Lakes at three Lackawanna County parks will open for the summer Saturday, June 22, the county announced today.
The county will open Aylesworth Lake, Archbald; Merli-Sarnoski Lake, Carbondale; and Covington Lake, Covington Twp., that day, while McDade Park, Scranton, is tentatively set to open Saturday, June 29. McDade’s pool is still undergoing repairs.
Use of the lakes is free, and lifeguards will be present. Swimming areas will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. through mid August.
For details, call the county’s Parks & Recreation Office at 570-963-6764.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
