---
title: "Crooked Creek Lake boating rules"
url: https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/crooked-creek-lake/
verified: 2026-10-04
checked: 2026-11-01
verdict: "No horsepower limit listed"
---

# Crooked Creek Lake boating rules

No horsepower limit is listed for Crooked Creek Lake in 58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(1), but other rules apply: a boat may tow only one boat-towed device on weekends and holidays. Source: 58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(1). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.

## Rules

- A boat may tow only one boat-towed device on weekends and holidays. (weekends and holidays; Saturday preceding Memorial Day to Labor Day) — [58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(1)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Boats with inboard engines that use over-the-transom or straight exhausts (wet or dry) are not allowed. — [58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(2)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Airboats are not allowed. — [58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(3)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Slow, no-wake from the dam to the buoy line above the swimming beach. (From the dam to a buoy line crossing the lake above the swimming beach) — [58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(4)(i)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Slow, no-wake from the shoal buoys to the headwaters. (From the shoal buoys to the headwaters) — [58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(4)(ii)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Life jackets must be worn at all times on boats under 16 feet and on any canoe, kayak or paddleboard. (at all times) — [58 Pa. Code §111.3(a)(5)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04

## Ramps

PFBC's access data lists no verified public ramp on this lake.

## Sources

- [§ 111.3. Armstrong County.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.3.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))

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