Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

We stayed one night after calling first. We used main entrance and were directed to lot that contained a few RVs, but mostly 18 wheelers. We parked along inside edge to allow expansion of slide. All truckers parked with cabs facing the road except one asshat who parked cab in, with his cab 2 feet from our RV. Engine ran all night with occasional heater revving up.

Due to distance to casino and rainy weather, didn’t use restaurants.

Recommendation on entering facility. Pass main entrance(Bow Creek Rd) and at end of road turn right (Mountain Rd). Drive .47 miles (second road on right, look for 18 wheelers). Call casino security, let them know you are there.

Had to be in town for several days for a funeral. Spent 1st night in Walmart parking lot in town, but moved to the casino to see some greenery. Most RVs park for 1 night in the paved parking lot in the north-west corner of the casino close to the employee parking. Signs say not to park RVs there, but a grounds employee told us they don’t enforce it. We saw RVs there every night
Without problems. We chose to go to gravel truck parking lot to have some grass nearby knowing we would be here for longer. Large enough for us and multiple trucks at night. We even set our solar panels out discretely. Can hear interstate at a distance and low truck rumble, but not bad.

There was ample parking that RV and trucks could potentially use but they were only allowed in a rutted, sloped parking area way out back. It was packed, even though we arrived about 3 pm on a Wed. We were sandwiched between semi trucks. They offered over flow parking but it was in a very rutted field that would be unsafe to take most RV's. Definitely not the making for a good night's sleep.

We stopped here to break up our drive to Philadelphia. There was plenty of space available in that truck and RV area. We were the only RV in the midst of several big rigs. The lot is pretty sloped but we found a spot even enough to make it work. We did see a large grass field for more RV parking but it was much too muddy to drive into it after all the rain.

Quiet enough and cell good service. It’s only about 15-20 mins from Swatara State Park, which had some nice hikes.

It's the fact that trucks also use this free place and therefore there is the noise of their engines and the fact that the area is mostly sloped that prevents me from giving this place 5 stars.

To begin with it's convenient to I-81 (and pretty close to where I-78 becomes 81). There is a huge casino on site where there are a number of restaurants. Being vegan I don't expect a lot of options on the road but the hummus and green salad I had for dinner at the Sky Bar there was plenty. Of course, if you want to try your hand at the casino there are plenty of options.

The parking for trucks and RV's is set off to the side of the casino complex. There are a number of spaces there that are flat, however when we arrived someone with a fifth wheel in tow had parked in all of them rather than in one of the slots. (Don't do that it's really not considerate.) There is a grassy area to the left of the paved parking that allows overflow and if it is dry that is an option as it is also flat. We didn't see it because we came in after dark. Otherwise the area is paved about halfway up the "hill" and then gravel. There is PLENTY of room so I would not hesitate to plan to stop at any hour.

Getting there: When you drive in the entrance to the casino turn left at the first stop sign and follow that road around until you see the one saying Truck and RV parking then turn left. When you leave you can either go back the way you came in or continue up the hill at the parking and turn left on Mountain Rd which will take you back out to 81.

Bonus: they have horse racing there and the parking is right beside the barns where they warm up the horses and not too long a walk to the track where you can watch the trainers working with them.