State parks are preparing for an influx of visitors looking for alternatives to federally run campgrounds this summer.

Raystown Lake, the popular outdoors recreation destination in Huntingdon County, will be closing its campgrounds until ... largest contained entirely in Pennsylvania — and surrounding 21,000 ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has seen a 30 percent jump in campsite reservations.

In central Pennsylvania, the DCNR noted a 37% increase in state park campsite bookings in March with 4,367 reservations ...

Raystown Lake campgrounds to close due to federal hiring ... killed farm animals in Lancaster County’s southern end: police Pennsylvania State Police are investigating two shootings Saturday ...

Hundreds of public campsites at the largest lake located entirely within Pennsylvania will be ... Driving the news: Three campgrounds at Raystown Lake, located about 2.5 hours east of Pittsburgh ...

Pennsylvania’s state parks are booming in the wake of Trump administration cutbacks to federally managed campgrounds and ...

Pennsylvania state park campsite ... has closed several campgrounds and beaches because of staffing shortages. At Raystown Lake in Hesston, Seven Points, Susquehannock, and Nancy’s Boat-to ...

Some campgrounds could remain closed this summer due to the federal hiring freeze, including three sites at Raystown Lake.

Raystown is the only lake in Pennsylvania where houseboats can be rented. Many have docked at Nancy’s Boat-To-Shore Campground, which is closed. Raystown Lake’s beaches, picnic pavilions ...