State park · Kingston Township, Luzerne County
Frances Slocum State Park
Named for a girl seized by Lenape raiders in 1778 who chose to live out her life among the Miami, this park curls around a horseshoe-shaped lake with camping, boating and a pool.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Mountain biking
- Cross-country skiing
- Camping
- Swimming
- Boat launch
- Canoe and kayak launch
- Fishing
- Picnic areas
- Wildlife and bird watching
- Historic features
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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Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
The story of the immigrants who mined anthracite coal and worked in the region's mills and factories, from church and home to company store, in McDade Park.
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Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour
Descend about 300 feet in a mine car into a real anthracite mine, where guides recount the hard lives of the men and boys who worked underground.
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Electric City Trolley Museum
Restored trolleys and exhibits on electric streetcar history, with rides that roll past the old iron furnaces and through a nearly mile-long tunnel.
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Steamtown National Historic Site
A historic rail yard where steam locomotives fill a working roundhouse, with museums of railroading and a Union Pacific Big Boy among the giants on display.
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Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art
Founded in 1908 in Nay Aug Park, this museum of natural history, science and art shows dinosaurs, birds, Dorflinger glass and folk art.
