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The 2,981-acre Yellow Creek State Park is in Indiana County along one of the first highways in the state, the Kittanning Path. This trail was used by the Delaware and Shawnee nations and by early settlers. Today, visitors enjoy the sand beach, picnicking and educational and recreational programs.
Longitude. -79.03186° or 79° 1' 55" west. Elevation. 1,312 feet (400 metres) Operator. Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks. Open Location Code. 87G2HXG9+R7. OpenStreetMap ID.
The trails consists of the official park named trails consisting of Paul Trail, Ridge Top Trail, Simpson Trail, Damsite Trail, Black Hawk Trail, Stake Church Trail and Handlers Long Haul Trail. Each trail segment is marked and coordinated with the park map, making navigation easy. The Yellow Creek Loop is over 90% singletrack and consists of ...
Community Routes. The Damsite Trail at Yellow Creek State Park in Cherryhill Township, Pennsylvania is an easy-to-moderate 4.7 mile loop hike out to a lookout point above the Yellow Creek Lake dam waterfall. The recording for this trail data starts off along the moderate half of the trail - which takes about 2.5 miles to reach the damsite.
The park was established in 1963. An additional 159 acres (64 ha) of developed land were purchased in 1982. Yellow Creek Lake, a 720-acre (290 ha) man-made lake, was built in 1969 by an earth and rock dam on Yellow Creek. Yellow Creek State Park is between the boroughs of Ebensburg and Indiana on U.S. Route 422.
This trail is a 0.5 mile loop which starts at the Yellow Creek State Park office. This easy hike is especially beautiful in the spring when wildflowers abound. Add to Suitcase. 170 Route 259 Highway. Penn Run, PA, 15765. Get Directions. Phone: 724-357-7913.
May 1, 2020 · Day-Use Entrance Yellow Creek State Park, 170 Pennsylvania 259, Penn Run, PA 15765
