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Loleta Recreation Area
5 mi southeast of Marienville, PA · No signal at camp
About Loleta Recreation Area
This area has been recently nominated and accepted onto the National Register of Historic Places. The area was once a bustling logging town, established in 1889, with over 600 inhabitants. The town had a large sawmill, shingle mill, broom handle factory and a rail connection for shipping products to Sheffield, PA. Once the timber supply was exhausted in 1913, the mills shut down and the town was deserted. The Federal Government purchased the site in 1925, adding it to the newly formed Allegheny National Forest. In the 1930s, the Forest Service (using CCC labor) reconstructed the mill pond, added a bathhouse, swimming area, picnic shelters, and landscaping. The distinctive quality of CCC workmanship is evident today in the dam stonework and the log construction of the old bathhouse. The camping loops were added in the 1960s. Trout fishing is good in Millstone Creek. The picturesque…
- Fees: - Daily camping fee - $15.00 to $25.00/site - Daily group site camping fee - $80.00 - Daily swimming fee - $5.00/vehicle and $1.00/per…
- Season: 4/01 – 10/10
- Managed by: USFS - Allegheny National Forest
- Where: 5 mi southeast of Marienville, PA · 41.40195, -79.08111
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Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Mar.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loleta Hiking | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 2.7 mi |
| Loleta Upper Connector | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Loleta Scenic | Hiking | 1.1 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Muddy Fork Loop | Hiking | 2.7 mi | 2.4 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.
Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 6.4 mi
Propane: 15.8 mi
Camps nearby
- Forest Ridge Cabins and Campgrounds 3.2 mi
- Clarion River Campsites 3.4 mi
- Loleta Bear Claw Campground 3.6 mi
- Cabins 5 mi
- Campsite · 8 mi SE of Vowinckel 5.2 mi
- Camper's Paradise 6.4 mi