Buckaloons Recreation Area
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Sites
- 101
- Electric hookups
- Yes
- Pull-through sites
- Yes
- Paved access
- Yes
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Driveway grade
- Not published
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Yes
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- 3
Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov
Buckaloons Recreation Area
Buckaloons Recreation Area is located along the west bank of the Allegheny Wild and Scenic River , offering a one-lane, concrete boat launch for water access. Buckaloons is a great launch point to explore the Allegheny Islands Wilderness, seven islands stretched between Buckaloons and Tionesta. These islands are popular for dispersed camping, exploration, and viewing scenery and wildlife. Buckaloons is surrounded by three flowing bodies of water including Irvine Run, Brokenstraw Creek, and the Allegheny River, making abundant opportunities for water activities. In addition to fishing, boating, and canoeing, the Buckaloons Seneca Trail is a one-mile loop around the campground, great for wildlife viewing. View/Print Trail Brochure - pdf
Before you go
Season
5/1 – 10/28
Reservations
First-come, first-served
Fees
Campground: • Single site daily camping fee - $20.00 to $25.00/site • Double site daily camping fee - $40.00 to $50.00/site • Group site daily camping fee: $80.00 Boat Launch: • Daily launching fee - $5.00/per vehicle - $1.00/per person • Season vehicle launching/swimming pass - $65.00 (Covers all day use boat launches) Day Use and Picnic Pavilion: • Per Person (bike/bus) - $1.00 • Passenger Vehicle - $5.00 • Pavilion - $40.00 to $100.00/Group site
Hours
Quiet hours 10:00 pm to 6:00 am
Restrictions
As a visitor to the National Forest, you are asked to follow certain rules designed to protect the Forest, natural resources and to provide for public safety of visitors. These rules are available to you on-line or at any office of the Allegheny National Forest. Please take time to read and understand them. General Topic orders apply across the Forest. Applicable Orders for this Site: • Developed Camping • Boating Regulations
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.