The walking and biking trail that travels around the lake at Locust Lake State Park in Barnesville will close for a repaving ...

Tamaqua students received a hands-on lesson in natural science recently during an outing in Locust Lake State Park. The annual Outdoor Days event was sponsored by the Schuylkill County Conservancy.

Fifth graders from West Penn Elementary School turned over rocks in Locust Creek in search of tiny critters. “I caught a fish ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Mark your calendars for Bark in the Park at Locust Lake State Park! This dog friendly event will be held from ...

The beach at Locust Lake State Park reopened for swimming Thursday. The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources closed the beach Tuesday for a resampling requirement. As a precaution, ...

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, ...

Swimming is permitted again at Locust Lake State Park, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Thursday. Swimming had been prohibited at the beach effective July 25 due to ...

BARNESVILLE, Pa. — Locust Lake State Park near Barnesville turned into an outdoor classroom. Students from West Penn Elementary learned how to preserve the natural resources around them, like our ...

Maurice Goddard wanted a state park to be within 25 miles of every Pennsylvanian. In Schuylkill County, he doubled up by developing two parks 6 miles apart while serving as the director Pennsylvania ...

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 ...

National Museum of Industrial History relives the 1876 World’s Fair in Philadelphia. 1876 World’s Fair Weekend: The National Museum of Industrial History goes back nearly 150 years to celebrate the ...