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    Beautiful Joseph Smyth Pond has much to offer visitors. Kegg Run flows through this region, and you can stay the night at Choice Camping Court. A good close by hotel is Bedford Springs Resort; Bobs Creek is a pleasant whitewater spot nearby.
The yearly precipitation here at Joseph Smyth Pond is about average; most of the rain falls all through June while October is typically the driest month. This lake is so wonderful. If the weather is great here at Joseph
 
   Smyth Pond, you can go for a hike along the Old Mail Trail; a great location for whitewater paddling is Wills Creek. This lake is so wonderful. Lakes are good; Shawnee Lake is a lake that's next to Joseph Smyth Pond. There's so much to do here at Joseph Smyth Pond that you need to camp here for a while, Shawnee Sleepy Hollow Campground is a nice place for that.
Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always explore nearby Milburn Spring Reservoir,
 
               and the Fair View Trail is a good hiking trail close by. Throughout the warmest time of the year highs here at Joseph Smyth Pond reach the 70's; during summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. The winter comes with highs in the 30's, and winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Joseph Smyth Pond. You completely have to like Joseph Smyth Pond. You don’t have to go far from Joseph Smyth Pond to observe the water at Joseph Smyth Dam; there is a fine hiking trail close by called the Evitts Mountain Trail.
Here at Joseph Smyth Pond you can distinguish Glade Pike Vista, and Best Western Bedford Inn is a good site to get some rest.

 
Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford
11 miles away
Omni Bedford Springs Resort and Spa has recently completed a USD120 million restoration returning one of America's most treasured hotels to the manner in which it looked in 1905 but with all the moder...

Best Western Bedford Inn, Bedford
11 miles away
Enjoy convenient access to the historic Bedford Village, the Cannondale Corporation and many local golf courses while staying at this full-service Bedford, Pennsylvania hotel. Conveniently located of...

Current weather conditions at Joseph Smyth Pond, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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Local climate location: STOYSTOWN 7 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 39.99333
Longitude: -78.665

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These outdoors activities are available near Joseph Smyth Pond.
 Hotels Near Joseph Smyth Pond:
Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford, 11 miles away
Best Western Bedford Inn, Bedford, 11 miles away
Quality Inn Bedford, Bedford, 11 miles away
Fairfield Inn & Suites Bedford, Bedford, 11 miles away
Holiday Inn Cumberland-Downtown, Md, Cumberland, 19 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Joseph Smyth Pond:
Choice Camping Court, Manns Choice, 3 miles away
Shawnee Sleepy Hollow Campground, Schellsburg, 5 miles away
Friendship Village, Bedford, 10 miles away
Bethel Park Campgrounds, Bedford County, 11 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Joseph Smyth Pond:
Blue Knob, Pennsylvania, 22 miles away
      1072 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Joseph Smyth Pond:
Wills Creek, -blank- CountyCounty, 11 miles away
      Class III-IV(V) - 3.5 miles long (Fairhope to Hyndman)
Bobs Creek, Bedford CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class I-III - 13.1 miles long (Dunning Creek to 1.7 miles above Pennsylvania Route 869)
Clear Shade Creek, Somerset CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class III - 5.5 miles long (Crum Road to Shade Creek)
 Trails Near Joseph Smyth Pond:
Old Mail Trail, Bedford County, 9 miles away
Fair View Trail, Bedford County, 9 miles away
Evitts Mountain Trail, Bedford County, 11 miles away
 Lakes Near Joseph Smyth Pond:
Shawnee Lake, Bedford CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Milburn Spring Reservoir, Bedford CountyCounty, 9 miles away

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Choice Camping Court
Well to be honest I camp there and there is so many new faces and its a great place to camp...

Wills Creek
10 miles away
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Drive a another mile until you cross the rail tracks and make a quick left down a dirt rd that follows the rail track. Follow 200yrd until you reach the train observation deck and park here. Cross the tracks and look at the wounderful 3 shelf drop. If you would like to run it, head right down throught trail above fall. Start river right and work to left as you exit last shelf. watch the nice keeper and the bottem left at very high water....
Water between fairhope and hyndman is full of bolders and water depths drop a lot in summer months. i advice that rafting should be done in the spring....

Wigfield Trail
14 miles away
As a Wigfield it amused me that there is a trail out there with my name on it ;-). Since this is too far from where I live I believe once the weather get nicer I'll have to go hike it. You all can feel free to check out my website at http://wigfield.org , I do have some nice outdoor pictures online. Especially along the C&O Canal towpath....

Blue Knob
21 miles away
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Blue Knob has a golf course located on-site (''beautiful 9-hole mountain course winding through scenic wooded area adjacent to rental units and condominiums on the mountain''). We also have an on-site restaurant (The Black Bear), a pub/restaurant (The Clubhouse) located at the condo/golf course area, and a cafe/cafeteria (The Summit) in the lodge at the mountaintopns resort, claysburg, Pa.). Our website address: www.blueknob.com...

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