Beltzville State Park

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name = Beltzville State Park
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category_local = Pennsylvania State Park
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image_caption = Beltzville Dam, impounding Beltzville Lake in Beltzville State Park
etymology_type = Named for
etymology = the village of Beltzville
country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
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region = Carbon
district_type = Townships
district = Franklin
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title=Beltzville State Park
date = August 30 1990
work=Geographic Names Information System
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accessdate=2008-04-02]
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map_caption = Location of Beltzville State Park in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania
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website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/beltzville.aspx Beltzville State Park]

Beltzville State Park is a convert|2973|acre|km2|2|adj=on Pennsylvania State Park in Franklin and Towamensing townships, Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park was developed around the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project, Beltzville Dam on Pohopoco Creek. Beltzville Lake is is a convert|949|acre|km2|2 with convert|19.8|mi|1 of shoreline. Beltzville State Park park is convert|5|mi|0 east of Lehighton just off U.S. Route 209.

Fishing

Beltzville Lake is a popular fishing destination. Anglers can fish for striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, trout, walleye, perch, and muskellunge. Pohopoco Creek is stocked with trout by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/Parks/beltzville.aspx
title = Beltzville State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-05
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ]

Hunting

Hunting is permitted at Beltzville State Park. Hunters are expected to follow the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The common game species are ruffed grouse, squirrels, pheasant, waterfowl, white-tailed deer, and rabbits. The hunting of groundhogs is prohibited.

wimming

The swimming beach is open from late May until the middle of September along convert|525|ft|0 of sand beach. Beginning in 2008 lifeguards will not be posted at the beach. [cite web | url = http://www.timesleader.com/news/ap?articleID=384046 | title = Pa. state parks going without life guards at beaches in 2008 | accessdate = 2008-02-15 | publisher = The Times Leader] There is a bathhouse with showers, a food stand, and first-aid building at the beach. Recreational scuba diving is prohibited at Beltzville State Park.

Picnics

Beltzville State Park has four picnic pavilions and several large picnic areas. Playgrounds and playfields are in the area of the picnic tables. Visitors also have the use of modern restrooms and drinking water. A large parking lot and a boat dock are also close by the picnic areas.

Hiking

There are convert|15|mi|0 of hiking trails at Beltzville State Park. The trails follow old roads, paths in the woods and follow the banks of small streams. Saw Mill Trail starts just west of Beltzville Dam is a path through the history of the park. Hikers will pass the remains of a gristmill, small ponds, an abandoned slate quarry and a wetland.

Boating

Beltzville Lake is popular with recreational boaters. The maximum boating speed permitted is 45 miles per hour. Boats with inboard engines with out-of-the-transom or straight stack type exhausts are prohibited. Camping overnight on boats is also prohibited. Canoes and other small boats are often seen in the shelter coves of Beltzville Lake.

Water Skiing

Water skiing is permitted only in the south end of the lake in the marked water skiing area. Boats are required to travel in a counterclockwise direction. Boats not towing water skiers or tubers are not permitted to enter the waters of the skiing area.

Winter Activities

Beltzville State Park does not close for the winter months, when Beltzville Lake is busy with ice fishing and ice boating. The trails of the park are open for cross country skiing.

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|0 of Beltzville State Park: [cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division | url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/carbon_GHSN.pdf| title= 2007 General Highway Map Carbon County Pennsylvania | accessdate= 2007-07-27 "Note: shows Beltzville State Park"] cite web
last = Michels
first = Chris
year = 1997
url = http://www2.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html
title = Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation
publisher = Northern Arizona University
accessdate = 2008-04-20]
*Big Pocono State Park (Monroe County)
*Delaware Canal State Park (Bucks County and Northampton Counties)
*Gouldsboro State Park (Monroe and Wayne Counties)
*Hickory Run State Park (Carbon County)
*Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center (Northampton County)
*Lehigh Gorge State Park (Carbon and Luzerne Counties)
*Locust Lake State Park (Schuylkill County)
*Nescopeck State Park (Luzerne County)
*Tobyhanna State Park (Monroe and Wayne Counties)
*Tuscarora State Park (Schuylkill County)

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