Greenwood LakeGeneral Description
Nestled in the mountains of northeastern Huntingdon County, historic Greenwood
Furnace State Park offers a unique recreational experience. The park is on the western
edge of an area of Central Pennsylvania known as the Seven Mountains — an
area of rugged beauty, abundant wildlife, breathtaking vistas and peaceful solitude.
The park covers 423 acres, including a six-acre lake, and is surrounded by an
80,000-acre block of Rothrock State Forest. The park office is open 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Friday year-round, and daily during the summer season.
A walk through historic Greenwood Furnace evokes images of the community that
flourished here from 1834 to1904. Greenwood Furnace was a busy industrial complex,
with all the noise and dirt of a 19th century iron making community. The village
throbbed with life: the roaring of furnace stacks, the shouts of the workmen, the
hissing of the steam engine, the creaking of wagons loaded with charcoal, and the
cast house whistle signaling another pour of molten iron. The furnaces were hot
(3,000 degrees Fahrenheit) and cast clouds of smoke and cinders into the air, which
rained down indiscriminately on grass, people, livestock and buildings, rendering
everything sooty and gray. At night, the fire’s red glow lit the sky, probably
allowing residents to walk about without lanterns. Greenwood Furnace was a village
built around an inferno.
The six-acre Greenwood Lake is regularly stocked with trout. Ice fishing is permitted.
Home Page
Conditions
Contact park office
814-667-1800
email: greenwoodfurnacep@state.pa.us
Launch Areas
None
Fees & Licenses
No power boating permitted.
All Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission rules and regulations apply. Fishing licenses
are required.
Boat Rentals
None
Directions
The entrance to the park is on PA 305; a 10-minute drive west of Belleville or
a 35-minute drive southeast of State College.
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Activities
• Paddle Power
• Swimming
Fish Species
• Trout Stocked
Lodging & Dining
| Huntingdon County Dining
| | Website: Visit |
| Huntingdon County Places to Stay | | Website: Visit |
Bait & Tackle Shops
| Brown's Trading Post | | 2 N. Division St.
Mount Union, PA
| | 814-542-8527 |
| D & F Spinners | | 180 Greenbriar Rd.
Spring Mills, PA 16875
| | 814-349-8216 |
| Seven Points Bait and Grocery | | Hesston, PA
814-658-3718
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| Shy Beaver Pro Shop | | RD # 1 Box 178A
Route 26
James Creek, PA
| | 814-658-3877 |
| Snyder's Run Bait & Tackle | | Snyder's Run Launch
Huntingdon, PA
| | 814-643-3828 |
| Spruce Creek Woodworks | | Hamilton Lane
Spruce Creek, PA
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| Warriors Trail Sport Shop | | 2538 Pinchod Road
Saxton, PA
| | 814-635-3718 |
Emergency Info.
| Lewistown Hospital | | Lewistown, PA. (14 miles) Located ¼ mile off the Electric Avenue Exit of US 322 (east) follow Hospital signs. | | 717-248-5411 |
Vacation Homes and Cabins
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