Tuscarora, PA

Tuscarora State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 1,618 acres in Rush, Ryan, Schuylkill Townships, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The most prominent features of the park are Locust Mountain and Tuscarora Lake. The park is named for the Tuscarora Indians, who lived in the area, following the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, until they were forced out by the colonial settlers of Pennsylvania. Tuscarora is a warm water fishery containing bass, muskellunge, walleye, pickerel, catfish, yellow perch, trout and sunfish.

The lake is open for swimming beginning on Memorial Day weekend and ending Labor Day weekend. Tuscarora makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Tuscarora is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Tuscarora State Park is located in Locust Valley. This land was covered by an old-growth forest of eastern white pine, American chestnut, eastern hemlock, ash, hickory, elm, oak and cherry trees.