---
title: "Lily Lake boating rules"
url: https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/lily-lake-luzerne-county/
verified: 2026-10-04
checked: 2026-11-01
verdict: "Check official text"
---

# Lily Lake boating rules

Sources differ on motor rules for Lily Lake. Read the official texts and the posted signs before launching with a motor. Sources: 58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(1); 58 Pa. Code §53.8(a). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.

## Rules

- Boats with engines over 60 hp are not allowed on the lake. — [58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(1)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.40.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Boats longer than 20 feet are not allowed. — [58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(1)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.40.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Slow, no-wake everywhere except the buoyed high-speed zone, which is open noon to sunset, Saturday before Memorial Day to September 30. (between noon and sunset; Saturday preceding Memorial Day to September 30; outside the buoyed high speed operating zone) — [58 Pa. Code §111.40(a)(2)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.40.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- On Fish and Boat Commission lakes no gas engine may run, even just to charge or power an electric motor. — [58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Electric-powered boats: slow, no-wake speed only. — [58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Electric and unpowered boats may be used with a gas engine attached, as long as it is not run. — [58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- The limit counts electric motors too. A boat with a bigger motor may still launch, but that motor may not be used. — [58 Pa. Code §107.1](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter107/s107.1.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- The limit applies to electric motors too: no electric motor above 60 hp or its kilowatt equivalent (about 44.7 kW, our conversion). — [58 Pa. Code §107.2(1)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter107/s107.2.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Personal watercraft use internal-combustion engines, which may not run on Commission lakes, so PWCs can't be used here. — [58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1) with §53.8(a)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter109/s109.3.html) — verified 2026-10-04

## Ramps

- Lily Lake: 41.13832, -76.08359

## Sources

- [§ 111.40. Luzerne County.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.40.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))
- [§ 53.8. Boats.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))
- [§ 107.1. Horsepower restrictions.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter107/s107.1.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))
- [§ 107.2. Electric motors.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter107/s107.2.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))
- [§ 109.3. Personal watercraft.](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter109/s109.3.html) (changes effective through 56 Pa.B. 5370 (August 8, 2026))

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