Holiday Camplands

 
Porktown,
 
I have a camp @ Holiday Camplands. The community is great. It is a mix of both young families and Snow birds (Retired people who travel south for the winter). It is a 600 acre campground with 3,200 campsites with it's own 26 acre lake (Gault Lake). It has 2 in ground swimming pools (Swinger pool is the road that it is on lol) and a 9 hole par 3 golf course that are free to use. They have either a band or a DJ every Saturday night from Memorial day to Labor day. They have lots of activities for both young and old all summer long. You could walk to the lake from the main entrance (across the road is a walking path) You do not need an Ohio license if you fish at Gault Lake. You purchase a lot and that property is yours, then there is a yearly fee for campground maintenance and 24/7 365 gated security. You can have as many guests as you want. They give you three car passes when your dues are paid and you can purchase up to 3 more at $10.00/per. The for sale lots are posted on their website http://www.holidaycamplands.com/lotsales.htm . I am a Pittsburgh native and had reservations about buying a camp in Ohio but, after researching all the other campgrounds in the area and having been there for 5 years I would go to no other campground in the area. The fun little sidebar of the campground is that it is 2hrs from Pittsburgh and 2hrs from the mistake by the lake cleeveland so we get to rub the brownie fans nose in it about how much better the Steelers are.
 
Hope this helps.

"old steel hunkie" describes the vast majority of the population of both the mon valley and the ohio valley.

Genslers summed it up just fine. There isn't a better campground for the money and the activities are fantastic for the children and adults alike. It is open all year round not like others where it closes and you cant go til it re-opens and there are a few of us that stay here year round.

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"old steel hunkie" describes the vast majority of the population of both the mon valley and the ohio valley.

I'm a retired steel worker. Around these parts we referred to our selves as mill rats or mill hunkies.
We never gave any thought in doing so, that it might be deemed disparaging to those of Hungarian descent. Of course, we called each other quite a few other things, most of which wouldn't be fit to mention here.

The prices listed for the lots with and without campers aren't that inexpensive.  It is still a depressed real estate market in that area, you may be able to buy a bigger property for the same price.  Go to www.realtor.com , put in the towns on both sides of the lake, and look at the properties that are for sale.  Doesn't hurt to check it out.
 
Good Luck!