Visit These Award-Winning Campgrounds | KOA Campground Award Winners

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.

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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.

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KOA Icon Award Winners

KOA World-Class Guest Service Honors

Alabama

Ozark / Fort Rucker KOA Journey

Alaska

Fairbanks / Chena River KOA Journey
Homer / Baycrest KOA Holiday
Seward KOA Journey
Valdez KOA Journey

Arizona

Kingman KOA Journey
Mesa / Apache Junction KOA Journey
Picacho / Tucson NW KOA Journey
Salome KOA Journey
Tucson / Lazydays KOA Resort
Willcox /Cochise KOA Holiday
Williams / Exit 167 / Circle Pines KOA Holiday

Arkansas

Eureka Springs KOA Journey
Harrison KOA Holiday
Hot Springs National Park KOA Holiday

California

Bakersfield KOA Journey
Boulevard / Cleveland National Forest KOA Holiday
Burney Falls / Hat Creek 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
Red Bluff KOA Journey
San Diego Metro KOA Resort
Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay KOA Holiday
Santa Cruz North / Costanoa KOA Holiday
Santa Margarita KOA Holiday
Trinity Lake KOA Holiday

Colorado

Alamosa / Great Sand Dunes KOA Journey
Carbondale / Crystal River KOA Holiday
Craig KOA Journey
Cripple Creek KOA Holiday
Denver West / Central City KOA Holiday
Estes Park / Rocky Mountain National Park KOA Holiday
Fort Collins / Lakeside KOA Holiday
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

Florida

Bradenton / Hunsader Farms KOA Holiday
Clearwater / Lake Tarpon KOA Holiday
Crystal River KOA Journey
Fort Pierce West KOA Holiday
Naples / Marco Island KOA Holiday
Orlando NW / Orange Blossom KOA Journey
Orlando / Kissimmee KOA Holiday
Panama City Beach KOA Holiday
Perry KOA Holiday
St Augustine Beach KOA Holiday
Starke / Gainesville NE KOA Holiday
Sugarloaf Key / Key West KOA Holiday
West Palm Beach / Lion Country Safari KOA Journey

Georgia

Americus KOA Journey
Blue Ridge / Toccoa River KOA Holiday
Cordele KOA Journey
Hartwell Lakeside KOA Holiday
Hiawassee 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

Illinois

Casey KOA Journey
Chicago Northwest KOA Holiday
Galesburg East / Knoxville KOA Journey
Grayville / I-64 KOA Holiday
Kankakee South KOA Holiday
Lena KOA Journey
Marion / Shawnee National Forest KOA Holiday
Springfield KOA Journey

Indiana

Batesville KOA Journey
Brown County / Nashville KOA Holiday
Indianapolis KOA Holiday
Richmond KOA Holiday
Scottsburg / Raintree KOA Holiday

Iowa

Des Moines West KOA Holiday

Kansas

Goodland KOA Journey
Kansas City West / Lawrence KOA Holiday
Salina KOA Holiday
WaKeeney KOA Journey

Kentucky

Ashland / Huntington West KOA Holiday
Bowling Green KOA Holiday
Paducah / I-24 / Kentucky Lake KOA Journey

Louisiana

Baton Rouge KOA Holiday
Lafayette KOA Holiday
New Orleans West KOA Holiday
Shreveport / Bossier City KOA Journey

Maine

Bar Harbor / Oceanside KOA Holiday
Bucksport / Fort Knox KOA Holiday
Houlton / Canadian Border KOA Journey
Naples KOA Holiday
Skowhegan / Kennebec Valley KOA Journey

Maryland

Washington DC / Capitol KOA Holiday

Massachusetts

Northampton / Springfield 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 Holiday
Weidman KOA Holiday

Minnesota

Bemidji KOA Journey
Jackson KOA Journey

Mississippi

Gulfport KOA Holiday
Hattiesburg / Okatoma KOA
McComb KOA Journey
Meridian East / Toomsuba KOA Journey
Starkville KOA Holiday

Missouri

Branson KOA Holiday
Lebanon / Bennett Spring KOA Holiday
Sam A. Baker / Otahki Lake KOA Holiday
Springfield / Route 66 KOA Holiday

Montana

Founder’s Award

Billings KOA Holiday
Helena North KOA Journey
Miles City KOA Journey
Missoula KOA Holiday
Polson / Flathead Lake KOA Holiday
Red Lodge KOA Journey
St. Mary / East Glacier KOA Holiday
Three Forks KOA Journey
West Glacier KOA Resort

Nebraska

Lincoln West KOA
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
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

Canandaigua / Rochester KOA Holiday
Catskill Mountains / Gilboa KOA Holiday
Chautauqua Lake KOA Holiday
Cooperstown KOA Journey
Houghton / Letchworth KOA Holiday
Lake George / Saratoga KOA Journey
Medina / Wildwood Lake 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
Cherokee / Great Smokies KOA Holiday
Lumberton / I-95 KOA Journey
Murphy / Peace Valley KOA Holiday
New Bern KOA Holiday
Wilmington KOA Holiday

North Dakota

Bismarck KOA Journey

Ohio

Canton / East Sparta KOA Holiday
Coshocton KOA Holiday
Dayton KOA Resort
Franklin Furnace / Ohio River 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
Sandusky / Bayshore KOA Holiday
Shelby / Mansfield KOA Resort
Thompson / Grand River Valley KOA Holiday
Wapakoneta KOA Holiday

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City East KOA Holiday
Sallisaw / Fort Smith West KOA Holiday
Tulsa NE / Will Rogers Downs KOA Journey

Oregon

Astoria / Warrenton / Seaside KOA Resort
Cave Junction KOA Journey
Grants Pass KOA Journey
Klamath Falls KOA Journey
Lemolo Lake / Crater Lake North KOA Holiday
Lincoln City KOA Journey
Medford / Gold Hill KOA Journey
Sutherlin / Umpqua Valley KOA Holiday
Waldport / Newport KOA Journey

Pennsylvania

Bellefonte / State College KOA Holiday
Delaware Water Gap / Pocono Mountain 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

Founder’s Award

Anderson / Lake Hartwell KOA Holiday
Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA Holiday
Newberry / I-26 / Sumter NF KOA Journey
Point South / I-95 / Yemassee KOA Journey
Santee / Santee Lakes KOA Journey
Travelers Rest / N Greenville KOA Holiday

South Dakota

Badlands / White River KOA Holiday
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
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

Amarillo KOA Journey
Austin East KOA Holiday
Breckenridge / Hubbard Creek Lake KOA Journey
Brookeland / Lake Sam Rayburn KOA Holiday
Canton 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 Angelo KOA Holiday
San Antonio / Alamo KOA Holiday
Sanger / Denton North KOA Journey
South Padre Island KOA Holiday

Utah

Beaver KOA Journey
Brigham City / Perry South KOA Journey
Fillmore KOA Journey
Flaming Gorge / Manila KOA Journey
Moab KOA Holiday
Richfield KOA Holiday

Vermont

Brattleboro North KOA Journey
Quechee / Pine Valley KOA Holiday

Virginia

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

Bay Center / Willapa Bay KOA Journey
Boyer Park and Marina / Snake River KOA Holiday
Burlington / Anacortes KOA Holiday
Pasco / Tri-Cities KOA Journey
Starbuck / Lyons Ferry Marina KOA Holiday

Wisconsin

Hixton / Alma Center KOA Holiday
Milton KOA Holiday
Oakdale KOA Journey

Wyoming

Founder’s Award

Buffalo KOA Journey
Casper KOA Journey
Dubois / Wind River KOA Holiday
Greybull KOA Holiday
Lyman KOA Journey
Sheridan / Big Horn Mountains KOA Journey

Alberta

Grande Prairie KOA Journey

British Columbia

Cranbrook / St. Eugene 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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