Raystown lake recommendations

[JohnB]

We are planning on heading to Rayon lake July 2-5th. Looking for recommendations on places to check out. Where are the best places on the lake to get to by boat and what's recommended on land also?

 

[steveinmd]

We are planning on heading to Rayon lake July 2-5th. Looking for recommendations on places to check out. Where are the best places on the lake to get to by boat and what's recommended on land also?

I am by no means an expert on Raystown but you need to go check out the views from the overlook. It's on the dam side. The hike wasn't terrible. We were going to do the thousand steps but somebody in our group was a party pooper.

We didn't take our boat but plan to this year. There isn't much on the water. There is a decent beach by the seven points marina.

Do you mtn bike? Some of the best trails on the east coast there.

Keep in mind that you have to drive to get to anything. It isn't all centrally located like deep creek.

Penns Cave was pretty neat. It's an hour ish north of raystown. It's a cavern that you tour by boat. They also have a wildlife sanctuary tour.

 

[Jtmains]

Hey @JohnB, I can say the same as @steveinmd, I am. I means an expert on Raystown but do have decent knowledge.

Truly there isn’t much around as far as dining, hotel, towns, etc. even in Huntington there is not much at all in the means of decent food. IMO all bar and cheap pizza.

They do have a Walmart and a Fairfield (which is clean). That is where we stay. We put in on AITCH RD LAUNCH. It’s free and no wake so easy to get in and out efficiently. I will say it does take time to get to main body bc of the no wake.

We are big on packing our own food and being prepared, but I think here we could’ve prepared even more due to the lack of amenities around.

It’s a lake that is kind of out on its own. Big, long, windy, lake that does have house boats to rent ($$$) and 2 large marinas. We love the fact that it looks untouched and you see eagles everywhere.

If you’re a family that loves to camp and grill, this lake is perfect. We are even talking about trying to camp on water this year. Still trying to figure how we’re going to do on the 19ftr ha.