Pennsylvania boating rules, lake by lake
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Horsepower caps, electric-only lakes, PWC bans and speed limits for 154 inland Pennsylvania lakes — every rule quoted from the official text, with its date.
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- Armstrong (3)
- Beaver (2)
- Bedford (1)
- Berks (4)
- Blair (1)
- Bradford (1)
- Bucks (3)
- Butler (2)
- Cambria (2)
- Cameron (1)
- Carbon (3)
- Centre (4)
- Chester (2)
- Clarion (1)
- Clearfield (4)
- Clinton (1)
- Columbia (3)
- Crawford (7)
- Cumberland (5)
- Elk (1)
- Erie (3)
- Fayette (4)
- Forest (1)
- Fulton (1)
- Huntingdon (4)
- Indiana (4)
- Jefferson (3)
- Lackawanna (2)
- Lancaster (2)
- Lawrence (1)
- Lebanon (2)
- Lehigh (1)
- Luzerne (6)
- Lycoming (2)
- McKean (1)
- Mercer (2)
- Monroe (3)
- Montour (1)
- Northampton (2)
- Northumberland (1)
- Perry (1)
- Pike (11)
- Potter (1)
- Schuylkill (2)
- Snyder (2)
- Somerset (5)
- Sullivan (3)
- Susquehanna (9)
- Tioga (6)
- Union (1)
- Venango (2)
- Warren (2)
- Washington (3)
- Wayne (10)
- Westmoreland (4)
- Wyoming (2)
- York (4)
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Recent rule changes
- Nov. 1, 2026 — Boating at Yellow Creek State Park: text changed. Lakes affected: Yellow Creek Lake. Read the official text →
- Nov. 1, 2026 — Boating at Pymatuning State Park: text changed. Lakes affected: Pymatuning Reservoir. Read the official text →
- Nov. 1, 2026 — Boating at Prompton State Park: text changed. Lakes affected: Prompton Lake. Read the official text →
- Nov. 1, 2026 — Boating at Prince Gallitzin State Park: text changed. Lakes affected: Glendale Lake. Read the official text →
- Nov. 1, 2026 — Boating at Nockamixon State Park: text changed. Lakes affected: Lake Nockamixon. Read the official text →
Is there a Lake Pennsylvania?
No lake is officially named Lake Pennsylvania. Here's what was proposed in September 2026.
How this atlas works
We quote each rule from the Pennsylvania Code, DCNR, the Fish and Boat Commission or the Game Commission, link it, and date it. A machine re-checks the official text every month. If the text changes, the lake turns grey until it is re-verified. Data & methodology
Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay are outside this atlas.