In an unprecedented step, officials are asking visitors to a number of state parks and forest areas to simply find somewhere else to go on the weekends in an effort to stem chronic overcrowding during ...

An open house set for Jan. 7, 2026, aims to showcase proposed changes to Beltzville Lake's 54-year-old master plan addressing ...

Rescue crews searching Beltzville Lake. LEHIGHTON, Pa. – Rescue crews were searching Beltzville Lake for a missing person. Carbon County dispatchers said crews were called around 8 p.m. Thursday to ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will present a draft revision of the Beltzville Lake Master Plan during a public open house ...

It was Elizabeth Payano’s first time visiting the picturesque lake in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains with her family. The Sayreville mother had heard about Beltzville Stat e Park’s lake from ...

LEHIGHTON, Pa. — It was a little after 10 in the morning when search and rescue boats pulled into the shore here at Beltzville Lake near Lehighton. Officials say the body of a 19-year-old swimmer from ...

A Pennsylvania legislator wants to bar out-of-state visitors from areas at Beltzville State Park, after large groups have converged on the Carbon County lake during the pandemic. “With the current ...

TOWAMENSING TWP., Pa. - Crowds flocked to Beltzville State Park in Carbon County over the weekend. So many cars poured into the park Sunday that it filled to capacity. Rangers had closed off the ...

Looking to get outside or get moving more often in 2022? The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will lead guided hikes in some state parks on New Year’s Day as part of the “First Day ...