Brookdale Family Campground 

Rules & Policies

Brookdale Is A Pet Friendly Campground! 

Please help us keep it that way by strictly following our pet rules and policies!   

SAFETY FIRST!

Guests:  All guests/visitors are required to register at the office and pay prevailing fees before entering the campground. A car pass will be issued and must be displayed on the vehicle rear view mirror.  All day guest visitors are required to depart by 11:00 PM.  Registered campers are responsible for the safety and conduct of their guests and all children.  Any unregistered vehicles (or those not displaying mirror tags) are subject to towing at the owner’s expense.

In The Event Of An Emergency Dial 911 first!  A pay phone is located on the front porch of the store.  Then, call us during store hours at 814-789-3251, after hours at 814-789-2487.  We will respond with help!  If you have discourteous neighbors or utility outages, please call us!

Weather Emergencies:  If the fire siren sounds a high pitch for an extended time, it is a severe weather emergency.  We recommend you immediately seek shelter at the main building Rec. Hall or at the East Mead Fire Hall (located one mile west on Rt. 27).

Missing Child/Person Emergency:  An air horn alarm being sounded by campground personnel is a missing person alarm.  Your entire party must report to your campsite, lock your camping unit, and all motor vehicles, and report to the Rec. Hall immediately.  You must register as accounted for with the member of management at the Rec. Hall, sit down, and await an all clear.  Adults (over 21) may be search party members.    

Injuries & Accidents:  Please immediately report all injuries or accidents that require medical attention or result in damage to your or someone else's property.  This includes all pet attacks on people or on other pets.   

Bicycles:  Helmets are required for all children under 12.  Helmets are recommended for all bicyclists.  All bicycles must be parked at dusk.  When the pole lights come on, all the bikes must be gone (i.e.

put away!).  Bicyclists must obey speed limit and stop signs!    

Vehicle Restrictions:  Only 2 vehicles per site.  Please park additional vehicles in visitor parking

areas designated on the map.  All vehicles must display a mirror tag – untagged vehicles are subject

to towing at the owners expense.  Golf carts, 4-Wheelers, Off-Road Motorcycles, Mopeds, Electric Skateboards & children's ride-on battery powered vehicles are prohibited.  Handicap scooters are permitted for handicapped persons only.

Speed Limit:  5 MPH!  All vehicles (including bikes) must obey road signs and speed limit.  Please watch for children and ducks!           

Firewood:  Firewood may be purchased at the campground store.  No gathering or cutting firewood

of any kind from our woodland areas.  You may burn pre-cut, pre-split, seasoned firewood only (not

to exceed 18" in length)!  

Please Note: Bringing Out-of-state firewood into Penna. is illegal.  In addition Firewood 

from the Western PA counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Mifflin, &     Westmoreland Counties  has been quarantined due to the Ash Bore Beetle Infestation! 

It's not worth the fines & penalties!  It's the law!  For more PA Quaratine info, click here. 

Please do not bring out-of-state, or firewood from those quarantined counties to

Brookdale!  We need to protect our trees!  Thank you!  For more info, visit: http://www.dontmovefirewood.org.   

Campfires:  All campfires are required to be contained within the fire ring, attended to at all times, and must be extinguished prior to retiring.  Please do not move fire rings!  Do not place non-burnable items in fire rings (no glass, metal, nails, garbage, etc.).  Children require adult to supervision.  

Fireworks, Firearms, & Bows and Arrows, Are Prohibited!  Only hand-held sparklers are permitted 

under adult supervision (no throwing them)! 

Paddle Boats/ Rental Bikes:  May be rented at the store/office.  State law requires life jackets for boats and helmets for all kids under 12 on rental bikes.  You are required to follow posted rules!  Failure to do so will result in loss of privileges without refund!   

Pool Rules:  Swim season and hours are on the campsite map.  Children 12 & under require adult supervision (someone over 21) to swim.  Posted pool rules must be followed.  Dry off before entering the building & bathroom area!      

Jumping Pillow:  Requires wrist band to use.  No flips.  Young children require adult supervision.  Larger children need to not jump near younger children.   

COURTESY & GENERAL POLICIES:

Quiet Hours:  Are from 11:00 pm to 8:00 am.  Call us in the event of discourteous campers, please!  No excessive noise or loud music at any time!  All children (including teens), are required to be on their campsites during quiet hours or must be accompanied by an adult (21 or over).  

Brookdale Is A Pet Friendly Campground:  No aggressive or excessive barking pets allowed. We strictly enforce our pet restrictions:  Pets are to be leashed 100% of the time, cleaned up after 100% of the time, attended to 100% of the time if outside the camping unit, and barking is to be minimized.  Do not leave pets unattended and outside the camping unit.  Do not tether pets to picnic tables, posts, fences, etc. which are campground property.  Pets are not allowed inside Brookdale Campground buildings (i.e. store, pool area, bathhouses, pavilion, rec. hall and in or at cabins).   

Check-in/Check-out Times:  2:00 pm for campsites & cabin check-in is 3:00 pm & check out is 1:00.  We absolutely do not allow any early check-ins on Saturdays!  All check-ins should be made during normal store operating hours which are posted on the bottom, left of this page.  Call us if you are going to arrive late (i.e. after normal store & office hours).  We do not allow check-ins during quiet hours (11:00 pm - 8:00 am) because it is discourteous to other campers.  We do allow late check-outs on Sundays and holiday weekend departure days provided that no one is coming in on your campsite that day.  You are required to enquire at the office on the morning of your scheduled departure to see if anyone is coming in on your site.  

Garbage Disposal:  Please place your bagged garbage in the dumpster near the exit gate (located across from the Propane Station) daily.  Please recycle by separating your rinsed aluminum soda and beer cans from the general garbage, and place them in the recycling containers.  Thank you!    

Tent Camper’s Sink:  Is available at the North side of the Restroom/Pavilion and is designated for washing dishes.  Restrooms, Store, & Other Buildings: Smoking and pets are prohibited in all buildings!  A shirt and shoes are required in the store.  Defacing or damaging the restroom facilities is a prosecutable offense.  If you see it, please report it!  If a restroom is found in poor condition and needs attention, please report it to the office immediately!  Thank you for helping us to maintain a clean facility.  We

try to clean facilities during low use times.  During periods when the restrooms are closed for cleaning, please use the facilities at the other building. 

Campsites:  No cutting through campsites!  No digging holes!  One picnic table per campsite; do not move tables from other sites without permission.  Do not relocate fire rings!   

Conduct:  We are a family campground, and our rules are strictly enforced.  Nudity, littering, stone throwing, destructive and dangerous behaviors are strictly prohibited.  Defacing trees, picnic tables, road signs, or any other campground or camper’s property is prohibited and a prosecutable offense!  Adult supervision is required for all minors (those under 21).  Please help us to maintain a litter-free campground.  Please do not throw cigarette butts on the ground. 

Alcohol is restricted to your campsite!  Alcohol is allowed, but is not permitted in open display. 

No kegs allowed.  Disorderly conduct or public drunkenness will result in removal from the campground without refund! 

Please Conserve Water, Electricity, & Waste Water:  We use wells to supply our water.  Please, no washing RV’s or vehicles is allowed!  Please try to conserve electricity by shutting off air conditioning and unnecessary lights before retiring for the night or when not required.  No discharging gray water onto the ground!  All gray water must be collected in a closed container and emptied into the Dump Station. 

Fishing: All fishing is free and no license is required!  All fishing is catch and release only (no keepers, please)!  No putting fish on stringers or in buckets.  Please return the fish to the pond from which it was caught.  If you catch your very first fish (of any size) or a fish over 6", we'll take one photo/day and place it on our Board of Famous Fishermen.  It is yours to take home with you when you leave!  

Commercial video/photography is conducted here. You may be filmed or photographed which may be used in advertising to promote the camp-ground or activities.  Registering at our campground constitutes your consent for us to use any pictures or videos we deem appropriate without payment, inspection, or review.  If you want your likeness not used, it is your responsibility to remove yourself from the situation. 

All camping & activities are at your own risk!  Brookdale Family Campground assumes no responsibility for any damage, theft, or loss of camper’s possessions.  Brookdale Family Campground, its facilities, its management, and employees shall be held harmless from any act and is not responsible for any damages to camping persons or RV, whether damaged by any virtue of man or by an act of God.  We reserve the right to revoke camping privileges for the infraction of campground rules without refund.  We reserve the right to refuse service.   Thank you for coming, and we hope you enjoy your stay! 

Thank you for you camping with us!  We hope you'll enjoy your stay with us!  Our rules

are intended to keep campers safe & enhance everyone's camping experience!  If you have a question 

try our FAQ Page.  If you don't find the answer to your question there, please call us at 814-789-3251

or email us.  We thank you for camping with us, obeying our rules, and enforcing them with your children

and visitors.  Thank you!

 

Transportation of firewood is the leading anthropogenic cause
of new infestations of invasive insects and diseases.
Help spread the word. Visit http://www.dontmovefirewood.org

Home | Reservations | Ducky E-News | Brochure | Campsite Rates | Cabins |

Calendar of Events | Recreation | Campsite Map |  Rules | Directions | Clubs |

Discounts | Local Attractions | Fun Photos & Videos| Kids Corner | RV's For Sale |

The Store | Seasonal Camping | Awards | Employment | Contact Us| About Us |

© 2001-2015 Brookdale Family Campground 

All rights reserved worldwide 

Brookdale Family Campground

25164 State Highway 27  

Meadville PA 16335
Phone: 814-789-3251
URL: www.BrookdaleCampground.com

Email us

Privacy Policy