{
    "name": "Laurel Lake",
    "slug": "laurel-lake-susquehanna-county",
    "url": "https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/laurel-lake-susquehanna-county/",
    "counties": [
        "Susquehanna"
    ],
    "motor_class": "electric_only",
    "verdict": "Electric motors only",
    "hp_max": null,
    "kw_max_ours": null,
    "kw_note": null,
    "pwc": "prohibited",
    "pwc_label": "PWCs not allowed",
    "electric_slow_no_wake": false,
    "state": "ok",
    "sources_differ": null,
    "cross_border": null,
    "acres": 46,
    "acres_source": "computed from the PFBC Boating Special Regulation Lakes 202403 polygon (our arithmetic)",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
    "official_text_rechecked": "2026-11-01",
    "answer": "Gas (internal-combustion) motors may not be run on Laurel Lake; electric motors are allowed. Personal watercraft aren't allowed. Sources: 58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(1); 58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(2); 58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(3)(iv). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#1",
            "kind": "motor",
            "summary": "Gas (internal-combustion) motors are prohibited, except for resident property owners (see next rule).",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "Internal combustion motors prohibited. Internal combustion motors are prohibited except as otherwise provided in this subsection.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#2",
            "kind": "other",
            "summary": "Only resident property owners and their immediate family may run gas motors, up to 60 hp. Visitors: electric or no motor.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(2)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(2)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "Resident property owners at Laurel Lake are permitted to operate boats powered by motors of up to 60 horsepower. It is unlawful for a person, other than a resident property owner or a member of the property owner's immediate family, to operate a boat powered by an internal combustion motor on Laurel Lake.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#3",
            "kind": "hp",
            "summary": "No one may operate a motor rated over 60 hp.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(2)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(2)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "It is unlawful for a person, including a resident property owner and members of the immediate family, to operate a boat powered by a motor rated in excess of 60 horsepower.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": 60,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#4",
            "kind": "towing",
            "summary": "A boat may tow only one boat-towed device.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(3)(i)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(3)(i)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "A boat may not tow more than one boat-towed device.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#5",
            "kind": "slow_no_wake_zone",
            "summary": "Upper lake: slow, no-wake, except that noon to 6 p.m. up to two gas-powered boats at a time may go faster inside the marked zone.",
            "conditions": {
                "zone": "Upper Lake; marked boat operating zone",
                "time": "noon until 6 p.m."
            },
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(3)(ii)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(3)(ii)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "Boat speed is limited to slow, no wake speed except that, during the period from noon until 6 p.m., no more than two boats powered by internal combustion motors may, at any one time, operate at speeds greater than slow, no wake speed in the marked boat operating zone.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#6",
            "kind": "ski_kite_parasail",
            "summary": "Upper lake: no skiing or towing and slow, no-wake everywhere from 6 p.m. until noon the next day.",
            "conditions": {
                "zone": "Upper Lake",
                "time": "6 p.m. until noon of the following day"
            },
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(3)(ii)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(3)(ii)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "It is unlawful to water ski or tow any other boat-towed device or to operate a boat at greater than slow, no wake speed at any location on the upper lake from 6 p.m. until noon of the following day.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#7",
            "kind": "slow_no_wake_zone",
            "summary": "Lower lake: no skiing or towing, and slow, no-wake at all times.",
            "conditions": {
                "zone": "Lower Lake",
                "time": "at any time"
            },
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(3)(iii)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(3)(iii)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "It is unlawful to water ski or tow any other boat-towed device or to operate a boat at greater than slow, no wake speed at any time at any location on the lower lake.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#8",
            "kind": "pwc",
            "summary": "Personal watercraft (PWCs) are not allowed.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(3)(iv)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(3)(iv)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "The operation of personal watercraft is prohibited.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "laurel-lake-susquehanna#9",
            "kind": "other",
            "summary": "During the authorized hours, gas-powered boats running above slow, no-wake have priority in the marked zone.",
            "conditions": {
                "zone": "marked boat operating zone"
            },
            "locator": "§111.58(d)(4)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §111.58(d)(4)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.58.html",
            "quote": "Boats powered by internal combustion motors operating at authorized speeds greater than slow, no wake speed in the marked boat operating zone shall have priority during the time periods when the operation is authorized under paragraph (3)(ii).",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        }
    ],
    "lake_specific_statewide_rules": [],
    "ramps": [],
    "access_data_as_of": "20260827",
    "agency_ramp_notes": [],
    "license": "Rule summaries CC BY 4.0; ramp data PFBC",
    "disclaimer": "Summaries, not legal advice. The official text and posted signs control."
}