Pennsylvania / Loyalhanna Lake /
Bush Recreational Area
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Loyalhanna Lake · near Loyalhanna Township · Pennsylvania
Open per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status's data, checked May 21, 2026. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Fee
- Fee charged
- Motors
- No horsepower limit
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Managed by
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Website
- corpslakes.erdc.dren.mil
- Coordinates
- 40.43820, -79.43730
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at the Loyalhanna Creek Lake, PA gauge · USGS, 1.5 mi away on Loyalhanna Lake
- Lake level at Loyalhanna Lake · USACE
Lake level
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 909.5 ft (USACE, Top of Conservation).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Loyalhanna Lake), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
Lake level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Loyalhanna Creek Lake, PA, 1.5 mi from this launch on Loyalhanna Lake: lake level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On Loyalhanna Lake
Reservoir in Pennsylvania. All launches on Loyalhanna Lake.
Nearby launches
- Tailwater · 1.5 mi · Loyalhanna Creek
- Mannitto · 1.6 mi · Loyalhanna Creek
- Christopher's Road · 1.7 mi · Loyalhanna Creek
- Alexandria Launch · 3.0 mi · Loyalhanna Creek
- Inflow Cartop · 3.1 mi · Loyalhanna Creek
- Saltsburg Boro · 3.3 mi · Conemaugh River
Sources
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access record {10932399-A4EB-4F7B-B0F8-94A3FF720000} · PFBC terms: credit PFBC, describe modifications, no implied PFBC approval (ArcGIS item 13d48d0bec7640e289a7a399ff951b04)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status open or closed status · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Management Program)
Why it is listed as public: listed by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.