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State park · Miles Township, Centre County

McCalls Dam State Park

McCalls Dam State Park: McCalls Dam State Park, Centre County
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Along a gravel road deep in the forest, a handful of picnic tables sit beside White Deer Creek, good for a quiet lunch and some trout fishing in a remote valley.

What you will find

  • Fishing
  • Picnic areas

Make a day of it

Nearby

  • Raymond B. Winter State Park

    State park · 2 miles away

    Cold mountain springs feed Halfway Lake behind a stone dam laid by the Civilian Conservation Corps, making a bracing swimming hole in the forest, with trails up the surrounding ridges.

  • Bald Eagle State Forest

    State forest · 3 miles away

    Ridge after forested ridge in the heart of the state, with the Mid State Trail, trout water on Penns and White Deer creeks, and old-growth hemlocks in the Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area.

  • Sand Bridge State Park

    State park · 3 miles away

    Rapid Run tumbles past this tiny roadside picnic grove, a peaceful stop on the winding mountain road through Bald Eagle State Forest.

  • Ravensburg State Park

    State park · 7 miles away

    Boulder-strewn slopes close in tight around a trout stream in this little mountain gorge, with a small campground beside the water and trails climbing through laurel thickets.

  • Mifflinburg Buggy Museum

    History museum · 10 miles away

    Preserved almost as its workers left it around 1920, this buggy factory still holds its tools, belts, machinery and parts, recalling the town's days as 'Buggy Town.'

  • Tiadaghton State Forest

    State forest · 12 miles away

    Steep, forested mountains along lower Pine Creek, with the Pine Creek Rail Trail on the canyon floor and two famously rugged hiking loops, the Black Forest and Golden Eagle trails.