S of Penfield. Parker Dam is another survivor of the lumbering era of the late 1800s. Named for William Parker, a contractor who cut timber along Laurel Run, the park is virtually surrounded by the Moshannon State Forest and is easily accessible via Exits 18 and 19 of I-80. Once heavily lumbered, the park was later established as a public trust. With careful maintenance and replanting, forest and swamp meadows, pine plantations, and second-growth timber flourish where desolate land once stood.
Recreation is plentiful here.
Clearfield county consists of more than 70 miles of fishing streams and approximately 75 acres of regularly-stocked lakes. With forest land occupying 80 percent of the county, Parker Dam is one of four primary outdoor destinations. Just north of I-80 Exit 18 off Rt. N of Clearfield. Forest succession and recovery is evident throughout the park whose pleasant solitude is particularly attractive to visitors.