{{short description|State park in Pennsylvania, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = McCalls Dam State Park | image = White Deer Creek.jpg | image_caption = | image_alt = Creek | image_size = 280 | location = [[Centre County, Pennsylvania]], United States | coordinates = {{coord|41.01755|-77.17958|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = <ref name="mdsp"/> | area = {{convert|7.5|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name="forrey"/> | elevation = {{convert|1388|ft}} | established = 1933 | administrator = [[Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]] | free_label = Named for | free_data = Johnny McCall | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | website = {{Official website}} | module = {{Infobox protected area | map = USA Pennsylvania#USA | label = McCalls Dam State Park | label_position = | map_caption = Location in Pennsylvania | relief = 1 | module = [[List of Pennsylvania state parks|Pennsylvania State Parks]] }} }} '''McCalls Dam State Park''' is a [[List of Pennsylvania state parks|Pennsylvania state park]] on {{convert|8|acre}} in [[Miles Township, Pennsylvania|Miles Township]], [[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre County]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the United States. The park is in the easternmost area of the eastern tip of Centre County, south of [[Clinton County, Pennsylvania|Clinton County]] and north of [[Union County, Pennsylvania|Union County]]. McCalls Dam State Park is in a remote location on a gravel road between [[R. B. Winter State Park]] on [[Pennsylvania Route 192]] and Eastville on [[Pennsylvania Route 880]]. The park can only be accessed in the winter months by [[snowmobile|snowmobiling]] or [[cross-country skiing]].<ref name="mdsp">{{cite web |url=https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/where-to-go/state-parks/find-a-park/mccalls-dam-state-park#accordion-ad9503c572-item-2b8d283096 |title=McCalls Dam State Park |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>
McCalls Dam State Park has a small camping area and a small picnic area with a few tables and charcoal grills. There are no modern restroom facilities at the park and visitors are asked to carry out all trash as there is no trash pick up at the park.<ref name="mdsp"/>
The park is named for the [[splash dam]] which Johnny McCall built on [[White Deer Creek]] in 1850. He used the waters that flowed from the dam to power a [[sawmill]]. Sixteen years later the dam was rebuilt to provide water for a series of splash dams that were used to float [[Eastern white pine|white pine]] logs to the sawmills on the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] at [[Watsontown, Pennsylvania|Watsontown]]. The park's facilities were originally constructed by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] in the 1933. The mill and dam are long since gone, but they are remembered along with Johnny McCall in the name of McCalls Dam State Park.<ref name="mdsp"/>
==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="forrey">{{cite web |url=http://paconservationheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2015-history-of-state-parks-forrey.pdf |title=History of Pennsylvania’s State Parks 1984 to 2015 |first=William C. |last=Forrey |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |page=73 |date=2017 |access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{commons category|McCalls Dam State Park}} {{portal|Pennsylvania}} *[https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/where-to-go/state-parks/find-a-park/mccalls-dam-state-park#accordion-ad9503c572-item-2b8d283096 McCalls Dam State Park] Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources * {{cite web|url= http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ucmprd2/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_003115.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121115054253/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ucmprd2/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_003115.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 15, 2012 |title=McCalls Dam State Park official map }} {{small|(123.6 KB)}}
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[[Category:State parks of Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Parks in Centre County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Protected areas of Centre County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1933]] [[Category:1933 establishments in Pennsylvania]]