Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-25
81 State Recreation
Areas Bid Tourists
To Pennsylvania
Furnished Vocation
Cabins Available in
Commemorative Parks

Commonwealth Parks
HARRISBURG. Pa. Aug. "a
Pennsylvania two-score parks and
recreational areas have been offer
ing enjoyment to Pennsylvanians
and persons from other States this
summer.
Additional facilities for outdoor &C
tivities have been provided In many
OF the recreational areas for this
season. There are 81 recreational
areas or parks classified as follows:
Historical areas or parks, 10; re-
creation areas or parks, %; picnic
areas, "a: natural monuments, 10.
In the purely recreation areas the
State now has total of I'll furnished
vacation cabins which may rent
ed, 10000 tenting spaces and 800
leased camp sites on which persons
or clubs have constructed their own
private cabins.
Variety Of Facilities.
Besides cabins and tenting areas
Pennsylvania parks offer trailer
areas, f1replaces. running water and
facilities for swimming, boating,
fishing, riding, hiking and other out
door diversions. In nearly all Of the
purely recreation areas swimming is
afforded and there are numerous
lakes and streams. This year, also,
sanitary conditions and water sup
plies have been improved.
At Laurel Lake, in Cumberland
county, new bathouse and beach
have been added. A bathouse is be-
ing completed at Cowans Gap, Full
ton county. Picnic facilities and
camping sites have been arranged
at Cotton Point, Tioga county. Von-
eida Park, In the heart of the Seven
Mile Narrows. Union county, has
been given tenting facilities. At
Pickerel Point, on Promised Land
Lake north of Stroudsburg a new
tenting area that will accommodate
100 persons and an enlarged park
ing lot and additional fireplaces
have been constructed. A large
tenting area also is being arranged
at Washington Crossing park in
Bucks county.
Recreation Areas.
Recreation areas afford the fol-
lowing facilities:
Black Moshannon, seven miles
east of Philipsburg, lake swimming,
cabins, boating, fishing and skeet
shooting.
Clear Greek. north of Brookville,
cabins, picnicking and swimming.
Cook Forest, northeast of Clarion,
cabins, tenting, picnicking, hiking,
horseback riding.
Cowans Gap, northeast of McCon-
nellSburg, off Route 500, cabins
swimming, picnicking
Dyer Farm, Potter county, along
route A, cabins, tenting, picnicking.
Parker Dam. northeast of Clear
field. picnicking, tenting, cabins.
Pine Grove Furnace, near Center
vile, Cumberland county, picnicking
lake swimming. tenting, cabins.
Ralph Slower, north Of Doyles-
town. cabins, picnicking and SWIM
ming.
smith-Elliott, northwest Of Clear
field, cabins, picnicking, tenting and
recreations.
Beaches ut Presque Isle.
Pressure Isle, at Erie. miles Of bath
Ing beaches, picnicking, swimming.
boating, fishing, horseback riding,
Caledonia, Franklin county. be-
tween Gettysburg and Chambers
burg. swimming, tenting, picnicking,
golfing.
childs Park, Pike county, pic
nicking.
Colerain, between Water Street
and State College, picnicking, swim
ming and tenting.
Cotton Point, southwest of An
sonia, Tioga county, picnicking.
Greenwood Furnace, northwest of
LeWlstown, lake swimming and pic
nicking
Halfway Park, northwest of Mif-
fllnburg, lake swimming and pic
nicking.
Kettle Creek Park, northwest of
Remove, swimming picnicking and
boating.
Kooser Lake. northwest of Som
erset, swimming, picnicking, cabins
tenting.
Leonard Harrison, southwest Of
Wellsboro, picnicking, hiking.
Mont Alto, on Route 9s7, picnick-
ing.
Ole Bull, on Route IA north OF
Remove, swimming, picnicking, tent
Ing.
Poe-Paddy. 1e miles northeast of
Mlroy, picnicking, swimming, fish,
Ing, tenting.
Lake Near Stroudsburg.
Promised Land Lake, north of
Stroudsburg, swimming, boating.
plcnlcking fishing, cabins.
Pymatuning Lake, Crawford
county. IS miles from Meadville,
picnicking, swimming, boating.
Ravenhurst. east of Lock Haven.
picnicking and swimming.
Reeds Gap, east of Milroy, pic
nicking and swimming
Szerville, northeast of Emporium,
picnicking and swimming.
Whirls End, northwest of La