Yellow Creek State Park - IUP Sailing Base
Approximately 12 miles from campus at
Yellow Creek State Park, the IUP Sailing Base offers I-Card holders
opportunities for sailing, windsurfing and canoeing and nautical
crafts, during warmer weather.
Campus Recreation
Services also offers Picnic Pavilions, Sand Volleyball and Swimming
at the Sailing Base.
Campus Recreation has
made an agreement with Yellow Creek State Park officials to enable
IUP valid icard holders
to receive a 5% discount on boat rentals at the beautiful 720 acre
lake.
Click here for prices &
seasonal hours of operation
Yellow Creek State Park, with over 3,140
acres, is located in Indiana County along one of the first
"highways" in the state, the Kittanning Path. This trail was used by
the Delaware and Shawnee nations and by early settlers.
Directions:
 From
Indiana, PA take PA Route 422 and travel 12 miles east. From
Ebensburg, PA travel 18 miles west on Route 422 to PA Route 259
South. Follow Route 259 to park entrance. From Johnstown take PA
Route 56 West to Brush Valley then Route 259 North to the Park. From
Pittsburgh, take PA Route 22 East to PA Route 119 North to PA Route
422 East. Travel on Route 422 12 miles to PA Route 259 South. Turn
right to park entrance.
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