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The beauty of Octoraro Lake attracts many people from all around. This lake is so wonderful. Lakes are such peaceful locations, why not have a look at Rising Sun Reservoir close to Octoraro Lake, and dry warm beds await you at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Northeast, Md. Octoraro Lake gets a normal amount of precipitation; the month with most of the rain is July, and February is when it's the driest. And if you're still looking for more outdoors amusing stuff
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| | just keep reading. After a long day outdoors Best Western North East Inn is a tremendous place to spend a night or two; at Octoraro Lake you always meet someone from Lancaster. A scenic lake like Rising Sun Community Pond close to Octoraro Lake is a fine site to stop at, and D and J Shady Rest Campsites is a nice campground nearby. Throughout the summer months highs here at Octoraro Lake reach the 80's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 60's. | |
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Throughout the winter this place gets highs in the 30's, and through the dark hours in the wintertime at Octoraro Lake temperatures drop to the 10's. Stay the night at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park, and as expected Blackburn Run
is a charming stream that is worth taking a look at. Why not stop by Pine Grove Dam if you're here, and paddling on Octoraro Creek is so much fun.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 39.79667 Longitude: -76.04306
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Octoraro Creek, Chester CountyCounty, 4 miles away Class I - 15 miles long (Octoraro Lake to New Bridge Rd Maryland) |
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Octoraro Creek, Cecil CountyCounty, 9 miles away Class II - 6 miles long (New Bridge Road to Richardsmere) |
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Northeast Creek, Cecil CountyCounty, 11 miles away Class V - 4 miles long (below covered bridge on Route 272) |
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Octoraro Creek
 | Not at all deep, wide and shallow, nice parking but if you get to the very end where Octoraro Creek meets the Susquehanna it can get pretty nasty. Good place to train beginers but if they go out too far you may never see them again. Somedays the current at the mouth gets to be too much unless you have a rider picking you up downstream a couple miles.... |
Octoraro Creek
 | This is a great run, especially after heavy rains. You can turn this 6 mile trip into a 21 mile trip by putting in at Octoraro Lake, on Rt 472, Oxford PA... |
White Oak Campground
 | 10 miles away Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Nearby Grocery, Gameroom...TENT:w/free hot showers, - 110 RV hookups, PETS:Must be leashed and cleaned up after, FIRES:Fire rings are provided., STORE:Large and well stocked country store, some RV supplies, GROCERY:Some within the campground store and large grocery 5 miles away, POOL:Public pool 3 miles away...Peaceful, quiet country setting in scenic Lancaster County, heart of Amish Country. Tent sites to full hook up RV sites. Great central location for many day trips such as Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Gettysburg and Hershey.... |
Susquehanna River Reservoir
 | 11 miles away 1 PHOTO It's believed that the Susquehanna river once went thru Lancaster, PA. north of Chickies rock, until a volcano cause it to redirect where it is now.... |
Birchview Farm Campgrounds
 | 17 miles away There's no better way to get right in the midst of the world - famous Amish country of Pennsylvania than by camping in the kind of natural, rural setting which you will find at Birchview Farm Campground. Our 74 acre farm, neither rustic, nor pretending to be resort, offers the kind of comfortable surroundings which your family will just naturally settle into. Our sites are spacious, whether you are in a motor home, hauling a trailer or packing a tent. We're easy to reach, about an hour West of Philadelphia in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country.... |
Red Run Campground
 | 18 miles away Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Nearby Grocery, Pool, Gameroom...RV:30 amp & water, - 125 RV hookups, POOL:Memorial Day to Labor Day...We have a quiet setting in the middle of Mennonite Farm land. Some of the campsites are located beside a creek or an unused Covered Bridge. There are tent spaces available on wooded sites.
There is fishing in the creek, with a license. There is also catch & release fishing in our 4 1/2 acre lake with out a license.
If the morning you can watch the sunrise over the lake and listen to the sounds of the farm animals starting a new day.
On any day you can watch the horse and buggy's travel up and down the back roads around the campground.
There is a game room with electronic games. On Saturday's there are crafts and board games for children, in the lodge. On sunny Saturday afternoons there is a wagon ride for children around the campground.
When using a GPS please use the Lat / Long coordinates.... |
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