PA Getaway

State park · Hanover Township, Beaver County

Raccoon Creek State Park

Raccoon Creek State Park: Photo of Wildflower Reserve Interpretive Center at Wildflower Reserve of Raccoon Creek State Park (August 2010)
Photo: Parkraccoon30, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Spring wildflowers carpet the park's renowned Wildflower Reserve, Raccoon Lake has a beach and boating, and a short trail leads to the old Frankfort Mineral Springs.

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

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

  • Hillman State Park

    State park · 5 miles away

    Rolling former strip-mine land reclaimed as woods and fields, managed largely for hunting but laced with trails used by hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers.

  • Old Economy Village

    State historic site · 12 miles away

    The final home of the Harmony Society, a celibate Christian community, with their 1820s brick and frame buildings, craft workshops and formal garden.

  • Pittsburgh Botanic Garden

    Botanical garden · 15 miles away

    Former coal-mining land west of the city, being healed into a botanic garden of woodland walks, display gardens and a lotus pond fed by treated mine water.