US lakes & pondsUS lakes & pondsSurface area: The USGS National Hydrography Dataset outline (NHD Permanent ID 123853231).
The red circle marks Straight Run Lake.
Towns and counties: U.S. Census Bureau boundaries overlaid on the USGS lake outline.
Official PFBC pages. Rules and fees change; check before you go.
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.
Fish species listed by PFBC biologists as warmwater/coolwater fishing opportunities: Black crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth bass, Northern pike, Pumpkinseed, Rock bass, Yellow perch.
Source: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) warmwater/coolwater fisheries lakes and stocked trout waterbodies (via PASDA), record for Straight Run Lake (aka hemlock lake), Indiana County. See PFBC fishing for regulations and stocking schedules. Acreage here can differ slightly from our mapped outline.
No public access sites are listed for this water in the PFBC fishing and boating access points data.
Shoreline: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD Waterbody, Permanent ID 123853231), public domain. State outline: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb. Points: PFBC fishing and boating access points. Interactive map: Leaflet with © OpenStreetMap contributors. Not for navigation.
Live from the National Weather Service API for the lake's coordinates (40.8646, -78.8854). The nearest station may be several miles away. NWS forecast for Straight Run Lake. No live water-temperature sensor is shown because we haven't found a public one for this lake.
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.
Straight Run Lake covers about 53 acres in Banks, Pennsylvania (Indiana County).
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission lists Northern pike, Largemouth bass, Black crappie, Bluegill, Yellow perch, Pumpkinseed and Rock bass.
Straight Run Lake touches Banks in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
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