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House Afloat on Pennsylvania's Raystown Lake

Located south of Huntingdon off of Route 26 and appearing like a splotch of blue cradled by the dark green hills which surround it, Raystown Lake is both Pennsylvania's largest man-made water body and the only one where houseboats can be rented.

Created between 1968 and 1978 by the US Army Corps of Engineers to provide flood control for the Susquehanna Valley, hydroelectricity, and recreation, the narrow, zigzag-shaped, 28-mile-long lake, emulating the Raystown branch of the Juniata River which feeds it, covers 8,300 acres and offers 118 miles of woodland shores.

Occupying land first discovered by Native Americans, it sports a significant, once-exposed archaeological site designated Sheep Rock Shelter, a sizable, overhanging ledge near the present-day Susquehannock Campground originally used for tribe and animal protection.

Excavating the site before the reservoir was expanded during the 1960s, researchers from Juniata College and Pennsylvania State University unearthed a 6,000-year-old skull and bones from a Native American woman, along with knives, pottery, and spearheads.

The rolled earth-and-rock dam which created the lake, with a 1,550-foot base width, a 24-foot top width, a 1,700-foot length, and a 225-foot height, created what could be considered Pennsylvania's "crown jewel," enabling Allegheny Electric Cooperative's powerhouse to provide hydroelectricity to 8,500 homes and Huntingdon County to establish tourism as its second-largest industry after agriculture with more than two million annual visitors.

Although it has considerably evolved since its inauspicious beginnings as a collection of cottages for boaters, the area's shores and hills, because of US Army Corps of Engineers regulations restricting development, still sport their natural guise, wearing coats of thick trees and retaining the indigenous wildlife which depends upon them.

A Mecca for nature-lovers and sports enthusiasts today, it offers an array of leisure activities for both day and extended-stay visits, prerequisite to whose understanding and enjoyment is a look inside the Visitor Center perched on a ridge and affording pristine views of the azure lake it represents.

Dispensing information, directions, and brochures, it offers a glimpse of conditions 6,000 years ago through its interactive, paleontology exhibits, as well as interpretation through displays entitled "Building and Operating a Dam," "Raystown Bygone Days," and "Generating Electricity."

Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau and US Army Corps of Engineers Ranger and Reserve Staff offices are located on its lower level.  Audiovisual presentations are given in its multi-purpose room and a gift shop sells drinks, snacks, books, and souvenirs just beyond the entrance.

Lake- and surrounding wilderness-related activities are numerous.

Swimming, for example, can be enjoyed at one of two Corps-managed beaches located within the Seven Points Recreation Area.  The first, the appropriately named Seven Points Beach near lake mile marker 9 on its west side, is subdivided into a 200-by-600 foot buoyed area with a concrete bottom and a 100-by-150 foot one with a sand base primarily used by children.  Its facilities include a shower and changing house, picnic tables, playground equipment, and the Lighthouse food concession.  The Oak Picnic Shelter is located on a peninsula across from the beach.

The second swimming facility, Tatman Run Beach, is located on the lake's southern end and features a 200-by-700 foot buoyed area, along with a change house, a playground, picnic tables, grills, and a boat launch.

Boating itself can be done at any of seven Corps-managed launches—Snyder's Run, Aitch, James Creek, Tatman Run, Shy Beaver, Weaver Falls, and Seven Points—the latter of which, bordered by the Tuscey Mountain ridges and located off of Bay Drive, offers a paved, three-lane, 40-foot-wide boat launch with capacity for 119 trailered vehicles and a modular courtesy floating dock.  There is neither a limitation on boat size nor horsepower on the lake, but there are no-wake zones to preclude disturbances of wildlife viewing and fishing.

Fishing itself can be accomplished at a variety of areas, including from rocky points, shallow bays, coves, and right in the middle of the lake from a boat, and might yield smallmouth, largemouth, or striped bass, muskie, walleye, crappie, stripers, perch, carp, brown trout, lake trout, or Atlantic salmon.

More than 700 campsites, ranging from primitive-tent to full-facility hookup types, blanket the area.  Six Army Corps facilities include Seven Points, Nancy's Camp, Susquehannock, Group Camp, Lake Raystown Resort, and Branch Camp.

Hiking can be pursued on four established trails: the Hillside Native and Old Logger's trails, both at Seven Points; the Riverside Nature Trail below the dam for wildlife viewing; and the 30-mile-long Terrace Mountain Trail.

Aside from recreation and waterfowl areas, Raystown Lake offers unrestricted hunting for rabbit, squirrel, grouse, beaver, pheasant, raccoon, turkey, and whitetail deer.

Several nests offer bald eagle viewing opportunities.

Most of Raystown Lake's facilities are concentrated in two areas.

The first of these, Seven Points Marina, is located at its northern end.  Initially offering only a handful of boat rentals, it developed into Pennsylvania's largest facility, with a shop, restaurant, a 35-strong rental fleet, and 946 slips.

Its Memories at the Lake restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor dining, while its Oar House store sells clothing, supplies, souvenirs, ice, bait, and tackle.

Its rental fleet includes seven 16-foot, ten-hp, four-person aluminum skiffs for sightseeing and fishing; nine 90-hp, eight-person pontoon boats; and 19 houseboats.  The latter, rentable during either Monday-to-Friday or Friday-to-Monday intervals, vary in size and accommodation, including those which sleep four, six, eight, or ten with cabin-style bunk beds, full bedrooms, sliding boards, and hot tubs.

Public excursions are offered on the marina's own "Princess" houseboat.  Accommodating 125 on both lower-enclosed and upper-open decks configured with tables and a buffet, the aluminum-hulled, 75-foot-long vessel, propelled by 440 horsepower, takes sightseers on 90-mnute trips with appropriate commentary, tracing the lake's red cedar tree-lined shore, exploring its islands and coves, and examining the Sheep Rock archeological site with its red shale, diagonal-patterned face.  Although it is mostly submerged, its upper portion, depicting its latest layers, is still visible.

Other cruises include the two-hour one to the dam, fall foliage trips, holiday and seasonal excursions with fireworks, and those with theme buffets, such as seafood, Italian, and surf-and-turf.

The second major concentration of facilities is the Lake Raystown Resort, Lodge, and Conference Center.

Located on 400 acres of waterfront property, the family-owned resort, having evolved from a small Army Corps campground, opened in 1984, and today offers a wide range of accommodations, restaurants, boat rentals, and related activities.

Of the former, its lodge offers 50 rooms and two suites.  Its rustic, one-room, original Army Corps cabins, constructed of native hemlock logs, sleep six and are the closest to the lake, while newer ones feature pine and maple wood.  The Oak Park cottages accommodate up to seven, or one more than the beachfront bungalows, while an equal number can reside in the two-bedroom villas nestled in the woods on their own peninsula.  The resort's 221 campsites, offering water, electric, and cable hookups, accept tents, pop-ups, travel trailers, fifth wheels, and motor homes.

Dining venues include the Marina Café, Bistro Express, and three convenience stores: the Trading Post, the Marina Store, and the General Store.

The full-service, 650-slip seasonal marina offers canoes, Jon fishing boats, pontoon boats, and houseboats for rent, the latter of which, measuring 60-by-16 feet, sleep up to ten, and sport swim and upper sun decks, waterslides, barbecue grills, four bedrooms, two full baths, a galley/kitchen, a dining room, a living room, and air conditioning.

The Lake Raystown Resort offers its own, 90-minute public sightseeing cruise on the "Proud Mary Showboat," along with other dinner, full-bar, and sunset excursions.

 

About the Author

A graduate of Long Island University-C.W. Post Campus with a summa-cum-laude Bachelor of Arts Degree in Comparative Languages and Journalism, I have subsequently earned the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Aerospace Technology at the State University of New York - College of Technology at Farmingdale.  I have also earned the Continuing Community Education Teaching Certificate from the Nassau Association for Continuing Community Education (NACCE) at Molloy College, the Travel Career Development Certificate from the Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA) at LIU, the Art and Science of Teaching Certificate at Long Island University, and completed a Multi-Genre Writing Program at Hofstra University.  At SUNY Farmingdale Aerospace I completed some 30 hours of Private Pilot Flight Training in Cessna C-152 and -172 aircraft.

Having amassed almost three decades in the airline industry, I managed the New York-JFK and Washington-Dulles stations at Austrian Airlines, created the North American Station Training Program, served as an Aviation Advisor to Farmingdale State University of New York, and devised and taught the Airline Management Certificate Program at the Long Island Educational Opportunity Center.

A freelance author, I have written some 70 books of the short story, novel, nonfiction, essay, poetry, article, log, curriculum, training manual, and textbook genre in English, German, and Spanish, having principally focused on aviation and travel, and I have been published in book, magazine, newsletter, and electronic Web site form. I am a writer for Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York. I have made some 350 lifetime trips by air, sea, rail, and road.

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