Thursday, October 31, 2024

Codorus State Park

The dam that formed Marburg Lake in Codorus State Park was built in 1965 as a cooperative project between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a large paper company. The company needed a steady supply of water and lake would provide water for the local communities. The lake is also a focal point for the Corodus State Park that opened in 1970. Unfortunately the lake water fluctuates so much due to the amount drawn by the paper mill that building and maintaining a beach is impossible but the park does have swimming pool. 

Almost all  26 miles of shoreline is state park and provides a wide variety of recreation opportunities - camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, swimming, mountain biking, disc golf, boating, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, sledding, and ice fishing. We'll come back to explore the park thoroughly when we have more time.

The campground has about 200 sites which are mix of full hook up, electric, non-electric, and tent. Amenities include restrooms with showers and a dump station. 

Seven sites, both full hook up and electric only, are accessible. We didn't need electricity so I chose site 14, a non electric site, because of the distance from other sites and because the stated driveway grade is slight. Although not designated as accessible, site 14 is good fairly level with small gravel under the table and plenty of room to deploy a lift.  Park  39.775, -76.9146


 


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