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The Terrace Mountain Trail is a 25.9-mile (41.7 km) linear hiking trail in south-central Pennsylvania, United States, which is mostly parallel to the shore of Raystown Lake. [1] The trail is open to both hiking and mountain biking. [2] The trail is maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers as part of its management of the Raystown Lake ...
Raystown is around 200 feet (61 m) deep in the deepest area near the dam. The lake was created primarily to control floods, provide electricity, and support recreational activities. Allegheny Electric Cooperative operates the Raystown Hydroelectric Project and William F. Matson Generating Station at the Raystown Dam, a 21 MW, two-unit ...
Trough Creek State Park is a 554 acres (224 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Cass, Penn and Todd Townships, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The majority of the park is in Todd Township along Pennsylvania Route 994, east of the unincorporated village of Entriken.
In the 1890s—the first telephones are installed in the village by the Raystown Branch Telephone Company. [8] As the population grew, so did the one room school houses and churches in the village and surrounding township. ‘There was a doctor on 24-hour call who traveled by horse and buggy, and a midwife who delivered many babies.' [9]
North Fork of the Dunkard Fork of Wheeling Creek, Ronald J. Duke Lake: 52 acre (21 ha) man-made lake, 38 miles (61 km) from next nearest Pennsylvania state park (Hillman) S. B. Elliott State Park: Clearfield County: 318 acres (129 ha) 1933: Stony Run: Park named for Simon B. Elliott, a noted Pennsylvania conservationist and legislator.
A portion of Raystown Lake is located in Penn Township and a small portion of Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 118 is located on the eastern slope of Tussey Mountain in the western part of the township. [16] [17]
Warriors Path State Park is surrounded on three sides by the Raystown Branch Juniata River. The park is a seasonal day use park. The park can be accessed by foot from the main gate when the gate is closed November through mid-April. The land for the park was acquired in three main parcels between 1959 and 1964.
Canoe Creek State Park is located about 6 miles (10 km) to the west, Trough Creek State Park is located about 7 miles (11 km) to the southeast, Raystown Lake is located about 7 miles (11 km) to the east, and Rothrock State Forest is located adjacent to SGL 118 to the north.