Lake Glory Campground appears in public listings at 96 Eisenhower Rd in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, carrying a 4.5 rating drawn from 677 reviews. That volume matters: it means the property has been stayed at, photographed and argued about by a large number of people, and the opinions below reflect that mix rather than a single voice. The listing classifies the property as both a campground and a children's camp, and its website sits under the stay section of Knoebels, the amusement park that surfaces in nearly every visitor account.
This review pulls together the listing details and the reviews visitors have left in order to separate what the source actually establishes from what is simply one camper's experience. Where reviewers disagreed, both sides are presented. Where the data is silent, that gap is named rather than filled in.
Lake Glory Campground at a Glance
The property is listed as Lake Glory Campground at 96 Eisenhower Rd, Catawissa, PA 17820, in the America/New_York timezone, with a contact number of +1 800-487-4386 and a website at knoebels.com/stay/lake-glory-campground. The listing categorizes it as a campground and a children's camp, and it is tagged for RV camping with a camping fee attached. Its coordinates place it in the rolling country south of the Susquehanna, and reviewers consistently describe it as a base for the nearby amusement park rather than a destination in isolation.
The listing also records practical attributes that shape a stay: free on-site parking, wheelchair-accessible car park, entrance and toilet, dogs allowed, and payment fields that accept credit and debit cards. The amenities field in the source record contains only placeholder identifiers rather than readable facility names, so no specific amenity list can be confirmed from it — the concrete facilities below come from what reviewers describe instead.
What Do Visitors Like About Lake Glory Campground?
Sentiment across the reviews leans clearly positive, with several long-term repeat guests and families describing the grounds as clean, spacious and well maintained. The praise clusters around the shuttle and short drive to Knoebels, the size and levelness of the sites, and staff who are repeatedly called friendly and helpful. The criticism is narrower but specific: bathroom cleanliness, inconsistent enforcement of quiet hours, minimal signage on arrival, and value questions around the Leisure Lodge and the cabins. One reviewer rated the property a single star after a difficult arrival, while most others sit at four or five.
1. Cleanliness and Upkeep: Two Different Pictures
Several reviewers describe the grounds and facilities as clean and properly maintained. Joseph Sine called the campground very clean and properly maintained after a four-night stay, Lamar Drayden described the bathrooms near the Toronto cabin as very clean, and Matt Jackson, a yearly returning guest, said the bathrooms are well kept. Debra Cooper noted a new bath house but wished it were cleaned more frequently, saying she did not enjoy brushing her teeth amid dead bugs.
The sharper counterpoint came from Karen Kemirembe, who rated the stay three stars and described the bathrooms as dirty, though she noted the trash was changed regularly. She also reported being stuck in a shower for roughly fifteen minutes until another camper pried the door open. Read together, the reviews suggest upkeep is generally strong but that cleanliness and maintenance are not experienced uniformly across every facility.
2. The Knoebels Connection: Shuttle and Short Drives
The relationship to the amusement park is the most consistent thread in the reviews. Joseph Sine put the drive at about fifteen minutes, Lamar Drayden said it was within ten minutes and called that a huge plus, and Karen Kemirembe highlighted a shuttle to the park alongside an inexpensive supply and food store and a kids' playground. John Damron mentioned a bus to Knoebels, and Andrea Mokan described a bus driver who came back for a family that was not ready at the scheduled departure time.
Expectations are worth calibrating here. Christina Allen, who stayed in the Leisure Lodge, warned that the bus runs roughly every hour and a half rather than as a continuous loop, and that ride discounts apply to ticket books rather than all-day passes. That is one guest's account of the terms, but it is specific enough to be useful to anyone planning around the shuttle schedule.
3. Sites, Cabins, and Room to Spread Out
Reviewers describe a range of accommodation. Irene Schooley praised large grassy sites and a full hookup section, Joseph Sine found the site spacious and level, and John Damron said the sites are big in size for campers and that a pop-up worked perfectly at site T3. Lamar Drayden stayed in the Toronto cabin and appreciated the space inside and the rustic feel, with time spent by the fire ring and walking around the lake.
The cabins come with caveats in the reviews. Neil Palmer, who has been visiting with his own RV for three decades and praised the personnel and service, described the rental cabins as essentially a box without air conditioning or heat, advising guests to bring their own cooling, heating and mattress. Christina Allen found the Leisure Lodge overpriced relative to what was actually delivered, citing limited restaurant days and hours and a single washer and dryer for laundry. Mikayla Kish, by contrast, described a quiet, clean and well-maintained campground with a picturesque lake, and noted that not every site was booked during the stay, which made it feel spacious.
4. Staff, Service, and the Check-In Experience
Friendliness of staff is one of the most repeated positives. Lamar Drayden called the women who checked the family in friendly and helpful, Andrea Mokan described the office staff as kind and informative about the park, Larry Parker said employees were very friendly, and Alejandro Colon opened his review with great staff. Neil Palmer, despite his misgivings about the cabins, called the personnel fantastic and the service excellent.
The exception is stark. Frank Troy rated the property one star, saying he received no help getting to his site beyond being pointed at a map, found the road signs unreadable, made two wrong turns and damaged his camper on a tree. Karen Kemirembe separately mentioned minimal signage that made it hard to find her way around on arrival. The pattern is less about attitude than about wayfinding — most guests describe warm staff, while a few describe an arrival that left them navigating blind.
5. Quiet Hours and Rule Enforcement
The listed quiet time is 10pm, and reviewers disagree about whether it holds. Matt Jackson said other campers are usually respectful of it. Karen Kemirembe reported the opposite during her stay, describing neighbors with seven cars and six tents playing loud music past midnight and no enforcement of rules at all. Mikayla Kish said her tent site was near campers who stayed up until about 1:15am on the first night and were quite loud, though she chose not to complain.
Because tent sites carry sound differently than RVs or cabins, these accounts are best read as reports of specific nights rather than a fixed characteristic of the property. What the reviews do establish is that noise outcomes have varied noticeably between guests.
6. Small Frictions: Signage, Water, Wi-Fi, and Value
Beyond the headline issues, reviewers flagged a set of smaller frictions. Larry Parker's only complaint was lawn care starting around 7am on a Saturday, with weed whackers and mowers audible from bed, and he described the public bathrooms as extremely dated. John Damron noted that Wi-Fi did not work in his area and that he relied on a phone hotspot. Kim reported brown water, a rule against disturbing the trees while other sites had hammocks up, and being told that RC boats were not allowed in the water, along with a pool she considered too far from the campground.
Karen Kemirembe added that her tent site by the creek had poison ivy in three locations and a dead tree overhead, and advised awareness that branches can come down after heavy storms. These are individual reports rather than verified conditions, but they point to the kind of detail worth confirming directly before booking a specific site.