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Visit These Award-Winning Campgrounds | KOA Founder’s and President’s Award Winners

November 16, 2022

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!


2023 KOA Campground Award Winners

Alabama

Founder’s Award

Ozark / Fort Rucker KOA Journey

President’s Award

Gulf Shores / Pensacola West KOA Holiday


Alaska

Founder’s Award

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

Memphis KOA Journey


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

President’s Award

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

President’s Award

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

Casey KOA Journe


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
Shreveport North / Caddo Lake Area KOA Holiday


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

Boston / Cape Cod KOA Holiday

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

Butte KOA Journey


Nebraska

Founder’s Award

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

Wendover KOA Journey


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

President’s Award

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

President’s Award

Cherokee / Great Smokies KOA Holiday
Enfield / Rocky Mount KOA Journey
Greensboro KOA Journey
Statesville / I-77 KOA Journey


North Dakota

Founder’s Award

Bismarck KOA Journey


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

President’s Award

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

President’s Award

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

President’s Award

Concrete / Grandy Creek KOA Holiday
Ellensburg KOA Journey
Spokane KOA Journey
Winthrop / N Cascades National Park KOA Holiday


West Virginia

Founder’s Award

Flatwoods KOA Journey

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

Hinton / Jasper KOA Holiday


British Columbia

Founder’s Award

Cranbrook / St. Eugene KOA Journey


Newfoundland

Founder’s Award

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.

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