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The beauty of Shawnee Lake is reason enough to stop by. Glide down the rapids of Bobs Creek in a kayak; Shawnee Lake is delightful enough to spend more than a day at, Choice Camping Court is a delightful local campground. That right there is a heap already, but it continues; Shawnee Lake has it all. Joseph Smyth Pond is a splendid lake near Shawnee Lake, and if you're here and you like golf, you can take a look at Bedford Elks Lodge 1707 Golf Course. If you come
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| | at the right time of year, Clear Shade Creek offers some great whitewater, and if you need a place to stay Best Western Bedford Inn is a tremendous choice. On a magnificent day at Shawnee Lake you can take a hike along the Fair View Trail. This lake is so wonderful. Lakes are such peaceful spots, why not explore John C Smith Reservoir next to Shawnee Lake, and you don’t have to go far from Shawnee Lake to observe the water at Shawnee Dam. A fine nearby hotel | |
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is Quality Inn Bedford; there is a tremendous hiking trail close by called the Cabin Trail. From a rainfall point of view Shawnee Lake is a relatively normal place; the month of June is the wettest with most of the rain, and October
is when it's the driest. This lake is so wonderful. Some of the water close by flows, like Shawnee Branch. There's so much to do here at Shawnee Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Shawnee Sleepy Hollow Campground is a glorious
spot for that. Skiing at Blue Knob is one of those things you just have to do, and going for a hike on the Garlick Trail is always a wonderful adventure. Summer brings highs in the 70's to Shawnee Lake. When the night sets in
temperatures drop down into the 50's. All through the winter highs are in the 30's; nighttime lows during the wintertime for Shawnee Lake tend to be in the 10's.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 40.03139 Longitude: -78.61944
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Blue Knob, Pennsylvania, 18 miles away 1072 vertical feet |
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Bobs Creek, Bedford CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class I-III - 13.1 miles long (Dunning Creek to 1.7 miles above Pennsylvania Route 869) |
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Clear Shade Creek, Somerset CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class III - 5.5 miles long (Crum Road to Shade Creek) |
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Dark Shade Creek, Somerset CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class IV-V - 1.1 miles long (Rockingham to Clear Shade) |
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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
 | 14 miles away 1 PHOTO 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
 | 15 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
 | 17 miles away 11 PHOTOS 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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