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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 ...
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.
The Lake Raystown Program of Dedication relates the significance of the Tropical Storm Agnes and the Lake Raystown Dam by noting, "The partially completed Raystown Lake Project was effective in storing 160,000 acre-feet (200,000,000 m 3) of flood water (ultimate flood control storage is 248,000 acre-feet (306,000,000 m 3)) during the June 1972 ...
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.
This highway crosses Raystown Lake via a bridge over the lake. Fireworks are held at the Raystown Lake Resort on Memorial Day Weekend, July 3 and the Sunday night before Labor Day. The fireworks at the resort are watched on the lake but they can be seen from the bridge because the resort is just south of the PA 994 bridge which crosses Raystown ...
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]
The town site was inundated by the creation of Raystown Lake. Aitch Boat Launch retains the name. [2] A post office called Aitch was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1973. [3] The villages Zip Code was 16610. The community's name is an acronym of names of first settlers, namely Aumen, Isett, Tom Enyeart, Crum, and Haffley. [4]