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

# Lake Wallenpaupack boating rules

No horsepower limit is listed for Lake Wallenpaupack in PFBC lake page: Boating, but other rules apply: no waterskiing on weekends and holidays at the west end, between the buoy line about 200 yards east of Cairn's Island and Ledgedale. Source: PFBC Lake Wallenpaupack page. Verified Oct. 4, 2026.

## Rules

- No waterskiing on weekends and holidays at the west end, between the buoy line about 200 yards east of Cairn's Island and Ledgedale. (weekends and holidays; western end, between a buoyed line about 200 yards east of Cairn's Island and the Ledgedale Recreation Area) — [58 Pa. Code §111.52(b)(1)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.52.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- No kiteskiing or parasailing anywhere on weekends and holidays, and never between Ledgedale Campsite and the Kipp Island/Wallenpaupack Lake Estates ramp. (weekends and holidays (everywhere); any day between Ledgedale Campsite and the Kipp Island/Wallenpaupack Lake Estates ramp) — [58 Pa. Code §111.52(b)(2)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.52.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- The first 100 feet from shore is a special anchorage area with its own anchor-light rules; read the full text. (within 100 feet of the shoreline) — [58 Pa. Code §111.52(b)(3)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.52.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Slow, no-wake on Wallenpaupack Creek, 1,000 feet below Ledgedale Bridge, 600 feet south of the dam, and between Cairn's Island and the Pike shore. (Wallenpaupack Creek; Ledgedale Bridge to about 1,000 feet downstream; the dam to about 600 feet south; between Cairn's Island and the Pike County shore) — [58 Pa. Code §111.52(b)(4)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.52.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- 45 mph limit, sunrise to sunset, on weekends and holidays from the Saturday before Memorial Day to Labor Day. (sunrise to sunset; weekends and holidays; Saturday before Memorial Day to Labor Day) — [58 Pa. Code §111.52(b)(5)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.52.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- 25 mph limit between sunset and sunrise. (between sunset and sunrise) — [58 Pa. Code §111.52(b)(6)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.52.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- The same rules apply on the Wayne County side of the lake. — [58 Pa. Code §111.64(d)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.64.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- PFBC's page for this lake: no horsepower limit regulations. — [PFBC lake page: Boating](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/about-us/pfbc-lakes/lake-wallenpaupack) — verified 2026-10-04

## Ramps

- Wallenpaupack Lake Access: 41.45972, -75.18995

## Sources

- [§ 111.52. Pike County.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.52.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))
- [§ 111.64. Wayne County.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.64.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))
- [Lake Wallenpaupack](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/about-us/pfbc-lakes/lake-wallenpaupack)

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