PA Getaway

State park · Rush Township, Centre County

Black Moshannon State Park

Black Moshannon State Park: Wetland (north view), Black Moshannon State Park, Centre County
Photo: Nicholas, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A tea-colored lake fringed by bogs, where a boardwalk leads among carnivorous sundews and pitcher plants, with CCC-built cabins, a beach and miles of forest trails all around.

What you will find

  • Hiking trails
  • Mountain biking
  • Horseback riding
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Camping
  • Cabins or shelters
  • Swimming
  • Beach
  • Boat launch
  • Canoe and kayak launch
  • Fishing
  • Picnic areas
  • Wildlife and bird watching
  • Historic features
  • Accessible trails

Hunting is permitted here in season. Check the state hunting calendar and wear blaze orange in fall and winter.

Make a day of it

Nearby

  • Palmer Museum of Art

    Art museum · 12 miles away

    Penn State's art museum, which moved in 2024 into a striking new building in the arboretum, with galleries spanning American, European, Asian and contemporary art.

  • The Arboretum at Penn State

    Arboretum · 13 miles away

    The university's public garden, with the formal H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens, a children's garden and pollinator plantings, and the Palmer Museum of Art next door.

  • Bellefonte

    Town · 15 miles away

    A Victorian county seat of ironmasters' mansions and governors' homes, built around the Big Spring and Talleyrand Park, with trout fishing on Spring Creek.