Looking for a change of scene? Folks in Franklin County are surrounded by a range of state parks, from a small historical picnicking area memorializing a former president's birthplace on one end of ...

(Editor’s note: The following is part of an ongoing series of stories about Pennsylvania’s state parks.) Cowans Gap State Park has a long history of providing a wide variety of outdoor recreation. I ...

(WHTM) — With warmer weather right around the corner it’s time to start planning outdoor activities like hiking or camping! Here is a list of some popular, public, hiking trails and parks in central ...

McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. — The lake and beach at Cowans Gap State Park has been closed indefinitely due to illnesses reported by people who swam in the Fulton County, Pa., lake Saturday and Sunday, ...

More than a third of Pennsylvania’s state parks – 43 of 121 – will have their campgrounds open for the first day of trout fishing season on Saturday, April 2. Encouraging anglers to consider overnight ...

McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. — Cowans Gap State Park’s beach and lake remain closed to swimmers as the Pennsylvania Department of Health continues to investigate what sickened people the weekend of July 18.

More Pennsylvania state park campsites will be available for anglers looking to trout fish.The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources released the following ...

FORT LOUDON – The lake at Cowans Gap State Park will reopen to swimmers nearly two weeks after a gastrointestinal illness sickened dozens of people. Swimming will again be permitted in the lake ...