Locust Lake State Park opened in 1972, primarily for fishing and camping to complement Tuscarora, which had a bigger lake and a beach for swimmers but no campgrounds. Seibert took in the park’s ...

X 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.

The beach at Tuscarora State Park is closed to swimming until further notice, according to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. DCNR closed the beach effective Tuesday because of ...

Another state park has closed its beach to swimming, this time at the Tuscarora/Locust Lake State Park complex in Schuylkill County. The park closed the beach Thursday due to high levels of ...

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 ...

Two sprawling campgrounds totaling 282 sites straddle the 52-acre Locust Lake that is the centerpiece of the 1,772-acre state park. Registered electric-powered motorboats are allowed on the lake ...

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 ...

"You don't have to be camping here or staying here ... Tracy says to stop by the contact station at Locust Lake State Park or the Visitors Center at Tuscarora State Park to fill out a loaner ...