Twin Lakes (PA)
TWIN LAKES (PA)
Part of Allegheny National Forest
Overview
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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.
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.
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.
Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (814) 389-3019.Important Notices
- Railroad underpass on entrance road restricts vehicle height to less than 10 feet
- First come, first served sites are available
- Group sites are available for both day use and overnight camping
- Pets must be on a leash
- Pets are not to be left unattended at campsite
- Dogs are not allowed on beaches
- Please clean-up after your pets
- Please visit our website
- Click here to learn more about the Allegheny National Forest
- Don't move firewood: To limit the spread of invasive tree-killing pests, firewood from outside the area is not permitted. Some states have quarantines and may confiscate your firewood. Please help protect our forests from invasive species by obtaining your firewood at or near your camping destination and burning it on-site. Visit dontmovefirewood.org for more information.
The Friends of Twin Lakes and Allegheny National Forest are working together to restore water and sewage to the campground. There is not currently water available. There is a dump station available.
Available Activities
- SWIMMING SITE - Swimming
- HIKING - Hiking
- FISHING - Fishing
- CAMPING - Camping
Directions
<b>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. </b><br /><br /> 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.
Contact Information
Phone: (814) 368-4158
131 Smokey LaneMarienville , PA 16239
Rental Options
Available Campsites
- Site UGA, Loop GRP, Type Group Standard Nonelectric
- Site 014, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 015, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 044, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 047, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 009, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 021, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 039, Loop NONE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 051, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 049, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 042, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site S&P Standard Electric, Loop S&P, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 038, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 041, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 010, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 008, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 006, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 022, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 048, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 012, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 018, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 016, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 023, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 011, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 024, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 043, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 029, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 031, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 035, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 045, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 050, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 030, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 028, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 046, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site LGA, Loop PAVI, Type Group Tent Only Area Nonelectric
- Site 040, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 033, Loop UDBL, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site S&P Standard Nonelectric, Loop S&P, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 020, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site S&P Tent Only Nonelectric, Loop S&P, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site S&P Double Nonelectric, Loop S&P, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 025, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 001, Loop BPAV, Type Group Picnic Area
- Site 019, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 036, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 007, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 004, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 005, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
- Site 032, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 037, Loop NONE, Type Standard Nonelectric
- Site 017, Loop TWIN, Type Standard Electric
