Lakes to paddle near State College
25 LakePA 100 lakes (and 2 alternates) have a put-in within 60 miles of State College in a straight line. Distances are as the crow flies, from the city's Census internal point (a point inside the city limits) to the lake's first listed put-in; driving distances are longer.
Distances are measured from State College.
- Number 71: Whipple Lake Huntingdon County · South Central · 22 acres · 7 mi from State College
- Number 22: Colyer Lake Centre County · North Central · 77 acres · 9 mi from State College
- Number 70: Lake Perez Huntingdon County · South Central · 72 acres · 9 mi from State College
- Number 18: Black Moshannon Lake Centre County · North Central · 250 acres · 13 mi from State College
- Number 23: Foster Joseph Sayers Lake Centre County · North Central · 1,730 acres · 17 mi from State College
- Number 25: Poe Lake Centre County · North Central · 25 acres · 20 mi from State College
- Number 68: Raystown Lake Huntingdon County · South Central · 8,300 acres · 26 mi from State College
- Number 67: Canoe Creek Lake Blair County · South Central · 155 acres · 30 mi from State College
- Number 27: Faylor Lake Snyder County · North Central · 130 acres · 33 mi from State College
- Number 29: Walker Lake Snyder County · North Central · 239 acres · 35 mi from State College
- Number 63: Glendale Lake Cambria County · Southwest · 1,635 acres · 36 mi from State College
- Alternate A4: Curwensville Lake Clearfield County · North Central · 540 acres · 37 mi from State College
- Number 20: Kettle Creek Lake Clinton County · North Central · 167 acres · 41 mi from State College
- Number 76: Holman Lake Perry County · South Central · 88 acres · 42 mi from State College
- Number 19: George B. Stevenson Reservoir Cameron County · North Central · 145 acres · 44 mi from State College
- Number 17: Parker Lake Clearfield County · North Central · 20 acres · 44 mi from State College
- Number 26: Little Pine Lake Lycoming County · North Central · 45 acres · 47 mi from State College
- Number 72: Letterkenny Reservoir Franklin County · South Central · 54 acres · 48 mi from State College
- Number 74: Opossum Lake Cumberland County · South Central · 47 acres · 49 mi from State College
- Number 62: Wilmore Dam Cambria County · Southwest · 195 acres · 51 mi from State College
- Number 61: Duman Lake Cambria County · Southwest · 21 acres · 54 mi from State College
- Alternate A27: Hemlock Lake Indiana County · Southwest · 60 acres · 54 mi from State College
- Number 69: Cowans Gap Lake Fulton County · South Central · 42 acres · 55 mi from State College
- Number 14: Cloe Lake Jefferson County · North Central · 27 acres · 56 mi from State College
- Number 15: Kyle Lake Jefferson County · North Central · 165 acres · 57 mi from State College
- Number 60: Hinckston Run Reservoir Cambria County · Southwest · 104 acres · 60 mi from State College
- Number 75: Laurel Lake Cumberland County · South Central · 25 acres · 60 mi from State College
City points: US Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer (public domain). Straight-line miles to the first listed put-in.