Additional unnamed extension trails lead to recreational facilities like boat launches, the marina, the modern campground, and the beach.This area is favorite habitat for eastern chipmunks, great horned owls, and black-throated green warblers and other woodland warblers. On the southeast side, the forest slopes up Bald Eagle Mountain, the first anticline in the Ridge and Valley Province. We offer more than 50,000 activities each year, including guided hikes, lake tours on The common merganser is a regular visitor to the lake with dozens — sometimes even hundreds — seen in early spring on the lake. Many birds for birders to see! Please use these tunnels while hiking.The Butterfly Trail loops around Frog Pond and through a mix of grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, and young trees that are host and nectar plants for butterflies throughout their lifecycle. The 1,730-acre lake laps the flanks of Bald Eagle Mountain, surrounded by forests, fields and wetlands. But it is necessary to disturb areas to create good nesting habitat for these species. Despite the challenging conditions, this is one of the most productive eagle nests in the state and regularly fledges two or three eaglets.Management on behalf of woodcocks and golden-winged warblers may look messy, because it requires cutting and removing brush and trees. It is an easy place to find mourning doves, northern flickers, indigo buntings, field sparrows, and song sparrows. This trail has a scenic view of Hunter Run Cove. Numerous birds, from the ruby-throated hummingbird to the bald eagle, nest and raise young within Bald Eagle State Park.
This guild of birds has declined greatly over the last few decades given lack of disturbance in some areas and because of permanent loss of shrub land and young forest to development in other areas. This trail begins at the PA 150 underpass of West Launch Road.Look for signs of raccoons, squirrels, and pileated woodpeckers. Typical nests are five to six feet wide and more than three feet deep. https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/BaldEagleStatePark At each end of the trail, it is possible to hike on connector trails to Butterfly Trail, for a longer and more diverse hike.The trail meanders between a kiosk near Pavilion 6 and the eastern terminus of F.J. Sayers Road. Our campsite would have been perfect if there was more shade!
Throughout the year, another good vantage point from which to spot eagles is the lookout above Pavilion #5 along Skyline Drive.Keystone State. If you look closely you can see old stone wells, tree lines, and other historic remnants from the valley’s past.Trails are open year-round from sunrise to sunset.The trail also passes a line of old, large oak trees. Please move to another parking space once your vehicle has been charged.Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County, is along PA 150 between Milesburg and Lock Haven.Call 911 and contact a park employee.If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park you plan to visit. Proudly founded in 1681 as a place of tolerance and freedom.Below Skyline Drive, the Butterfly Trail and Skyline Trail circle Frog Pond, a small pond with bordering wetland.
Bald Eagle State Park lies at the junction of two distinct geologic provinces. Hikers should wear fluorescent orange clothing during hunting seasons.Signs of old fencerows along the way are evidence of the area’s farming heritage. It is good cottontail rabbit habitat, too. Bald Eagle Valley Trail is a 7.3 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Lock Haven, Pennsylvania that offers the chance to see wildlife and is good for all skill levels.