Each year, Kampgrounds of America recognizes some of our more than 500 KOA campgrounds across the US and Canada with our annual campground awards. In addition to our highest awards, the KOA Campground of the Year and our Rising Star, a select group of KOA campgrounds receive our Icon Award. The Icon Award honors the top 10% of KOA campgrounds that provide the highest standard of excellence. This award is given to campgrounds that consistently offer exceptional guest experiences, create an inviting and welcoming atmosphere, and uphold the values of the KOA brand.
Additionally, each year we recognize the top KOA campgrounds recommended by our camping guests. These KOA locations have earned the status of providing World-Class Guest Service to campers across North America.
See KOA’s World-Class Guest Service Locations
KOA Icon Award Winners
Alabama
Ozark / Fort Rucker KOA Journey
Arizona
California
Mt. Lassen / Shingletown KOA Holiday
Oroville / Feather Falls Casino KOA Journey
San Francisco North / Petaluma KOA Resort
Colorado
Denver East / Strasburg KOA Holiday
Fort Collins North / Wellington KOA Journey
Florida
Fort Pierce Downtown KOA Journey
Orlando NW / Orange Blossom KOA Journey
Perry KOA Holiday
Georgia
Blue Ridge / Toccoa River KOA Holiday
Hiawassee KOA Holiday
Idaho
Twin Falls / Jerome KOA Holiday
Illinois
Galesburg East / Knoxville, IL KOA Holiday
Grayville / I-64 KOA Holiday
Kansas
Kentucky
Bowling Green KOA Holiday
Corbin / Laurel Lake KOA Journey
Paducah / I-24 / Kentucky Lake KOA Journey
Maine
Bar Harbor / Oceanside KOA Holiday
Maryland
Washington DC / Capitol KOA Holiday
Michigan
Coloma / St Joseph KOA Holiday
Gaylord South / Bradford Lake KOA Holiday
Mackinaw City / Mackinac Island KOA Journey
Montana
Billings KOA Holiday
West Glacier KOA Resort
New Hampshire
Lincoln / Woodstock KOA Holiday
New Mexico
Alamogordo / White Sands KOA Journey
Las Cruces KOA Journey
New York
Waterloo / Finger Lakes KOA Holiday
North Carolina
Murphy / Peace Valley KOA Holiday
New Bern KOA Holiday
Ohio
Coshocton KOA Holiday
Lake Milton / Berlin Lake KOA Holiday
Salem / Lisbon KOA Holiday
Oklahoma
Sallisaw / Fort Smith West KOA Holiday
Pennsylvania
Elizabethtown / Hershey KOA Holiday
Gettysburg / Battlefield KOA Holiday
Williamsport South / Nittany Mountain KOA Holiday
South Carolina
Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday
Point South / I-95 / Yemassee KOA Holiday
Travelers Rest / N Greenville KOA Holiday
South Dakota
Spearfish / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Tennessee
Paris Landing / Kentucky Lake KOA Holiday
Texas
Port Lavaca / Matagorda Bay KOA Holiday
South Padre Island KOA Holiday
Utah
Brigham City / Perry South KOA Journey
Virginia
Emporia / I-95 KOA Holiday
Fredericksburg / Washington DC South KOA Holiday
Natural Bridge / Lexington KOA Holiday
Washington
Pasco / Tri-Cities KOA Journey
Ontario
1000 Islands / Mallorytown KOA Holiday
Parry Sound KOA Holiday
Sault Ste. Marie KOA Holiday
Thunder Bay KOA Holiday
Quebec
KOA World-Class Guest Service Honors
Alaska
Valdez KOA Journey
Homer / Baycrest KOA Holiday
Fairbanks / Chena River KOA
Alabama
Ozark / Fort Rucker KOA Journey
Arizona
Benson KOA Journey
Kingman KOA Journey
Mesa / Apache Junction KOA Journey
Picacho / Tucson NW KOA Journey
Tucson KOA Resort
Salome KOA Journey
Willcox / Cochise, AZ KOA Holiday
Williams / Exit 167 / Circle Pines KOA Holiday
Arkansas
Eurkea Springs KOA Journey
Harrison KOA Holiday
Hot Springs National Park KOA Holiday
California
Bakersfield KOA Journey
Boulevard / Cleveland National Forest KOA Holiday
Coleville / Walker KOA Holiday
Manchester Beach / Mendocino Coast KOA Journey
Moss Landing KOA Express
Mt. Lassen / Shingletown KOA Holiday
Needles KOA Journey
Oroville / Feather Falls Casino KOA Journey
Parker Strip / Colorado River KOA Holiday
Red Bluff KOA Journey
Trinity Lake KOA Holiday
San Francisco North / Petaluma KOA Resort
Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay KOA Holiday
Santa Margarita KOA Holiday
Colorado
Alamosa / Great Sand Dunes KOA Journey
Carbondale / Crystal River KOA Holiday
Craig KOA Journey
Cripple Creek KOA Holiday
Denver East / Strasburg KOA Holiday
Denver West / Central City KOA Holiday
Estes Park / Rocky Mountain National Park KOA Holiday
Fort Collins / Lakeside KOA Holiday
Fort Collins North / Wellington KOA Journey
Glenwood Springs West / Colorado River KOA Holiday
Grand Junction KOA Holiday
Grand Lake / Rocky Mtn National Park KOA Journey
Gunnison KOA Journey
La Junta KOA Journey
Ouray KOA Holiday
Pueblo KOA Journey
Pueblo South / Colorado City KOA Holiday
Connecticut
Mystic KOA Holiday
Niantic / I-95 Exit 72 KOA Holiday
Florida
Bradenton / Hunsader Farms KOA Holiday
Clearwater / Lake Tarpon KOA Holiday
Fort Pierce Downtown KOA Journey
Naples / Marco Island KOA Holiday
Orlando / Kissimmee KOA Holiday
Orlando NW / Orange Blossom KOA Journey
Orlando Southwest KOA Holiday
Perry KOA Holiday
St. Augustine Beach KOA Holiday
Starke / Gainesville N.E. KOA Holiday
Sugarloaf Key / Key West KOA Resort
West Palm Beach / Lion Country Safari KOA Journey
Georgia
Americus KOA Journey
Blue Ridge / Toccoa River KOA Holiday
Cordele KOA Journey
Hiawassee KOA Holiday
Jacksonville North / St. Marys KOA Holiday
Lookout Mountain / Chattanooga West KOA Holiday
Savannah South KOA Holiday
Idaho
Kamiah / Clearwater River KOA Journey
Lava Hot Springs East KOA Holiday
Lava Hot Springs West KOA Holiday
Montpelier Creek KOA Journey
Twin Falls / Jerome KOA Holiday
Illinois
Casey KOA Journey
Chicago Northwest KOA Holiday
Galesburg East / Knoxville, IL KOA Holiday
Grayville / I-64 KOA Holiday
Kankakee South KOA Holiday
Lena KOA Holiday
Indiana
Batesville KOA Journey
Brown County / Nashville KOA Holiday
Indianapolis KOA Holiday
Richmond KOA Holiday
Scottsburg / Raintree Lake KOA Holiday
Iowa
Kansas
Goodland KOA Journey
WaKeeney KOA Journey
Kentucky
Bowling Green KOA Holiday
Corbin / Laurel Lake KOA Journey
Louisville South KOA Holiday
Paducah / I-24 / Kentucky Lake KOA Journey
Russell Springs / Lake Cumberland KOA Journey
Louisiana
Baton Rouge KOA Holiday
Lafayette KOA Holiday
New Orleans KOA Holiday
Maine
Bar Harbor / Oceanside KOA Holiday
Bucksport / Fort Knox KOA Holiday
Freeport / Durham KOA Holiday
Houlton / Canadian Border KOA Journey
Naples KOA Holiday
Skowhegan / Kennebec Valley KOA Journey
Maryland
Washington DC / Capitol KOA Holiday
Michigan
Coloma / St Joseph KOA Holiday
Covert / South Haven KOA Holiday
Gaylord KOA Holiday
Gaylord South / Bradford Lake KOA Holiday
Mackinaw City / Mackinac Island KOA Journey
Oscoda / Tawas KOA Holiday
St. Ignace / Mackinac Island KOA Holiday
Traverse City KOA
Weidman KOA Holiday
Minnesota
Bemidji KOA Journey
Jackson, MN KOA Journey
Soo Line Trail / Onamia KOA
Mississippi
Gulfport KOA Holiday
Hattiesburg / Okatoma KOA
Meridian East / Toomsuba KOA Journey
Missouri
Branson KOA Holiday
Lebanon / Bennett Spring KOA Holiday
Sam A. Baker / Otahki Lake KOA Holiday
Springfield / Route 66 KOA Holiday
Montana
Billings KOA Holiday
Great Falls KOA Holiday
Hardin KOA Journey
Helena North KOA Journey
Miles City KOA Journey
Missoula KOA Holiday
Polson / Flathead Lake KOA Holiday
Red Lodge KOA Journey
Three Forks KOA Journey
West Glacier KOA Resort
Yellowstone Park / Mountainside KOA Journey
Nebraska
Ogallala / I-80 KOA Journey
Ogallala / Tri Trails KOA Journey
Nevada
Ely KOA Journey
Las Vegas KOA Journey at Sam’s Town
New Hampshire
Chocorua KOA Holiday
Lincoln / Woodstock KOA Holiday
Littleton / Franconia Notch KOA Holiday
Twin Mountain / Mt. Washington KOA Holiday
New Jersey
Philadelphia South / Clarksboro KOA Holiday
New Mexico
Alamogordo / White Sands KOA Journey
Albuquerque KOA Journey
Albuquerque North / Bernalillo KOA Journey
Grants KOA Journey
Las Cruces KOA Journey
Las Vegas, New Mexico KOA Journey
Santa Fe KOA Journey
Silver City KOA Holiday
New York
Canandaigua / Rochester KOA Holiday
Catskill Mountains / Gilboa KOA Holiday
Chautauqua Lake KOA Holiday
Houghton / Letchworth KOA Holiday
Lake George / Saratoga KOA Journey
Lake Placid / Whiteface Mtn. KOA Holiday
Natural Bridge / Watertown KOA Journey
Niagara Falls / Grand Island KOA Holiday
Waterloo / Finger Lakes KOA Holiday
Westfield / Lake Erie KOA Journey
North Carolina
Asheville East KOA Holiday
Boone KOA Holiday
Cape Hatteras / Outer Banks KOA Resort
Lumberton / I-95 KOA Journey
Murphy / Peace Valley KOA Holiday
New Bern KOA Holiday
Wilmington KOA Holiday
North Dakota
Ohio
Coshocton KOA Holiday
Dayton KOA Holiday
Hocking Hills KOA Holiday
Lake Milton / Berlin Lake KOA Holiday
Lebanon / Cincinnati NE KOA Holiday
Mt. Gilead KOA Journey
Salem / Lisbon KOA Holiday
Shelby / Mansfield KOA Resort
Streetsboro / Cleveland SE KOA Holiday
Wapakoneta KOA Holiday
Oklahoma
El Reno West KOA Journey
Sallisaw / Fort Smith West KOA Holiday
Tulsa NE / Will Rogers Downs KOA Journey
Oregon
Astoria / Warrenton / Seaside KOA Resort
Bandon / Port Orford KOA Journey
Lemolo Lake / Crater Lake North KOA Holiday
Lincoln City KOA Holiday
Medford / Gold Hill KOA Journey
Pendleton KOA Journey
Sutherlin / Umpqua Valley KOA Holiday
Pennsylvania
Bellefonte / State College KOA Holiday
Delaware Water Gap / Pocono Mountain KOA Holiday
DuBois / Treasure Lake KOA Holiday
Elizabethtown / Hershey KOA Holiday
Erie KOA Holiday
Gettysburg / Battlefield KOA Holiday
Jonestown / Hershey NE KOA Journey
Lancaster / New Holland KOA Journey
Mercer / Grove City KOA Holiday
Williamsport South / Nittany Mountain KOA Holiday
South Carolina
Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday
Newberry / I-26 / Sumter NF KOA Journey
Point South / I-95 / Yemassee KOA Journey
Travelers Rest / N Greenville KOA Holiday
South Dakota
Belvidere East / Exit 170 KOA Journey
Custer / Mt Rushmore / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Deadwood / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Hot Springs / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Mitchell KOA Journey
Rapid City / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Sioux City North KOA Holiday
Sioux Falls KOA Journey
Spearfish / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Tennessee
Baileyton KOA Holiday
Crossville I-40 KOA Holiday
Gatlinburg East / Smoky Mountain KOA Holiday
Nashville KOA Resort
Nashville East / Lebanon KOA Journey
Paris Landing / Kentucky Lake KOA Holiday
Pigeon Forge / Gatlinburg KOA Holiday
Sweetwater KOA Holiday
Townsend / Great Smokies KOA Holiday
Texas
Amarillo KOA Journey
Austin East KOA Holiday
Brookeland / Lake Sam Rayburn KOA Holiday
Bryan / North College Station KOA Holiday
Galveston Island KOA Holiday
Kerrville KOA Journey
Leander / Northwest Austin KOA Holiday
Lufkin KOA Journey
Mount Pleasant KOA Journey
Port Lavaca / Matagorda Bay KOA Holiday
Rockport / Corpus Christi KOA Holiday
Rusk KOA Holiday
San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday
Sanger / Denton North KOA Journey
South Padre Island KOA Holiday
Utah
Bear Lake / Marina Side KOA Holiday
Bear Lake / Trail Side KOA Journey
Beaver KOA Journey
Brigham City / Perry South KOA Journey
Fillmore KOA Journey
Flaming Gorge / Manila KOA Journey
Green River KOA Journey
Moab KOA Holiday
Richfield KOA Holiday
Vermont
Virginia
Charlottesville KOA Holiday
Emporia / I-95 KOA Holiday
Fancy Gap / Blue Ridge Parkway KOA Journey
Fredericksburg / Washington DC S KOA Holiday
Harrisonburg / Shenandoah Valley KOA Holiday
Lynchburg NW / Blue Ridge Parkway KOA Holiday
Natural Bridge / Lexington KOA Holiday
Richmond North / Kings Dominion KOA Holiday
Virginia Beach KOA Holiday
Wytheville KOA Holiday
Washington
Bay Center / Willapa Bay KOA Journey
Boyer Park and Marina / Snake River KOA Holiday
Burlington / Anacortes KOA Holiday
Pasco / Tri-Cities KOA Journey
Wisconsin
Hixton / Alma Center KOA Holiday
Milton KOA Holiday
Oakdale KOA Journey
Wyoming
Buffalo KOA Journey
Casper KOA Journey
Cody / Yellowstone East KOA Holiday
Devils Tower / Black Hills KOA Journey
Dubois / Wind River KOA Holiday
Douglas KOA Journey
Greybull KOA Holiday
Lyman KOA Journey
Sheridan / Big Horn Mountains KOA Journey
Newfoundland
Gros Morne / Norris Point KOA Holiday
Ontario
Barrie KOA Holiday
Niagara Falls KOA Holiday
Parry Sound KOA Holiday
1000 Islands / Kingston KOA Holiday
1000 Islands / Mallorytown KOA Holiday
Sault Ste. Marie KOA Holiday
Sturgeon Falls KOA Holiday
Thunder Bay KOA Holiday
Prince Edward Island
Borden / Summerside KOA Journey
Quebec
Montreal South KOA
Quebec City KOA Holiday
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Kampgrounds of America is the largest system of open-to-the-public campgrounds in the world, with over 500 locations across the United States and Canada. Founded in Billings, MT in 1962, KOA’s family of campground brands – KOA Journey, KOA Holiday and KOA Resort – today serve more than a million camping families each year. KOA is dedicated to “connecting people to the outdoors and each other” by providing people with a variety of camping experiences and the information they need to make the most of their camping trip. Read more of their camping and travel resources by visiting KOA.com/blog.
