Hills Creek State Park
| Hills Creek State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
 A view of Hills Creek Lake from the main parking area near the park office.
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| Named for: Hills Creek | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Tioga |
| Township | Charleston |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 1,614 ft (491.9 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°48′48″N 77°10′00″W / 41.81333°N 77.16667°WCoordinates: 41°48′48″N 77°10′00″W / 41.81333°N 77.16667°W |
| Area | 407 acres (165 ha) |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Hills Creek State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Hills Creek State Park | |
Hills Creek State Park is a 407-acre (165 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Charleston Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Hills Creek Lake, a 137-acre (55 ha) man-made lake, is the focal point of the park. It is open for year-round recreation. Hills Creek State Park is in the Allegheny Plateau region of Pennsylvania, just north of U.S. Route 6 near the boroughs of Wellsboro and Mansfield.
Hills Creek State Park was opened for public use in 1953. The land had previously been used as a pigment mine for the paint industry. The park is named for Hills Creek which runs through it and is dammed to make Hills Creek Lake. Hills Creek gets its name from Captain William Hill, one of the first settlers in the area around 1820. In 2000 the park became part of the "Hills Creek State Park Complex", an administrative grouping of eight state parks in Potter and Tioga counties.
Hills Creek Lake is a 137-acre (55 ha) impoundment lake. An earthen dam was built by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania across Hills Creek in the early 1950s. The dam is 34 feet (10 m) high, and 422 feet (129 m) long.
Before the dam was built much of the area that is now under water was flooded by beaver dams. Beavers are still abundant in Hills Creek State Park.
Hills Creek Lake is classified as a warm water fishery. The waters are the home to many species of fish, including walleye, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegill, crappie, and muskellunge. The lake is one of the stops on the Bass Masters tour. Anglers on the tour have reeled in some largemouth bass that weighed in at over eight pounds.
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