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McCalls Dam State Park

State park in Pennsylvania, United States


State park in Pennsylvania, United States

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nameMcCalls Dam State Park
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locationCentre County, Pennsylvania, United States
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area7.5 acre
elevation1388 ft
established1933
administratorPennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
free_labelNamed for
free_dataJohnny McCall
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labelMcCalls Dam State Park
map_captionLocation in Pennsylvania
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McCalls Dam State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 8 acre in Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is in the easternmost area of the eastern tip of Centre County, south of Clinton County and north of Union County. McCalls Dam State Park is in a remote location on a gravel road between R. B. Winter State Park on Pennsylvania Route 192 and Eastville on Pennsylvania Route 880. The park can only be accessed in the winter months by snowmobiling or cross-country skiing.

McCalls Dam State Park has a small camping area and a small picnic area with a few tables and charcoal grills. There are no modern restroom facilities at the park and visitors are asked to carry out all trash as there is no trash pick up at the park.

The park is named for the splash dam which Johnny McCall built on White Deer Creek in 1850. He used the waters that flowed from the dam to power a sawmill. Sixteen years later the dam was rebuilt to provide water for a series of splash dams that were used to float white pine logs to the sawmills on the West Branch Susquehanna River at Watsontown. The park's facilities were originally constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1933. The mill and dam are long since gone, but they are remembered along with Johnny McCall in the name of McCalls Dam State Park.

References

References

  1. "McCalls Dam State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
  2. Forrey, William C.. (2017). "History of Pennsylvania’s State Parks 1984 to 2015". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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