Just in time for summer, new accommodations available for upcoming travel season
Hershey, Pa., 2013-03-28 — /travelprnews.com/ — Guests visiting Hershey Highmeadow Campground this summer can enjoy entertainment at neighboring Hershey attractions, brand new facilities at the Campground, and enjoy a 50th anniversary season. Hershey Highmeadow Campground opened on May 16, 1963 and has grown from 50 sites and one bathhouse to a full-service facility with more than 300 sites that meet the needs of all campers – from tent sites to RV sites to cabins (including log, extended log and deluxe cabins).
Hershey Highmeadow Campground has added 10 deluxe log cabins to the Crestview area. These popular cabins can accommodate up to seven guests each and provide campers with such amenities as:
Heat and air conditioning
Ceiling fan
Dinner table and seating
Kitchenette with sink, stove top, microwave, refrigerator, coffee pot and toaster
Bathroom with a shower
Living room area with pull-out sofa, flat-screen television and DVD player
Porch with a grill and picnic table
Nine cabins will have two bedrooms and a sofa. Sleeping accommodations include one bedroom with one double bed with a single bunk bed on top and one standard bunk bed, and one bedroom with a queen-size bed. One cabin will have one bedroom that includes one double bed with a single bunk bed on top and one standard bunk bed, and a queen-size sofa bed in the living room. All ten cabins will have full amenities year-round (all other cabins do not have running water from early November through mid-April). The one-bedroom deluxe log cabin rate starts at $147 per night and the two-bedroom deluxe log cabin rate starts at $156 per night.
As the official campground of Hersheypark, Hershey Highmeadow Campground offers discounted admission and free shuttle service to the 110-acre amusement park, which is located less than three miles from the Campground. The Park opens for the season on May 3 and includes admission toZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park. The Boardwalk at Hersheypark has added two slides and Shoreline Sprayground for the 2013 season.
Campers staying at Highmeadow also receive discounted admission to Hershey Gardens and The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue.
For a break from the area attractions, Hershey Highmeadow Campground provides guests with an outdoor recreation area that features two swimming pools, children’s wading pool, basketball, volleyball, shuffleboard and horseshoes. The Campground also provides three laundry facilities; indoor arcade; and Hershey Highmeadow Country Store.
Campground guests can also experience summer entertainment that includes crafts, outdoor movies, DJ’s, clowns, magicians, and Hershey’s Product Character appearances. ZooAmerica will conduct programs with some of its Education Department animals – including alligators, barn owls, skunks and snakes – throughout the summer season.
Hershey Highmeadow Campground is a 55-acre campground that offers more than 300 open and shaded sites, including 37 cabins with heat, air conditioning, a flat-screen television and DVD player (all 22 deluxe log cabins have a shower and restroom); full-hook-up sites with electric, water, sewer and cable television; partial sites with electric, water and cable television; and no hook-up tent sites. Pull-through sites are also available. The Campground provides free Wi-Fi services. For additional information, visit www.HersheyCamping.com, Facebook or call 717-534-8999.
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