BARNESVILLE — Visitors at Locust Lake State Park this year will have to look elsewhere to go camping, as more than half of the campsites are closed for the season due to ongoing construction. Nearly ...

When it comes to family fun, it’s hard to find a local Pennsylvania State Park that offers more than Locust Lake State Park. And while it would be easy to spend a day there, the real fun is spending ...

Locust Lake State Park celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It was on June 10, 1972 that the park was dedicated. Park Manager Nicholas Sulzer, had this to say: “As the 50th Anniversary of Locust ...

RYAN TWP. – At Locust Lake, people used to pay to fish. Then, 50 years ago, Pennsylvania bought the property and created a state park where tens of thousands of visitors each year fish, camp, swim, ...

This is the tale of two state parks, two lakes and four families. Separated by fewer than eight miles of and twisting and turning roads are Locust Lake and Tuscarora state parks in Schuylkill County.

LOCUST LAKE STATE PARK -- A couple from Schuylkill County were on a camping trip recently and while kayaking, they came across something you wouldn't normally see in freshwater. "We were up here for ...