City: Gettysburg, PA

Category: Parks & Recreation

Telephone: (717) 334-3277, (800) 293-2808

Address: 1300 Hanover Road

Description: Drummer Boy is the largest campground in the area: It has more than 400 sites. But you won’t feel crowded here—the tent sites, deluxe full-service cottages, and camping cabins sit on 95 acres of woodlands. The place is so big that you can rent a golf cart in order to zip around the campground during your stay. And there’s a daily shuttle to downtown Gettysburg when you’re ready to visit town.Open the first Friday in April until the last Sunday in October, Drummer Boy also added a swimming-pool complex with waterslide in 2005, and high-speed wireless Internet can be accessed from your site. Good old-fashioned fun is also at your fingertips, with volleyball, horseshoes, basketball, minigolf, and a walking trail available. There are nightly movies in the minitheater from June through September, and fishing (no license required) at the pond. There’s also a snack bar, and church services are held on Sunday. The Web site has a great map of the campground and also offers virtual tours, so check it out if you get a chance. A site without hookups is $47 a night or $257 a week; one with water and electric is $56 a night or $297 a week, one with water, electric, and cable is $58 a night or $311 a week, and a site with water, electric, sewer, and cable is $60 a night or $325 a week. Rates are for two people at one camping site. For $85 a night or $500 a week, you can rent a one-room camping cabin, with a double bed and one set of twin bunk beds, electricity, a dorm-size refrigerator, and heating and air-conditioning. A two-room camping cabin costs $100 a night or $605 a week and comes with a double bed and two sets of twin bunk beds, electricity, a dorm-size refrigerator, and heating and air-conditioning. There are six one-room and six two-room cabins, none of which have cooking facilities. Outside each cabin is a charcoal grill, picnic table, and water faucet. Drummer Boy also has three levels of cottages available, all of which come outfitted with dishes, pots, pans, and utensils. Log cottages sleep six and rent for $175 a night or $1,005 a week. The main room has a queen-size bed, a dining table, and seating, and a separate bedroom has two sets of twin bunk beds. There’s also a bathroom, kitchenette, heat, air-conditioning, and cable TV. A kitchenette is equipped with a dorm-size fridge, two-burner stove top, microwave, and coffeemaker. Log cottages with a loft area sleep eight and rent for $195 a night or $1,095 a week. They include a queen-size bed in the downstairs bedroom, a full bed in the loft bedroom, a queen-size sofa sleeper in the living room, a second loft area, and a spacious furnished deck. The loft cottages include electricity, water, heat, air-conditioning, a full bathroom with flushing toilet, tub, and shower, color TV, DVD player, linens, a full-size stove, refrigerator, microwave, coffeemaker, and toaster. Outside you’ll find a picnic table and a fire ring.The three-bedroom deluxe cottages can accommodate up to eight people, and they come with a large main area equipped with a futon, an LCD TV, and a dining table with seating. The main bedroom has a queen-size bed, while the second bedroom has a full-size bed, and the third bedroom has one bunk bed. Deluxe cottages include a bathroom with shower, a kitchenette, heat, air-conditioning, and cable TV. Inside cooking facilities include a full-size refrigerator, a four-burner stove top, a microwave oven, and a coffeemaker. The deluxe cottages rent for $250 a night or $1,680 per week. Depending upon when you’re camping at Drummer Boy, your weekend planned activities might be a treasure hunt, a NASCAR race, or a beach luau.