Each year Kampgrounds of America gathers guest surveys from more than a quarter million of our campers following their campground stays. That important guest feedback, paired with results of an annual inspection process, qualifies the more than 500 KOA campgrounds across the US and Canada for a set of awards – the Founder’s Award and the President’s Award.
What is The KOA President’s Award
The KOA President’s Award is proudly presented to KOA campgrounds that excel in providing great camping facilities and consistently high levels of guest serice. Chosen by KOA’s camping guests through satisfaction surveys and KOA’s own stringent quality inspection, recipients of the President’s Award are dedicated to providing great KOA camping.
What is The KOA Founder’s Award
Dave Drum, founder of Kampgrounds of America, was an extraordinary visionary and dreamer. The recipients of KOA’s premiere achievement, the KOA Founder’s Award, share Dave’s dream of providing the highest quality camping facilities while exceeding KOA guests’ expectations. As leaders in outdoor hospitality, KOA Founder’s Award recipients embody Dave’s vision of a KOA Nation providing excellence for generations of campers.
Recognizing KOA campgrounds for quality and excellence, this year KOA is pleased to award many of our locations with awards for the upcoming year. Campgrounds that qualify for our Founder’s Award also receive the President’s Award for their outstanding service an commitment to our campers.
Pick your state or province to see the 2023 season KOA Founder’s and President’s Award winners in your area!
Alaska
Arizona
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Indiana
Iowa
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Kentucky
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Maine
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Mississippi
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New Jersey
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alberta
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
2023 KOA Campground Award Winners
Alabama
Founder’s Award
Ozark / Fort Rucker KOA Journey
President’s Award
Gulf Shores / Pensacola West KOA Holiday
Alaska
Homer / Baycrest KOA Holiday
Seward KOA Journey
Valdez KOA Journey
Arizona
Founder’s Award
Kingman KOA Journey
Mesa / Apache Junction KOA Journey
Picacho / Tucson NW KOA Journey
Tucson / Lazydays KOA Resort
Willcox /Cochise KOA Holiday
Williams / Exit 167 / Circle Pines KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Flagstaff KOA Holiday
Grand Canyon / Williams KOA Journey
Holbrook / Petrified Forest KOA Journey
Salome KOA Journey
Seligman / Route 66 KOA Journey
Arkansas
Founder’s Award
Eureka Springs KOA Journey
Harrison KOA Holiday
Hot Springs National Park KOA Holiday
President’s Award
California
Founder’s Award
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
Oroville / Feather Falls Casino KOA Journey
Palm Springs / Joshua Tree KOA Holiday
Placerville KOA Journey
Red Bluff KOA Journey
San Diego Metro KOA Resort
San Francisco North / Petaluma KOA
Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay KOA Holiday
Santa Cruz North / Costanoa KOA Holiday
Santa Margarita KOA Holiday
Ventura Ranch KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Banning Stagecoach KOA Journey
Benbow KOA Holiday
Burney Falls / Hat Creek KOA Holiday
Crescent City / Redwoods KOA Holiday
Lost Hills KOA Journey
Mount Shasta City KOA Holiday
Salinas / Monterey KOA Holiday
Trinity Lake KOA Holiday
Colorado
Founder’s Award
Alamosa KOA Journey
Carbondale / Crystal River KOA Holiday
Craig KOA Journey
Cripple Creek KOA Holiday
Denver West / Central City KOA Holiday
Estes Park KOA Holiday
Fort Collins / Lakeside KOA Holiday
Glenwood Springs West / Colorado River KOA Holiday
Grand Junction KOA Holiday
Gunnison KOA Journey
La Junta KOA Journey
Pueblo KOA Journey
Pueblo South / Colorado City KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Colorado Springs KOA Holiday
Denver East / Strasburg KOA Holiday
Limon KOA Journey
Montrose / Black Canyon Nat’l Park KOA Journey
Ouray KOA Holiday
Royal Gorge / Canon City KOA Holiday
Salida / Mt. Shavano KOA Journey
Steamboat Springs KOA Holiday
Connecticut
Niantic / I-95 Exit 72 KOA Holiday
Florida
Founder’s Award
Bradenton / Hunsader Farms KOA Holiday
Clearwater / Lake Tarpon KOA Holiday
Fort Pierce West KOA Holiday
Jennings KOA Holiday
Milton / Gulf Pines KOA Holiday
Naples / Marco Island KOA Holiday
Orlando / Kissimmee KOA Holiday
Orlando Southwest KOA Holiday
Perry KOA Holiday
St Augustine Beach KOA Holiday
St Petersburg / Madeira Beach KOA Holiday
Starke / Gainesville NE KOA Holiday
Sugarloaf Key / Key West KOA Holiday
West Palm Beach / Lion Country Safari KOA Journey
Fort Myers / Pine Island KOA Holiday
Okeechobee KOA Resort
Georgia
Founder’s Award
Americus KOA Journey
Blue Ridge / Toccoa River KOA Holiday
Forsyth KOA Journey
Hartwell Lakeside KOA Journey
Savannah South KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Cordele KOA Journey
Jacksonville N / St Marys KOA Holiday
Lookout Mountain / Chattanooga West KOA Holiday
Tifton KOA Journey
Idaho
Founder’s Award
Lava Hot Springs East KOA Holiday
Lava Hot Springs West KOA Holiday
Twin Falls / Jerome KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Boise / Meridian KOA Journey
Craters of the Moon / Arco KOA Journey
Kamiah / Clearwater River KOA Journey
Montpelier Creek KOA Journey
Pocatello KOA Journey
Illinois
Founder’s Award
Benton KOA Journey
Chicago Northwest KOA Holiday
Galesburg East / Knoxville KOA Journey
Grayville / I-64 KOA Holiday
Kankakee South KOA Holiday
Lena KOA Journey
Springfield KOA Journey
President’s Award
Indiana
Founder’s Award
Batesville KOA Journey
Brown County / Nashville KOA Holiday
Indianapolis KOA Holiday
Richmond KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Angola / Hogback Lake KOA Holiday
Bluffton / Fort Wayne South KOA Journey
Crawfordsville KOA Journey
Iowa
Founder’s Award
Des Moines West KOA Holiday
Onawa / Blue Lake KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Newton / Des Moines East KOA Journey
Kansas
Founder’s Award
Dodge City KOA Journey
Goodland KOA Journey
Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday
Salina KOA Holiday
Topeka / Capital City KOA Journey
WaKeeney KOA Journey
Wellington KOA Holiday
Kentucky
Founder’s Award
Bowling Green KOA Holiday
Corbin / Laurel Lake KOA Journey
Kentucky Lakes / Prizer Point KOA Holiday
Louisville South KOA Holiday
Paducah / I-24 / Kentucky Lake KOA Journey
Renfro Valley KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Ashland / Huntington West KOA Holiday
Horse Cave KOA Holiday
Louisiana
Founder’s Award
Baton Rouge KOA Holiday
Lafayette KOA Holiday
New Orleans West KOA Holiday
Shreveport / Bossier City KOA Journey
Maine
Founder’s Award
Bar Harbor / Oceanside KOA Holiday
Bucksport / Fort Knox KOA Holiday
Houlton / Canadian Border KOA Journey
Naples KOA Holiday
Skowhegan / Kennebec Valley KOA Journey
President’s Award
Augusta / Gardiner KOA Journey
Bangor / Holden KOA Journey
Maryland
President’s Award
Hagerstown / Antietam Battlefield KOA Holiday
Washington DC / Capitol KOA Holiday
Massachusetts
Founder’s Award
President’s Award
Northampton / Springfield KOA Holiday
Michigan
Founder’s Award
Coloma / St Joseph KOA Holiday
Covert / South Haven KOA Holiday
Emmett KOA Holiday
Gaylord KOA Holiday
Ludington East / Pere Marquette River KOA Holiday
Mackinaw City / Mackinac Island KOA Journey
Oscoda / Tawas KOA Holiday
St Ignace / Mackinac Island KOA Holiday
Traverse City KOA Holiday
Weidman KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Monroe County / Toledo North KOA Holiday
Munising / Pictured Rocks KOA Journey
Port Huron KOA Resort
Minnesota
Founder’s Award
Bemidji KOA Journey
Cloquet / Duluth KOA Journey
Jackson KOA Journey
Rochester / Marion KOA Journey
President’s Award
Albert Lea / Austin KOA Journey
Minneapolis Northwest KOA Journey
Minneapolis Southwest KOA Holiday
Mississippi
Founder’s Award
Hattiesburg / Okatoma KOA
Meridian East / Toomsuba KOA Journey
Starkville KOA Holiday
Missouri
Founder’s Award
Branson KOA Holiday
Lebanon / Bennett Spring KOA Holiday
Springfield / Route 66 KOA Holiday
St. Louis West / Historic Route 66 KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Joplin KOA Journey
Kansas City East / Oak Grove KOA Holiday
Lake of the Ozarks / Linn Creek KOA Holiday
Montana
Founder’s Award
Billings KOA Holiday
Great Falls KOA Holiday
Helena North KOA Journey
Livingston / Paradise Valley KOA Holiday
Miles City KOA Journey
Missoula KOA Holiday
Polson / Flathead Lake KOA Holiday
Red Lodge KOA Journey
Townsend / Canyon Ferry Lake KOA Journey
West Glacier KOA Resort
Yellowstone Park / West Gate KOA Holiday
Yellowstone Park / Mountainside KOA Journey
President’s Award
Nebraska
Ogallala / I-80 KOA Journey
Ogallala / Tri Trails KOA Journey
President’s Award
Grand Island KOA Journey
West Omaha / NE Lincoln KOA Holiday
Nevada
Founder’s Award
Ely KOA Journey
Las Vegas KOA Journey at Sam’s Town
President’s Award
New Hampshire
Founder’s Award
Chocorua KOA Holiday
Lincoln / Woodstock KOA Holiday
Littleton / Franconia Notch KOA Holiday
Strafford / Lake Winnipesaukee South KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Twin Mountain / Mt. Washington KOA Holiday
New Jersey
Founder’s Award
Philadelphia South / Clarksboro KOA
New Mexico
Founder’s Award
Alamogordo / White Sands KOA Journey
Albuquerque KOA Journey
Carlsbad KOA Holiday
Grants KOA Journey
Las Cruces KOA Journey
Las Vegas, New Mexico KOA Journey
Raton KOA Journey
Santa Fe KOA Journey
Silver City KOA Holiday
Tucumcari / Route 66 KOA Journey
New York
Founder’s Award
Canandaigua / Rochester KOA Holiday
Cooperstown KOA Journey
Herkimer Diamond KOA Resort
Houghton / Letchworth KOA Holiday
Medina / Wildwood Lake KOA Holiday
Natural Bridge / Watertown KOA Journey
Niagara Falls / Grand Island KOA Holiday
Unadilla / I-88 / Oneonta KOA Journey
Waterloo / Finger Lakes KOA Holiday
Westfield / Lake Erie KOA Journey
President’s Award
Chautauqua Lake KOA Holiday
Hammondsport / Bath KOA Resort
New York City N / Newburgh KOA Holiday
Niagara Falls North / Lewistown KOA Journey
Watkins Glen / Corning KOA Resort
North Carolina
Founder’s Award
Asheville East KOA Holiday
Asheville West 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
Outer Banks West / Currituck Sound KOA Holiday
Wilmington KOA Holiday
Cherokee / Great Smokies KOA Holiday
Enfield / Rocky Mount KOA Journey
Greensboro KOA Journey
Statesville / I-77 KOA Journey
North Dakota
Ohio
Founder’s Award
Andover / Pymatuning Lake KOA Holiday
Buckeye Lake / Columbus East KOA Holiday
Canton / East Sparta KOA Holiday
Coshocton KOA Holiday
Dayton KOA Resort
Lake Milton / Berlin Lake KOA Holiday
Logan / Hocking Hills KOA Holiday
Mt. Gilead KOA Journey
Salem / Lisbon KOA Holiday
Sandusky / Bayshore KOA Holiday
Shelby / Mansfield KOA Resort
Streetsboro / Cleveland SE KOA Holiday
Wapakoneta KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Carrollton KOA Holiday
Lebanon / Cincinnati NE KOA Holiday
Sunbury / Columbus North KOA Holiday
Thompson / Grand River Valley KOA Holiday
Toledo East / Stony Ridge KOA Journey
Oklahoma
Founder’s Award
Checotah / Lake Eufaula West KOA Holiday
Durant / Choctaw Casino KOA Journey
El Reno West KOA Journey
Elk City / Clinton KOA Journey
Oklahoma City East KOA Holiday
Sallisaw / Fort Smith West KOA Holiday
Tulsa NE / Will Rogers Downs KOA Journey
Oregon
Founder’s Award
Bandon / Port Orford KOA Journey
Grants Pass KOA Journey
Klamath Falls KOA Journey
Lincoln City KOA Journey
Medford / Gold Hill KOA Journey
Pendleton KOA Journey
Sutherlin / Umpqua Valley KOA Holiday
Waldport / Newport KOA Journey
President’s Award
Albany / Corvallis KOA Journey
Astoria / Warrenton / Seaside KOA Resort
Cascade Locks / Portland East KOA Holiday
Lemolo Lake / Crater Lake North KOA Holiday
Oregon Dunes KOA Holiday
Pennsylvania
Founder’s Award
Allentown KOA Journey
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
Honesdale / Poconos KOA Holiday
Jonestown / Hershey NE KOA Journey
Lancaster / New Holland KOA Journey
Mercer / Grove City KOA Holiday
Philadelphia / West Chester KOA Holiday
Raystown Lake / Saxton KOA Holiday
Uniontown KOA Holiday
Williamsport South / Nittany Mountain KOA Holiday
Madison / Pittsburgh SE KOA Journey
Meadville KOA Journey
Washington / Pittsburgh SW KOA Journey
South Carolina
Founder’s Award
Anderson / Lake Hartwell KOA Holiday
Myrtle Beach KOA Resort
Newberry / I-26 / Sumter NF KOA Journey
Point South / I-95 / Yemassee KOA Journey
Travelers Rest / N Greenville KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday
Santee / Santee Lakes KOA Journey
South Dakota
Founder’s Award
Badlands / White River KOA Holiday
Belvidere East / Exit 170 KOA Journey
Custer / Mt Rushmore / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Hot Springs / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Kennebec KOA Journey
Mitchell KOA Journey
Rapid City / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Sioux City North KOA Holiday
Sioux Falls KOA Journey
Spearfish / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Yankton / Missouri River KOA Journey
President’s Award
Deadwood / Black Hills KOA Holiday
Mount Rushmore KOA Resort at Palmer Gulch
Tennessee
Founder’s Award
Baileyton KOA Holiday
Bristol / Kingsport KOA Holiday
Buffalo / I-40 / Exit 143 KOA Journey
Chattanooga North / Cleveland KOA Journey
Crossville I-40 KOA Holiday
Gatlinburg East / Smoky Mountain KOA Holiday
Jonesborough / Cherokee NF KOA Journey
Nashville KOA Resort
Nashville East / Lebanon KOA Journey
Paris Landing / Kentucky Lake KOA Holiday
Pigeon Forge / Gatlinburg KOA Holiday
Sweetwater / I-75 / Exit 62 KOA Holiday
Townsend / Great Smokies KOA Holiday
Texas
Founder’s Award
Abilene KOA Journey
Austin East KOA Holiday
Burkburnett / Wichita Falls KOA Journey
Canton KOA Holiday
Corpus Christi KOA Journey
Dallas / Arlington KOA Holiday
Galveston Island KOA Holiday
Kerrville KOA Journey
Lake Conroe / Houston North KOA Holiday
Leander / Northwest Austin KOA Holiday
Lufkin KOA Journey
Mount Pleasant KOA Journey
Port Lavaca / Matagorda Bay KOA Holiday
Rusk KOA Holiday
San Angelo KOA Holiday
San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday
Sanger / Denton North KOA Journey
South Padre Island KOA Holiday
Amarillo KOA Journey
Brookeland / Lake Sam Rayburn KOA Holiday
Cotulla / Nueces River KOA Journey
Lubbock KOA Journey
Texarkana KOA Journey
Utah
Founder’s Award
Bear Lake / Marina Side KOA Holiday
Beaver KOA Journey
Brigham City / Perry South KOA Journey
Fillmore KOA Journey
Flaming Gorge / Manila KOA Journey
Green River KOA Journey
Richfield KOA Holiday
Vernal / Dinosaurland KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Bear Lake / Trail Side KOA Journey
Moab KOA Holiday
Monument Valley KOA Journey
Salt Lake City KOA Holiday
Springville / Provo KOA Holiday
Vermont
Founder’s Award
Brattleboro North KOA Journey
Quechee / Pine Valley KOA Holiday
Virginia
Founder’s Award
Charlottesville 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
Founder’s Award
Bay Center / Willapa Bay KOA Journey
Boyer Park & Marina / Snake River KOA
Burlington / Anacortes KOA Holiday
Leavenworth / Pine Village KOA Holiday
Lynden / Bellingham KOA Holiday
Newport / Little Diamond Lake KOA Holiday
Olympic Peninsula / Port Angeles KOA Journey
Pasco / Tri-Cities KOA Journey
Starbuck / Lyons Ferry Marina KOA Holiday
Concrete / Grandy Creek KOA Holiday
Ellensburg KOA Journey
Spokane KOA Journey
Winthrop / N Cascades National Park KOA Holiday
West Virginia
President’s Award
Harpers Ferry / Civil War Battlefields KOA Holiday
Huntington / Fox Fire KOA Holiday
Wisconsin
Founder’s Award
Hayward KOA Holiday
Hixton / Alma Center KOA Holiday
Milton KOA Holiday
Oakdale KOA Journey
Wisconsin Dells KOA Holiday
Wyoming
Founder’s Award
Buffalo KOA Journey
Casper KOA Journey
Cody KOA Holiday
Devils Tower / Black Hills KOA Journey
Dubois / Wind River KOA Holiday
Greybull KOA Holiday
Lyman KOA Journey
Sheridan / Big Horn Mountains KOA Journey
President’s Award
Rawlins KOA Journey
Rock Springs / Green River KOA Journey
Alberta
President’s Award
British Columbia
Cranbrook / St. Eugene KOA Journey
Newfoundland
Gros Morne / Norris Point KOA Holiday
Nova Scotia
President’s Award
Halifax West KOA Holiday
North Sydney / Cabot Trail KOA Journey
Ontario
Founder’s Award
Barrie KOA Holiday
Brighton / 401 KOA Holiday
Cardinal / Ottawa South KOA Holiday
Niagara Falls KOA Holiday
Parry Sound KOA Holiday
Sault Ste. Marie KOA Holiday
Sturgeon Falls KOA Holiday
1000 Islands / Kingston KOA Holiday
1000 Islands / Mallorytown KOA Holiday
Thunder Bay KOA Holiday
President’s Award
Owen Sound KOA Journey
Renfrew / Ottawa West KOA Journey
Prince Edward Island
Founder’s Award
Borden / Summerside KOA Journey
Cavendish KOA Holiday
Cornwall / Charlottetown KOA Holiday
Quebec
Founder’s Award
Bas Saint-Laurent KOA Resort
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.
