State park · Frankstown Township, Blair County
Canoe Creek State Park
A big colony of bats summers in an old church and winters in a former limestone mine here, alongside historic lime kilns, a lake with a beach and trails through woods and wetlands.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Biking
- Horseback riding
- Cross-country skiing
- 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
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Railroaders Memorial Museum
The story of the workers who built and ran the Pennsylvania Railroad's great shops here, told in the former master mechanics building; the museum also runs the Horseshoe Curve visitor center.
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Fort Roberdeau
A reconstructed log stockade of 1778, built to protect lead mining in Sinking Valley during the Revolution, with a visitor center and nature trails.
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Horseshoe Curve
The great 1854 railroad curve that carried the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Alleghenies, still busy with freight trains and viewed from a trackside park reached by funicular.
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DelGrosso's Amusement Park
A family-run amusement park in the Blair County countryside, with classic rides, the Laguna Splash water park and Italian food rooted in the family's sauce-making tradition.
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Lincoln Caverns
One guided tour takes in two separate caves, Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks, with crystal formations underground and gem panning and nature trails above.
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Remains of the 1830s railroad that hauled canal boats over the Allegheny Mountains on inclined planes, with a historic tavern, trails and the first railroad tunnel in the country.
