Ricketts Glen State Park Recreational Opportunities
A Pennsylvania Recreational Guide for State Park Ricketts Glen Ricketts Glen TOP 10 ACTIVITIES Top 10 Activities at Ricketts Glen Pennsylvania State Parks Mission 1. Hike the Falls Trail System. Wear proper 6. Enjoy fishing on Lake Jean through all The primary purpose of Pennsylvania state parks is to provide footwear. Sandals are prohibited. seasons. Ice fishing is very popular from November through March, conditions opportunities for enjoying healthful outdoor recreation and serve as 2. Cool off on a hot summer day at the permitting outdoor classrooms for environmental education. In meeting these swimming beach on Lake Jean and grab an purposes, the conservation of the natural, scenic, aesthetic, and ice cream at the concession. 7. Have a picnic by Lake Jean. historical values of parks should be given first consideration. 3. Spend a winter weekend in one of the 8. Visit the park in winter to snowmobile, Stewardship responsibilities should be carried out in a way that modern cabins. cross-country ski, and snowshoe. protects the natural outdoor experience for the enjoyment of current 4. Camp overnight in the campground. 9. Enjoy 10,144 acres of hunting within the state park and additional acres in the and future generations. Scouts and other groups can try the rustic visitPAparks Organized Group Tent Campground. surrounding state game lands. 5. Explore the waters of Lake Jean via 10. Enjoy the scenery from Grand View boat. Boat rentals are available during the Trail, especially in mid-June when the Printed on recycled paper 2018 summer. mountain laurel blooms.
RICKETTS GLEN STATE PARK RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Ricketts Glen State Park harbors the Glens Directions Spend the Day Pennsylvania State Parks, available at Environmental Education Natural Area, a National Natural Landmark. most state park offices; launch use permit and Interpretation Hike the Falls Trail System and explore the The park is 30 miles north of Bloomsburg PICNICKING: Picnic facilities are located from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Natural wetlands, old growth forests, and Glens, which boasts a series of wild, free- on PA 487. The section of PA 487 from the in the Lake Jean area and in the lower area Commission. town of Red Rock to the Lake Jean area of off PA 118. A limited number of charcoal majestic geological formations, which Stay the Night flowing waterfalls, each cascading through HUNTING AND FIREARMS: About the park is very steep. Heavy trailer units grills and hot charcoal disposals are located helped produce 22 beautiful waterfalls, make rock-strewn clefts in this ancient hillside. 10,144 acres are open to hunting, trapping, Camping: flush toilets and showers should avoid this hill and enter the park by in the picnic areas. Ricketts Glen an excellent choice for outdoor The 94-foot Ganoga Falls is the highest of and the training of dogs during established There are 120 tent and trailer campsites, taking PA 487 south from Dushore. studies. From March to November, the 22 named waterfalls. Old growth timber and SWIMMING: The 600-foot beach is open seasons. Common game species are deer, environmental education specialist conducts some available year round. The campground diverse wildlife add to the beauty. Ricketts from late-May to mid-September, 8:00 AM Reservations turkey, grouse, bear, coyote, pheasant, and hands-on activities, guided walks, and features hot showers, flush toilets, shaded Glen State Park is one of the most scenic to sunset. Swim at your own risk. Please squirrel. Common furbearers are raccoon, presentations on the natural and historical sites, gravel parking spurs, and a sanitary areas in Pennsylvania. This large park is Make online reservations at follow posted rules and regulations. A food mink, muskrat, beaver, coyote, and bobcat. resources for school groups, scouts, civic dump station. Six campsites are ADA comprised of 13,050 acres in Luzerne, www.visitPAparks.com or call toll-free and refreshment concession, boat rental, and About 83,000 acres of state game lands lie to organizations, and the public. Call in advance accessible. Sullivan, and Columbia counties. 888-PA-PARKS (888-727-2757), 7:00 AM picnic facilities are nearby. Swimming is the west and north of the park. to set up a program that will enhance Cabins: Ten modern rental cabins to 5:00 PM, Monday to Saturday. permitted inside the designated area only. Hunting woodchucks, also known as classroom or group studies. Campers and are available year round. Cabins are groundhogs, is prohibited. Dog training is FISHING: The 245-acre Lake Jean visitors may check the bulletin boards and furnished and have a living area, kitchen/ only permitted from the day following Labor Scarlet tanager has warmwater game fish and panfish. at the park office for a listing of scheduled dining area, toilet/shower room, and two Day through March 31 in designated hunting Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission programs. or three bedrooms. Linens and dishes are areas. The Department of Conservation and regulations and laws apply. Fishing is not provided. Cabins F and H are ADA HISTORY OF RICKETTS GLEN STATE PARK Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Birding prohibited in the Glens Natural Area. accessible. Dogs are permitted in cabin H. Game Commission rules and regulations At the outbreak of the American Civil War In 1942, the heirs sold 1,261 acres, the Falls Ricketts Glen is famous for its exceptional apply. Contact the park office for ADA Deluxe Camping Cottages: Five deluxe in 1861, Robert Bruce Ricketts enlisted as and Glens areas, to the Commonwealth of diversity of bird life, from 23 varieties of accessible hunting information. cottages are available from the second a private in the U.S. Army. Fighting for the Pennsylvania for a state park. warblers to bald eagles. As a result, the park Use extreme caution with firearms at Friday in April until the third weekend in Grand Army of the Potomac, Ricketts led Additional purchases from Colonel is part of the official Audubon Susquehanna all times. Other visitors use the park during October. Deluxe cottages have minimal Battery F during the Battle of Gettysburg. Ricketts’ son, William Ricketts, in 1943 River Birding and Wildlife Trail. This series hunting seasons. Firearms and archery furnishings including a kitchen stove top, Ricketts swiftly moved up in the ranks. and 1949, resulted in a park consisting of of trails connects some of Pennsylvania’s equipment used for hunting may be uncased microwave oven, refrigerator, electric heat, When the war ended, he was discharged approximately 10,000 acres. Purchases from finest birding and wildlife viewing sites, as and ready for use only in authorized hunting lighting, and bunk beds. There is no running a colonel. other individuals have brought the park to well as important historical and natural areas. areas during hunting seasons. In areas not water in these deluxe cottages. However, Colonel Ricketts at one time owned or its present size. open to hunting or during non-hunting Enjoy the Winter there is a restroom and shower facility for controlled over 80,000 acres of land in this Recreational facilities first opened in BOATING: electric motors only seasons, firearms and archery equipment shared use. All deluxe cottages are ADA area. 1944. In 1950, the former Department The 245-acre Lake Jean has dry mooring The park offers cross-country skiing, shall be kept in the owner’s vehicle or accessible. Dogs are permitted in 3 of the His heirs, through the Central Penn of Forests and Waters replaced the Lake and two boat launches. A boat rental snowshoeing, ice fishing on Lake Jean, enclosed trailer. Exceptions include: law deluxe cottages. Lumber Company, sold 48,000 acres to Jean Dam with a larger, earthen dam. This concession operates during the summer snowmobiling, ice climbing, and winter enforcement officers and individuals with Organized Group Tenting: Qualified adult the Pennsylvania Game Commission from combined Lake Jean with Mud Pond, season and offers rowboats, paddleboats, camping. Visit the website for ice and snow a valid Pennsylvania License to Carry and youth groups may use this 240-person 1920-24. This left them with over 12,000 creating the current 245-acre lake. kayaks, and canoes. depths. Please contact the park office for Firearms are authorized to carry a firearm capacity area that is equipped with picnic acres surrounding Ganoga Lake, Lake Jean, Other facility improvements and Motorboats must display a boat additional information on winter sports. concealed on their person while they are tables, water, and flush toilets. The area and the Glens Area. constructions have been completed over the registration from any state. Non-powered Visitors are encouraged to check in at the within a state park. is open from the third Monday in April Although the area was approved as a years, including the beach house, restrooms, boats must display one of the following: park office before heading out on the trails. to the third Monday in October. Advance national park site in the 1930s, World War II and cabins. boat registration from any state; HIKING AND HORSEBACK RIDING: reservations are recommended. brought an end to this plan for development. launch permit or mooring permit from see TRAILS section on reverse side
HISTORY OF THE GLENS NATURAL AREA HOW TO ACCESS THE WATERFALLS
In 1868, Colonel R. Bruce the waterfalls, which came to be known as trees tower to 100 feet in height. Southern Twenty-one waterfalls are along the Falls Lake Rose Trailhead Parking – Lot Evergreen Parking and Glens Lot Ricketts bought land in northeast the Glens Natural Area. and northern hardwood species meet here, Trail System within the Glens Natural provides the closest access (5-10 minutes) Trailhead Parking (PA 118) – Located Pennsylvania to timber it. Fishermen A member of the Wyoming Historical and creating an extensive variety of trees. Area, while one (Adams) is only a few to the Falls Trail System, but fills up quickly 1.5 miles (30-minute walk) from Murray exploring the lower reaches of Geological Society, Colonel Ricketts named The Glens became a registered National hundred feet from the Evergreen Parking during peak times. Reynolds Falls, the first waterfall upstream Kitchen Creek discovered waterfalls. many of the waterfalls after American Natural Landmark in 1969. In 1993, it Lot off PA 118. To see most of the Beach Lot #2 Trailhead Parking – along the Falls Trail System. Explorations revealed that two branches Indian tribes. He also named waterfalls for became a State Park Natural Area and will waterfalls, a 3.2-mile loop can be taken by Follow the Falls Trail System signs leading The closest waterfall to these lots is of Kitchen Creek cut through deep gorges his friends and family. be protected and maintained in a linking the Highland Trail and the Glen out of the lot and down the trail adjacent to Adams Falls, which is a short walk from the in a series of waterfalls, then united at The lower glen came to be called Ricketts natural state. Leigh and Ganoga Glen sides of the trail. the Cabin Road for approximately 0.5 miles. Evergreen Parking Lot. Waters Meet and flowed through a glen Glen. Many of the magnificent trees in this There are three parking lots that provide Then you will turn right to head onto the among giant pines, hemlocks, and oaks. area are over 300 years old. Diameters of access to the Falls Trail System: Glen Leigh side of the Falls Trail System. It Colonel Ricketts built trails to the area of almost four feet are common and many is an approximately 15-20-minute hike from the parking lot to the first waterfall.
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Mohican 39’ Conestoga 17’ Tuscarora 47’ Erie 47’ Harrison Wright 27’ Sheldon Reynolds 36’ Murray Reynolds 16’ B. Reynolds 40’ Wyandot 15’ STATE GAME LANDS 13 To US 220 & Dushore, 16 Mi THE BEAR TRUTHS RICKETTS GLEN STATE PARK Black bears have poor eyesight and fair Wild Fowl Worlds LYCOMING End BRADFORD hearing, but an excellent sense of smell. Pigeon Run Pond Dushore 1600 1500 Aromatic scents coming from your personal 1500 1600 220 STATE GAME 2100 2200 Ganoga Lake 87 1900 SULLIVAN items can attract a curious and hungry bear 2200 118 Creek 2000 N LANDS 57 Run 487 from a great distance. Bears are attracted N 2300 487 RICKETTS Fishing GLEN to the smell of toothpaste, deodorants, air 2300 239 2300 WYOMING Ridge Benton 2100 Red Rock fresheners, food, and even the clothes worn 1800 1900 Red Rock Job 29 COLUMBIA 118 while cooking. 2000 Corps Center Branch 487 LUZERNE Harveys Lake Store all items inside a vehicle. At 2200 Huntington Cherry Mills Frances 29 primitive, walk-in campsites, suspend food 2100 Dallas Slocum 1400 SULLIVAN COUNTY Berwick 11 LUZERNE COUNTY Mocanaqua 309 between two trees, ten feet in the air, and Big 80 Plymouth East three feet from either tree. Lead TRAIL INFORMATION 2200 Run WYOMING COUNTY Black bears normally avoid people, but Run Trails Blaze Color Di culty Miles Hay eld 1300 LUZERNE COUNTY bears can become dependent on eating Beach Trail Not Blazed Easiest 0.8 No Winter Parking 2300 human food. They can get aggressive when Bear Walk Yellow Easiest 1.0 Maintenance Park O ce 1400 Private Land food is involved. Trout Evergreen Not Blazed Easiest 1.0 2200 Trail Blue Symbols2100 Mean Many Pennsylvania state parks are habitat 1500 If you come in contact with a black bear, Grand View Yellow Easiest 1.9 ADA Accessible for black bears. Although they appear cute Run try chasing it away by making loud noises Cherry Run Red More Di cult 4.6 Visitor GPS Coordinates Picnicking and cuddly like a teddy bear, black bears like yelling, honking a car horn, or banging Little Cherry Run Yellow More Di cult 1.0 Center are wild animals. A black bear can scramble Decimal Degree Lat. Long. Picnic Pavilion 1900 1 a pot. Notify a park employee if you have
Mountain Springs Red More Di cult 4.0 2300 up a tree like a raccoon and sprint as fast as Run 1. Park O ce 2000 Lake Amphitheater difficulties with bears. Old Beaver Dam Rd. Yellow More Di cult 4.0 a race horse. Bears use their claws to tear Jean 41.335417, -76.301446 Never approach a bear and be especially Old Bulldozer Rd. Red More Di cult 2.9 Modern Restrooms apart rotting logs to find food, and those 5 Falls Trail System Not Blazed Most Di cult 7.2 2. Rt. 118 Trailhead wary of mother bears and cubs. 2300 Public Phone claws also work well to open garbage cans 2300 Beach • Rt. 118 to Waters Meet 1.8 Trail 41.300190, -76.272543 SULLIVAN COUNTY and coolers. A black bear’s size and strength COLUMBIA COUNTY Food Concession • Waters Meet to Lake Rose 1.4 3. Cabin Area are astonishing. Beach Lot#2 Trailhead Parking Showerhouses/Restrooms • Waters Meet to Mt. Springs Trail 1.4 6 41.338121, -76.277772 • Highland Trail 1.2 Falls Trail System users; park here if Lake Rose Cherry Swimming Beach Bear Trailhead Parking is full. This lot provides access 4. Lake Rose Trailhead INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS Lake Rose Trailhead Parking Lake to the Falls Trail System (1 mile to rst waterfall), Boat Rental Distance to start of trails in parentheses - Access to Rose Cherry Run Trail (0.7 mile), Mountain Springs Trail 41.329880, -76.291092 Ricketts Glen State Park Walk Make online reservations at Falls Trail System (0.4 mile to rst waterfall), and the (Dry) (0.7 mile), and Old Bulldozer Road Trail (1.4 miles). Boat Launch & Mooring
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1300 2200 2000 Mossville Evergreen Access to Falls Trail System, Old Wolf Obey all posted rules and regulations and wildlife or frighten visitors, pets must be Trail 2 Bulldozer Road Trail. This trailhead area 2100 1800 has the largest virgin timber, but is the 2100 respect fellow visitors and the resources of the physically controlled, attended at all times, longest access to the waterfalls. 2000 Evergreen Parking Boston 2000 PA FISH & BOAT park. and on a leash, caged, or crated. Electronic Access to Evergreen Trail and 1900 2000 Road Run fences and leashes are prohibited. Pets are Over ow Parking for Falls Trail System. COMMISSION LAND Bowmans • Be prepared and bring the proper equipment. Shortest walk to a single waterfall. prohibited in swimming areas. 2200 1800 Natural areas may possess hazards. Your 1900 1700
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TRAILS: 28 miles
Evergreen Trail: 1-mile loop, easiest Little Cherry Run Trail: 1 mile, more hiking difficult hiking This self-guided tour takes visitors into an This connector between Mountain Springs old growth forest, one of the few stands and Cherry Run trails travels along a small remaining in all of Pennsylvania. Hikers can picturesque stream, making a great loop for also see Adams Falls. day hiking. Grand View Trail: 1.9-mile loop, more Mountain Springs Trail: 4 miles, more difficult hiking difficult hiking This trail takes hikers to the highest point on Heading off the beaten path, this trail takes Red Rock Mountain (elevation 2,449 feet). hikers on a 4-mile hike past the old Lake This trail is a pleasant hike at any time of the Leigh Dam and down the south branch of year. In mid-June, the beautiful mountain Bowmans Creek to the former Mountain laurel is in bloom. In mid-July, the high Springs Lake, which is now a dry lakebed. bush blueberries bear fruit. In the fall, there Hikers can take Mountain Springs Road to are awe-inspiring views of the fall foliage Cherry Run Trail to make a 13.5-mile loop. encompassing the area. Access Mountain Springs Road from Beach Lot #2 Trailhead. Old Beaver Dam Road Trail: 4 miles, more difficult hiking Named for the old beaver dam, once located just off the trail, this trail makes an excellent loop for hikers and cross-country skiers. Ganoga Falls can be accessed via a short connector trail. Although the connector is easy to moderate hiking, use caution where it meets the Falls Trail System due to switchbacks and drop-offs. Access the trail from a small pull- Hiking trails vary from fairly level to steep hills. • Stay on the trails. Leaving the trail The Falls Trail System is closed in the off on PA 487, or from the Lake Rose parking Over 28 miles of trails are a prime attraction of the causes damage to unique natural resources, winter except for properly equipped ice lot. park. promotes erosion, and can be dangerous. climbers and hikers. Old Bulldozer Road Trail: • Don’t take shortcuts from one trail 2.9 miles, most difficult hiking CAUTION: Hikers using the Falls Trail System section to another. Taking shortcuts down Beach Trail: 0.8 mile, easiest hiking With its unique name (once used by a should be in good physical condition, wear switchbacks is dangerous and causes trail Campers in both camping areas can access bulldozer to get to the top of the mountain sturdy boots, and use caution due to slippery/wet damage. the Lake Jean day-use and swimming areas to build the park), comes quite an elevation conditions and steep trail sections. • Double blazes indicate a change in the without having to travel on a road. change. Accessed from the parking lot The following guidelines will help ensure a safe trail’s direction. on PA 118, this trail is used by hikers and and enjoyable hiking experience while at the park. Bear Walk Trail: 1 mile, easiest hiking Walk the trail of the bears. This short trail snowmobilers to access Mountain Springs • Always wear sturdy boots. Wearing sneakers, Falls Trail System: 7.2 miles, most difficult accesses other trails for cross-country skiing, Highland Trail: 1.2 miles, more difficult Trail. Although most of the trail is easy to sandals, “water shoes,” and “street shoes” can lead hiking snowmobiling, and hiking. It runs from the hiking moderate hiking, a short section climbs 700 to serious accidents in this park. The full loop of this trail is 7.2 miles. To see entrance of the cabin area to Lake Rose. The trail cuts across the top of the feet in approximately 0.5 mile. • Be prepared. Have proper clothing and most of the waterfalls, a 3.2-mile loop can Falls Trail System and crosses through Tell us about your hike at: equipment (i.e. compass, map, matches, water, be taken by joining the Highland Trail and Cherry Run Trail: 4.6 miles, more Midway Crevasse, a narrow passageway www.explorepatrails.com food, flashlight, etc.) available in case of an the Glen Leigh and Ganoga Glen sides of difficult hiking between large blocks of Pocono sandstone HORSEBACK RIDING: Equestrian riders emergency. This is especially important when the trail. The trails follow along 21 beautiful Access to Cherry Run Trail is near the Lake conglomerates that were deposited may enjoy taking a 13.5-mile loop by riding traveling remote trails or when hiking during waterfalls ranging in heights from 11 feet to Leigh Dam. Hikers pass through groves of throughout this area by glacial movements. the Cherry Run Trail, Mountain Springs Road, non-summer seasons. 94 feet. The scenery is well worth the effort, cherry trees and view evidence of the old Continental glaciers buried this land under and Mountain Springs Trail. Sights to see • Give yourself plenty of time for your hike. The but be careful. The terrain is rocky, can be logging railroads that passed through this hundreds of feet of ice at least three times include: old railroad grades, the dry lakebed weather changes quickly in the park. Plan to be off slippery, and descends steeply on both the area over 100 years ago. Starting from Beach in the last one million years. This trail of Mountain Springs Lake (formerly used the trails well before dark. Ganoga and Glen Leigh sides. Hikers should Lot #2 Trailhead, hikers can connect to makes an excellent area for geological study to make ice), and an old concrete dam once • Let someone know where you are hiking and take extra precautions with trail conditions, Mountain Springs Trail by walking 3.5 miles groups. used to hold back Lake Leigh, now a dry lake. when you should return. wear proper footwear, stay on the trail, and on Mountain Springs Road to make a 13.5- Riders must bring their own mounts. Horses be in good physical condition. mile loop. cannot be rented. Harrison Wright Falls