Shenango Lake Clark Picnic Shelter

Situated within the suburban Shenango Valley, Shenango Lake provides an attractive setting where visitors can spend the day picnicking, fishing, boating, or enjoying nature's beauty at one of the lake's many recreation areas. The Clark Recreation Day Use Area is located just off Route 18 on Route 258 in Clark, PA, and provides one covered group picnic shelter — the Clark Shelter — with electric, as well as access to the lake for fishing and boating. The Clark Shelter accommodates between 36 and 48 people, depending on whether tables are used at 6 or 8 people each. Grills are on site, and flush toilets and drinking water are provided at the restroom attached to the shelter (seasonal). An accessible fishing pier, fish cleaning station and paved boat ramp, as well as plenty of open fields, are located at this recreation area, and overnight camping is available just one mile north at the Shenango Rec Area. The lake offers picnicking, fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, wildlife viewing and hunting, with areas provided for unlimited horsepower operation as well as restricted horsepower and minimum wake operation. Many fishing enthusiasts are attracted to the waters of Shenango for the crappie, bass, walleye, catfish and muskellunge that inhabit the river, lake and tailwaters. Shenango Lake stretches 11 miles up its namesake river, covering over 11,000 acres. The shore is lined with a northern hardwood forest of shady and colorful trees such as black cherry, beech, maple and hemlock; deer, turkey and other small game are plentiful, with excellent opportunities to observe osprey and eagles. The Shenango and Mahaney Recreation Areas feature restoration chestnut tree orchards managed through a partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation for research and education, with the goal of developing blight resistant American chestnut trees. RC's Marina, next to the Clark Recreation Area, offers boat rentals. The Shenango Water Trail provides 7.5 miles of scenic river corridor for paddlers with three access points between Kidds Mill Park and Big Bend — life jackets must be worn on all canoes and kayaks — the historic Kidds Mill Covered Bridge features the unique "Smith-Truss" design from the 1800s, and remnants of the Erie Extension Canal can be found nearby in Sharpsville below the Shenango Dam.