6, 2019): Swimming at the Dry Brooks Day Use Area of Blue Marsh Lake was re-opened on Aug. The Swimming Area was restricted on Aug. 2, 2019 due to high bacteria levels. Water tests were conducted daily until the levels returned to a safe level for public use.
Dogs are allowed at Blue Marsh Lake. However, dogs are NOT ALLOWED in the swim beach and adjacent picnic areas, and boat beaches. Dogs must be on a leash at all times in developed areas but can be off leash on the multi-use hiking trails as long as they are under voice control.
Beginning on June 29, 2020, portions of the Blue Marsh Lake Stilling Basin and Multi-Use Trail will be closed to the public. This closure is related to the ongoing Western Berks Water Authority
Blue Marsh Lake has become an outdoor recreation hot spot, offering 36 miles of trails with 1,147 acres of water for boating and fishing, and 5000 acres of land containing hiking trails, picnic areas, and a beach and boat launches. The Visitor Center overlooks the tower and dam offering a spectacular view of the lake.
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Blue Marsh National Recreation Area is an artificial lake located northwest of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, USA and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District.
Underneath the watery expanse of Blue Marsh Lake was once fertile and flowering land, alive with farm life. The project, started in 1974 by the Army Corps of Engineers, would create a dam to protect surrounding areas from flooding, and provide a new water supply and recreation area for Berks County residents.
The lake supports a large and varied fish population including panfish, largemouth bass, common carp, bullhead catfish, channel catfish, alewife, white perch, muskellunge, and others.
