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Mountain Spring Lake

Jackson, Pennsylvania — Monroe County.

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76Surface acres
1.0 miShoreline trails

Surface area: The USGS National Hydrography Dataset outline (NHD Permanent ID 26158054).

Location & fast facts

Where Mountain Spring Lake is in Pennsylvania

The red circle marks Mountain Spring Lake.

Fast facts

About Mountain Spring Lake

  • County: Monroe
  • Town: Jackson
  • Mapped as: Lake or pond (USGS National Hydrography Dataset)
  • Distance: about 95 mi from Harrisburg and 246 mi from Pittsburgh, straight-line (not driving distance)

Towns and counties: U.S. Census Bureau boundaries overlaid on the USGS lake outline.

Fishing in Pennsylvania

Official PFBC pages. Rules and fees change; check before you go.

Good for & watch for

Good for

  • Walking. 1.0 mi of trail near the shore (trails)
  • Camping. 29 campgrounds within 15 mi (list)

Watch for

  • Cold water. Water stays cold well into late spring and turns cold again in fall. Wear a life jacket when paddling in the shoulder seasons.

Built only from the data on this page: official access lists, OpenStreetMap beaches and trails, campground listings, state and USGS invasive-species records. We don't rate crowds or water quality.

Lake map

Mountain Spring Lake shoreline

¼ mileN

No public access sites are listed for this water in the PFBC fishing and boating access points data.

Shoreline trail

Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 26158054), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: PFBC fishing and boating access points. Dashed trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.

Shoreline trails

1.0 miTrail within 100 m of shore
About 65%Of the shoreline
NoLoops the whole lake
South and west shoresWhere

OpenStreetMap shows about 1.0 mi of public hiking and walking trail within about 100 m (330 ft) of the Mountain Spring Lake shoreline, mostly along the south and west shores. They follow about 65% of the shore, so you can walk most of the way around but not a full loop.

Trails along the shore

The dashed brown line on the lake map shows these trails. We include paths, footways and marked trails that OpenStreetMap doesn't mark as private, and leave out roads, sidewalks and snowmobile corridors. Mapped trails can still cross private land or close for the season, and not every trail is mapped, so follow posted signs.

Trails: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map data as of Oct 9, 2026. Trail lengths count only the parts within about 100 m of the USGS NHD lake outline.

Campgrounds near Mountain Spring Lake

We found 29 campgrounds and RV parks within 15 miles of Mountain Spring Lake, 6 of them within 5 miles. Distances are straight-line from the nearest point on the shoreline, so driving distance is longer.

14 more within 15 miles

All campgrounds & RV parks in Pennsylvania

Green tent icons on the lake map mark campgrounds near the shore, and the interactive map shows the closest 12. Amenities are listed only where a source records them; call or check the campground's website before you go, since seasons and rates change every year.

Campground data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Pulled Oct 12, 2026.

Conditions right now

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Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (41.0130, -75.3567). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Mountain Spring Lake. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.

Sun, moon & best fishing times

Sun & moon at Mountain Spring Lake

Best fishing times

Major periodMinor periodDaylight

    Based on solunar theory, an estimate. Major periods (about 2 hours) center on when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot; minor periods (about 1 hour) center on moonrise and moonset. The 0–100 activity score rises during those periods and gets a boost near sunrise and sunset and around the new and full moon. Weather, water temperature and pressure often matter more. Sun and moon times are calculated in your browser from the lake's coordinates with standard astronomy formulas, shown in ET (America/New_York), and accurate to within a few minutes.

    Contact & official info

    Questions about Mountain Spring Lake

    How big is Mountain Spring Lake?

    Mountain Spring Lake covers about 76 acres in Jackson, Pennsylvania (Monroe County).

    Are there campgrounds near Mountain Spring Lake?

    Yes. We list 29 campgrounds and RV parks within 15 miles, 6 of them within 5 miles.

    What towns are on Mountain Spring Lake?

    Mountain Spring Lake touches Jackson in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

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