictions: From mid-December to mid-April it is best to
call ahead and check on park conditions, no park concessions available
from Labor Day to Memorial Day
Closest Metropolitan Area: Reading Pennsylvania, 25 miles
northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 65
miles east
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Boone Trail - Blue Blaze, 6 mile loop, moderate difficulty: This trail goes
through a number of features in French Creek State Park. Hopewell
Lake, the primitive group camping area, the main campground, and through
a connector trail Hopewell Furnace National Historical Site are all
accessed on this trail. Some sections are rocky so good hiking
shoes are needed. The section around Hopewell Lake is closed to
mountain bikes.
Turtle Trail - White Blaze, 3.6 mile loop (must take the
Boone Trail or Horse-shoe Trail to access, moderate difficulty:
Circling around the western section of the park, the Turtle Trail
gradually climbs when taking the western loop with several steep
sections. On your return leg you will be amazed by how long you
continue to climb down in altitude. Accessible to mountain bikes
and horseback, the trail is relatively clean.
 Lenape Trail - Green Blaze, 5.5 mile loop, moderate
difficulty: Like the Boone Trail, the Lenape Trail starts at
Hopewell Lake and twists and turns through a variety of features of the
park. Almost half of the trail goes through Hopewell Furnace
National Historical Site. Although this trail also goes to the
main campground, the Lenape Trail goes to Scotts Run Lake to the south,
where the Boone Trail skirts around the lake to the north.
Accessible to mountain bikes but not on horseback.
Six Penny
Trail - Orange Blaze, 3 mile loop, moderate difficulty: This
trail is accessed from a gravel road leading north out of the main
campground. You can use the connector trail (Orange and Green
Blaze) also to access this trail. Cuts through the northern
section of the park and runs along Six Penny Creek. This trail is
only accessible to hikers.
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