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Duck Pond is a nice lake to visit. Near Duck Pond you discover Lettie Shaffer Hollow which is a great place to go to, and camping at Donne Lake Campground is always a good experience. This lake is so wonderful. Club House Hill is clearly visible from Duck Pond; if you need a spot to stay Ramada Inn At Historic Ligonier is a great choice. Throughout the summertime, highs mostly are in the 80's at Duck Pond. Once the sun is down it dips down to the 50's. For
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| | the period of the winter the highs are generally in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Duck Pond are in the 10's. If you're going to Duck Pond from Somerset, you won't be the only one, and there is a glorious hiking trail close by called the Brant Trail. A great close by hotel is Hampton Inn & Suites Blairsville, and Lake Tod is a pleasant lake nearby. Duck Pond really is in the middle of a scenic outdoors paradise. On a magnificent day at Duck Pond | |
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you can take a hike along the Darr Trail. You'll never forgive yourself if you don’t go skiing at The Springs at Laurel Mountain while you're here, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Fourmile Run. This lake is so wonderful.
Golf can be played at Laurel Valley Golf Club, and going for a hike on the Wolf Rocks Trail is always a great adventure. What a location this is for outdoors people. Take a little spree to Laughlintown Run since you're here at Duck
Pond; drift down the rapids of Loyalhanna Creek in a kayak. All the water falling down from the sky makes Duck Pond a wet spot; June is the wettest month with most rain while February is typically the driest month. Skiing at Hidden
Valley is one of those things you just ought to do, and Duck Pond is tremendous enough to spend more than a day at, Forbes Trail Camp is a tremendous local campground.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 40.20583 Longitude: -79.2175
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Loyalhanna Creek, Westmoreland CountyCounty, 7 miles away Class I-II - 16.4 miles long (Rector to Latrobe) |
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Fourmile Run, Westmoreland CountyCounty, 12 miles away Class II-IV - 10 miles long (Route 130 to Loyalhanna Creek at Darlington) |
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Conemaugh River, Cambria/ Westmoreland CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class I-II - 25.9 miles long (Johnstown to Torrance) |
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Lake Tod, Westmoreland CountyCounty, 3 miles away |
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