Overlook Recreation Area in PA -- Campground & RV Camping

Woodcock Creek Lake is a day-use area operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in northwestern Pennsylvania. The site features a paved parking lot, seasonal restrooms, an 18-hole disc golf course, concrete cornhole boards, walking paths, a one-mile dam walkway, and a 40-person picnic shelter equipped with electric outlets, water spigots, and a charcoal grill. A covered gazebo overlooks the lake, which supports fishing and low-horsepower boating. Adjacent public lands offer additional walking trails, picnic shelters, and a visitor center.

Getting there: From I-79 take Exit 154 proceed on route 198 for 7 miles East through Saegertown to Woodcock Creek Lake Dam. The Overlook Recreation Area and picnic shelter are approximately 1/4 mile past the dam, on the right. From Meadville take route 86 North for approximately 4 miles and turn right on Route 198. From Cambridge Springs take Route 86 South for approximately 8 miles left on Route 198.

• Moderately separated here.
• The Woodcock Creek Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.