---
title: "Long Pond boating rules"
url: https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/long-pond-wayne-county/
verified: 2026-10-04
checked: 2026-11-01
verdict: "Check official text"
---

# Long Pond boating rules

Sources differ on motor rules for Long Pond. Read the official texts and the posted signs before launching with a motor. Sources: 58 Pa. Code §111.64(b)(1); PFBC Long Pond page; 58 Pa. Code §53.8(a). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.

## Rules

- Chapter 111 says gas (internal-combustion) motors are allowed. — [58 Pa. Code §111.64(b)(1)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.64.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Towed watersports only 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on weekends and holidays, and 10 a.m.–sunset on other weekdays. (10 a.m. until 5 p.m. (weekends and holidays); 10 a.m. until sunset (weekdays other than holidays)) — [58 Pa. Code §111.64(b)(2)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.64.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- 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 §111.64(b)(3)](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter111/s111.64.html) — verified 2026-10-04
- Slow, no-wake from sunset until sunrise. (from sunset until sunrise) — [58 Pa. Code §111.64(b)(4)](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: electric motors or unpowered boats only; electric boats at slow, no-wake. — [PFBC lake page: Boating](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/about-us/pfbc-lakes/long-pond) — 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
- 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

- Lake Alden - Long Pond: 41.66939, -75.34198

## Sources

- [§ 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))
- [Long Pond](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/about-us/pfbc-lakes/long-pond)
- [§ 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))
- [§ 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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