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 ...

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 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 ...

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.