Little Buffalo State Park

Accessibility

Little Buffalo State Park offers a range of accessibility accommodations to ensure all visitors can enjoy its natural beauty and recreational opportunities. 

Accessible Facilities and Features

Accessible Camping Sites

Main Loop - Site 42

Main Loop - Site 42 is a modern 50-amp electric hookup site with a paved back-in driveway suitable for vehicles up to 40 feet long. Domestic pets are allowed.

Reserve Camping Site 42

Main Loop - Site 43

Main Loop - Site 43 is a modern 50-amp electric hookup site with a paved back-in driveway suitable for vehicles up to 40 feet long. Domestic pets are allowed.

Reserve Camping Site 43

Accessible Lodging

Unique House - Lodge

The Lodge at Little Buffalo can accommodate up to 12 people.

Reserve the Lodge

Accessible Picnic Tables

The West Day Use Area, also known as the Swimming Pool Picnic Area, has ADA accessible picnic tables.

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There is an ADA kayak launch located at the Wahneta Launch.

An accessible fishing pier is located at the eastern boat launch (Shoaffs Mill Area/East Day-Use).

Blue Ball Trail

0.25 miles  |  Easiest hiking  |  Out-and-back trail  |  No blazes

Recreations permitted: hiking
Trailhead amenities: modern restrooms, potable water, benches

This ADA-accessible, paved path connects the historic Blue Ball Tavern to the Covered Bridge Trail and East Day Use Area. Follow the trail over a bridge, along the stream, and through a patch old ash trees that are beloved by the park’s woodpeckers.

This park offers accessible hunting options. Visitors holding a DCNR Mobility Device Permit can contact the park office for more information about accessible hunting locations within the park.

DCNR permits visitors with a DCNR Mobility Device Permit to use powered mobility devices on designated state park and forest lands, including administrative roads and trails not normally open to standard motorized vehicles.

Visitors interested in a DCNR Mobility Device Permit can fill out an application and submit it at any state park or forest office.

 A large, ADA accessible swimming pool is located in the Swimming Pool Area along Holman Lake.

The pool has two, zero entry areas and a maximum depth of five feet. It also has a sprayground.

The daily hours are 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The pool opens for the Memorial Day weekend, then weekends only until the second weekend in June when it begins seven days-a-week operation until mid-August. It is then open on weekends through Labor Day.

fee is charged for pool use. Only cash is accepted at the pool. Swimmers arriving after 4:00 P.M. receive a discount. Season passes are available at the park office.

The pool is very popular and reaches capacity on holidays and many weekends. Mid-week swimming is often less crowded.

An ADA playground is located near the swimming pool.