Twin Lakes (PA)

FS USDA Forest Service · Marienville , PA · Developed

Conditions

Road Access Gravel
Driveway Surface Gravel
Season Open Year Round
Campfires Not recorded
Max RV Length 40 ft

The managing agency hasn't published campfire rules for this campground. The description and directions below often mention it — and it's worth calling the agency before a long drive.

Features

Rig Size Pull Through
Hookup Electric Hookup
Style Dump Station Vault Toilet Reservable

Campground Stats

Total Sites59
Sites Accepting RVs44
Tent-Only Sites3
Group Sites3
Overnight Sites58
Max RV Length40 ft
Max Amps15
Electric Hookup Sites19
Pull-Through Sites12
Back-In Sites34
SurfaceGravel

Location

41.6122222, -78.7608333 · 131 Smokey Lane , Marienville , PA 16239

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Description

Overview

Rec.gov campsite availability grid is not reflective of availability. For more information on reservations, please visit http://fotlanf.org/

Twin Lakes Campground is located near a small, spring-fed, trout-stocked lake, popular with families. Visitors enjoy fishing, swimming and exploring local trails, including the Twin Lakes Trail.  The campground was once the site of a chemical factory, and the lake was built as a "splash dam" to raise water levels in a plant downstream. 

Recreation

Campers love Twin Lakes for its swimming beaches and lakeside fishing piers. Mill Creek offers native trout fishing, and can be accessed along the Mill Creek Trail.

Hiking and backpacking are available along area trails. The Black Cherry National Recreation Interpretative Trail features nearly 40 interpretive displays along its path, and forms the eastern end of the Twin Lakes Trail, the second longest in the forest.

Facilities

Twin Lakes Campground offers a variety of sites, from group picnic and overnight sites to family sites with and without electric hookups. Amenities include vault toilets and a dump station. Ice and firewood are available for purchase.

Natural Features

The Twin Lakes area is forested with a mixture of hardwoods. Many natural streams and creeks meander through the landscape within the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania.

The Allegheny is the state's only national forest. It covers nearly half a million acres and is populated primarily with black cherry, maple and other hardwoods.

Contact Info

For facility specific information, please call (814) 389-3019.

Directions

The PA DOT has issued a detour for camping rigs over 5 tons for Wilson Run Bridge on Township Road providing access from Highway 321 to Twin Lakes. The alternate route is Forest Road 191 heading west from the campground.

Northwest PA on State Route 321 about 8 miles south of Kane, PA. From State Route 321 at large campground sign, turn onto Forest Road 191. Go 2 miles on Forest Road 191 to the campground. Railroad underpass on entrance road restricts vehicle height to less than 10 feet.

Activities

CAMPING FISHING HIKING SWIMMING SITE

Details

FeeThis 48-site campground includes family campsites (some include electric hookups), 2 double campsites and 1 group tent campsites, for groups up to 50, with pavilions. Other facilities include vault toilets, trailer dump stations, paved paths and roadways and playgrounds. The day use area includes a swimming beach, bathhouse, picnic tables, pavilion, playground, walking trail around the lake and fishing piers.
Phone(814) 368-4158
ADA AccessN
ReservableYes

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