Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moraine State Park Dam West end of the lake | Dam / hazard | 40.96301, -80.12304 | The dam that impounds Lake Arthur and the head of Muddy Creek below it. An unnamed OSM weir 100 m west is the same structure and is not shipped twice. |
| 2 | Butterfly Trail launch North shore by the dam - unnamed in OSM | Access / boat ramp | 40.96747, -80.12389 | The northernmost ramp at the dam end of the lake. OSM carries the slipway with no name and a zoom-17 reverse geocode returns only the Butterfly Trail beside it, so the trail is used rather than a name no source carries. |
| 3 | Five Points Organized Group Tenting Area Moraine State Park - DCNR, reservation only | Campsite | 40.97042, -80.11241 | One of the park's two rustic group tenting areas. DCNR lists restrooms, picnic tables, cooking grills and water, and no showers. Ordinary camping is prohibited in the park. |
| 4 | Lakeview Beach North Shore - Moraine State Park | Park / conservation area | 40.96150, -80.11156 | DCNR's 656-foot sand beach on the north shore, about five miles in from PA 422, with a concession, showers and changing rooms. Open Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day; pets are not permitted. |
| 5 | Watts Bay Marina North Shore - dry mooring for sailboats | Access / boat ramp | 40.96186, -80.09890 | DCNR's dry-mooring marina for sailboats and catamarans, and the home of the Moraine Sailing Club. Two unnamed OSM slipways within 150 m are its ramps and are folded in rather than shipped as separate dots. |
| 6 | Davis Hollow Marina North Shore - DCNR marina, fuel and mooring | Access / boat ramp | 40.95999, -80.06928 | Motorboat fuel, a boat sanitary dump station and seasonal mooring. The marina office issues launch permits and park information April 15 to October 30. An unnamed slipway 220 m west on North Shore Drive is its own ramp. |
| 7 | PA 528 bridge launch North side of the PA 528 crossing | Access / boat ramp | 40.95199, -80.04056 | DCNR names a 528 Bridge Boat Launch and this is the ramp on the north side of that crossing, 200 m north-east of the mapped PA 528 bridge. OSM carries three unnamed slipway nodes within 20 m here; they are one launch. |
| 8 | Mt Zion Baptist Church Road launch Unnamed in OSM - named from its road | Access / boat ramp | 40.94722, -80.04010 | The ramp on the south side of the PA 528 arm, about 500 m below the bridge. No agency page read this run names a launch here, so the road a reverse geocode returned is used instead. |
| 9 | Barkley Road launch Head of the lake - named from its road | Access / boat ramp | 40.96916, -80.02279 | The easternmost ramp on the sheet, at the shallow upper end of the lake in Brady Township. OSM carries the slipway unnamed. |
| 10 | Duck Pond Dam Above the head of the lake | Dam / hazard | 40.97277, -80.00969 | A small dam at the extreme east end, above the open water. A structure with moving water rather than a place to put a boat in. |
| 11 | Park Road Boat Launch South Shore - Moraine State Park | Access / boat ramp | 40.92367, -80.06910 | DCNR names a Park Road Boat Launch on its accessible-facilities list and a zoom-17 reverse geocode here returns Park Road, so the agency name is used. The OSM slipway itself is unnamed. |
| 12 | Muskrat Cove Organized Group Tenting Area Moraine State Park - DCNR, reservation only | Campsite | 40.92866, -80.07088 | The south-shore rustic group tenting area, on the cove OSM names Muskrat Cove 190 m north. Restrooms, picnic tables, grills and water, no showers. Ordinary camping is prohibited in the park. |
| 13 | Crescent Bay Boat Rental Appalachian Outdoor School concession | Outfitter / canoe rental | 40.94658, -80.09134 | Pontoon boats, motorboats, kayaks and canoes, plus motorboat fuel and fishing bait. DCNR's boating page names the concessionaire Appalachian Outdoor School; its accessibility page calls the facility here Crescent Bay Boat Rental. |
| 14 | Sunken Garden Trail launch South shore - unnamed in OSM | Access / boat ramp | 40.94059, -80.09115 | A ramp on the south shore below Crescent Bay. OSM carries no name and a zoom-17 reverse geocode returns only the Sunken Garden Trail beside it, so the trail is used rather than an invented name. |
| 15 | Bear Run Boat Launch South Shore - Moraine State Park | Access / boat ramp | 40.94880, -80.10778 | DCNR names a Bear Run Boat Launch with a stabilized shoreline, and a zoom-17 reverse geocode here returns Bear Run Drive, so the agency name is used. Two unnamed OSM slipway nodes 10 m apart are shipped as one. |
| 16 | Bear Run Campground Private campground, 0.6 km off the south-west shore | Campsite | 40.92804, -80.12326 | Camping is prohibited inside Moraine State Park, so the nearest camping is private. This is the closest to the water of several private campgrounds around the lake. |
| 17 | Porters Cove launch South-west corner - unnamed in OSM | Access / boat ramp | 40.93928, -80.12659 | The ramp at the south-west corner of the lake, reached from the Porters Cove equestrian trail road. OSM carries the slipway with no name. |
| 18 | USGS 03106280 - Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park United States Geological Survey | USGS gauge | 40.96256, -80.12117 | The gauge on the roster for this water. USGS files it as a lake site rather than a stream site, so it reports lake level at the dam end rather than a discharge. |
Gauge: USGS 03106280 — Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park, PA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye
Regulations: www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Moraine State Park: several ramps on both the north and south shores.
Watts Bay and Bear Run: launches on the north shore.
Pleasant Valley and Barber Point: south shore ramps and day use.
Extensive bank access and shoreline trails throughout the park.
Upper arms near Muddy Creek: the shallowest and weediest water.
Boat rentals and a marina operate in season.
Note: slow-speed and horsepower rules apply over nearly all of the lake.
Winter: ice fishing for panfish and pike when conditions allow.
Spring: bass and crappie in the shallows, and the first muskie movement.
Summer: weed-edge fishing for muskie and bass, and excellent bluegill on the beds.
Fall: the classic muskellunge season and the quietest weeks on the water.