Colonel Denning State Park has a wonderful and well maintained trail that leads to Flat Rock overlook as well as a series of other linked trails. The difficultly level is moderate to difficult due to a steep and largely rocky incline. The trail is 2.5 miles leading to the scenic overlook. Round trip the hike is approx. 5 miles and took us about 2.5 hrs to complete at an average pace. If this is your first visit study a map before you go or grab one at the information sign just before the entrance to the trail. Trail starts across the bridge from the educational center.
This was a decent place to camp for the weekend. The tent site was in the shade, but sort of close to others, although they do have walk in sites that are farther away. There was no place to wash dishes which might not matter for RV campers but it was a slight inconvenience for us. The flat Rock hike was really cool and it's literally steps from the camping spots.
Nice State Park! Great hiking trails. The restroom facility upgrades that are planned for 2018 for the reopening in 2019 will be a welcome addition. The pit toilets, no showers, and occasional late night logging truck blasting through the valley are the only drawbacks. Great for picnics & swimming in the lake. Nice playground for the kids, plus a sand volleyball court. A fair amount of room for pickup sports, frisbee, etc. I haven't had any luck fishing in the lake here - maybe that will improve now that they have refilled it.
Varied trail system. Gets good bit of hiking traffic, but system big enough to handle it & not feel crowded or overused
Great Primitive state park to enjoy the great outdoors. Has trails, small lake for fishing. Check out DCNR website.
Colonel Denning State Park is a US Park based in Newville, Pennsylvania. Colonel Denning State Park is located at 1599 Doubling Gap Rd, Newville, PA 17241, USA.
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