Boating: electric motors only
The 170-acre Tobyhanna Lake has 60 overnight mooring spaces. These seasonal spaces require a mooring permit. The boat rental is open daily from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day, except in inclement weather. The concession has rowboats and canoes.

Motorboats must display a boat registration from any state. Non-powered boats must display one of the following: boat registration from any state; launching permit or mooring permit from Pennsylvania State Parks that are available at most state park offices; launch use permit from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. A boat concession rents rowboats, paddleboats, motorboats, canoes and kayaks.

Camping: rustic sites
A 140-site camping area is open from the second weekend in April to mid-December. Rustic toilets and hand operated water pumps are provided. A playground is provided for the children. Trailers and motor homes may use a convenient, sanitary dump station at the campground entrance.

Snowmobiling: Tobyhanna State Park provides a one-way snowmobile trail 5 � miles in length. Unheated restrooms, parking and unloading space are available in a nearby parking area. A small playfield nearby to this parking area may be used as a machine warm-up area. The trail begins in Lot 1.

Snowmobiles may be operated only on the designated, one-way trail. Snowmobiles may be operated on designated trails and roads from the day following the last deer season in December until April 1, weather permitting.

Ice Skating: A 1.2-acre area near Parking Area 3 is available for ice-skating as natural conditions permit. Unheated restrooms are provided.

Picnicking: Tobyhanna State Park provides four picnic areas with a total of 300 picnic tables. Three of the areas are wooded and one is in an open, grassy area. Picnicking is permitted throughout the year. A small playfield is near Parking Area 4. An accessible picnic pavilion may be reserved up to 11 months in advance for a fee. If unreserved the picnic pavilion is free on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fishing: The common fish in Tobyhanna and Gouldsboro lakes are bass, pickerel, yellow perch, catfish and sunfish. Tobyhanna Lake also has brook trout. Gouldsboro Lake also has muskellunge, walleye, crappie, sucker and fallfish. An accessible fishing pier is available at each park.

Hunting and Firearms: Most of Tobyhanna and Gouldsboro state parks are open to hunting, trapping and the training of dogs during established seasons. Common game species are white-tailed deer, black bear, snowshoe hare, squirrel and turkey. Furbearers include beaver, muskrat, mink, fox, coyote and raccoon. Hunting is also permitted in nearby State Game Lands 127 and 312.