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Only 32 openings in the last 90 days: not enough recent activity for a reliable pattern. A free Campsite Sniper alert watches around the clock instead, and pings you the moment one opens.
Of the 108 tracked reservation dates (Apr 8 – May 4, 2027): 108 open for online reservation.
Of the open reservation dates on mapped day-use units, 60 fall on weekdays and 48 on weekends (Fri–Sun).
April holds the most room. 92 of 92 reservation dates are still open there.
| Window | Date | Units open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Day | FRI May 28 | 0 | None open |
| SAT May 29 | 0 | None open | |
| SUN May 30 | 0 | None open | |
| MON May 31 | 0 | None open |
Memorial Day: no online availability on any tracked date.
| Shelter | Open reservation dates |
|---|---|
| Rolling Meadows Shelter | 27 |
| Skyline Shelter | 27 |
| Spruce Cove Shelter | 27 |
| Trails End Shelter | 27 |
The 4 shelters with the most open reservation dates in the current snapshot. Pair a bookable date with a free alert to cover everything else.
Campsite Sniper's data for this facility starts Apr 8, 2027. That is about 156 days after the current snapshot was taken, so dates before Apr 8, 2027 are not covered by what Campsite Sniper tracks here — they are not known to be unavailable. The reservation dates shown on this page describe Apr 8, 2027 onwards only. Check Recreation.gov for earlier dates.
| Shelter | Open reservation dates | Consecutive dates | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Meadows Shelter | 27 | 27 dates | Apr 8, 2027, Apr 9, 2027, Apr 10, 2027, Apr 11, 2027, Apr 12, 2027, Apr 13, 2027, Apr 14, 2027, Apr 15, 2027, Apr 16, 2027, Apr 17, 2027, Apr 18, 2027, Apr 19, 2027 +15 more |
| Skyline Shelter | 27 | 27 dates | Apr 8, 2027, Apr 9, 2027, Apr 10, 2027, Apr 11, 2027, Apr 12, 2027, Apr 13, 2027, Apr 14, 2027, Apr 15, 2027, Apr 16, 2027, Apr 17, 2027, Apr 18, 2027, Apr 19, 2027 +15 more |
| Spruce Cove Shelter | 27 | 27 dates | Apr 8, 2027, Apr 9, 2027, Apr 10, 2027, Apr 11, 2027, Apr 12, 2027, Apr 13, 2027, Apr 14, 2027, Apr 15, 2027, Apr 16, 2027, Apr 17, 2027, Apr 18, 2027, Apr 19, 2027 +15 more |
| Trails End Shelter | 27 | 27 dates | Apr 8, 2027, Apr 9, 2027, Apr 10, 2027, Apr 11, 2027, Apr 12, 2027, Apr 13, 2027, Apr 14, 2027, Apr 15, 2027, Apr 16, 2027, Apr 17, 2027, Apr 18, 2027, Apr 19, 2027 +15 more |
Situated within the suburban Shenango Valley, Shenango Lake provides an attractive setting where visitors can spend the day picnicking, camping, fishing, boating, or enjoying nature's beauty at one of the lake's many recreation areas. The Mahaney Rec Area Day Use is located off of Kelly Road in Hermitage, PA, adjacent to the Shenango Dam, and provides four covered group picnic shelters (Trails End, Spruce Cove, Skyline and Rolling Meadows Shelters) with electric as well as a disc golf course and access to the lake to go boating and fishing.
Come explore and enjoy the outdoors! The lake provides a variety of recreational opportunities, including, but not limited to, picnicking, camping, fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, viewing wildlife and hunting. Picnickers can rent, for a fee, one of our seven picnic pavilions located within four different recreation areas. Boating is a popular activity where areas are provided on the lake for unlimited horsepower operation, as well as restricted horsepower and minimum wake operation. Many fishing enthusiasts are attracted to the waters of Shenango for the crappie, bass, walleye, catfish and muskellunge that inhabit the river, lake and tailwaters. Campers visiting the lake will enjoy spacious facilities at our 330-site campground.
The Mahaney Rec Area Day Use offers four group picnic shelters (Trails End, Spruce Cove, Skyline and Rolling Meadows Shelters) that can each accommodate between 42-56 people, depending upon the use of 6-8 people per table. Electric is available at the shelters with a paid reservation only, grills are available on site, and flush toilets and drinking water are provided at the restrooms adjacent to the shelters (seasonal). A children's playground is located next to the Spruce Cove shelter, and the interpretive Seth Myers hiking trail is located near the Trails End shelter. Swing sets and a large soccer field are located on site near Skyline and Rolling Meadows Shelters. This area boasts an 18-hole disc golf course. The Mahaney Outflow Rec Area is just a short distance away featuring the Shenango Dam and Outflow, a concrete gravity dam as well as great fishing at the outflow and river.
Shenango Lake stretches 11 miles up its namesake river, covering over 11,000 acres. The shore is lined with a northern hardwood forest of shady and colorful trees such as black cherry, beech, maple, and hemlock. Deer, turkey and other small game animals are plentiful, with excellent opportunities to observe osprey and eagles in the area.
The Shenango Water Trail provides 7.5 miles of scenic river corridor for paddlers, with three access points between Kidds Mill Park and Big Bend. Life jackets must be worn on all canoes and kayaks. The historic Kidds Mill Covered Bridge features the unique "Smith-Truss" design from the 1800s. Remnants of the Erie Extension Canal can be found nearby in Sharpsville below the Shenango Dam. The Shenango and Mahaney Recreations Areas feature restoration chestnut tree orchards that are managed through a partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation for research and education, with the goal of developing blight resistant American chestnut trees.
Take Exit 4B off of I-80 and follow Route 18 north for approximately 5 miles. Make a left at the stoplight onto Lamor Road (the intersection with Dollar General and D'Onofrio's Food Center at the corners). Stay straight on that road for 2 miles; Lamor Road will eventually turn into South Walnut Street. Make a right onto East High Street. Continue on this road where you will cross a one-lane steel bridge. Just up the hill from that, you will come to a "y" in the road. Stay straight at this intersection and this will bring you to the Mahaney Rec Area. Veer to the left upon entering the area and the Trails End & Spruce Cove picnic shelters and parking lots will be about a mile down on the right. After passing those shelters, you will come to a stop sign. At this stop sign, make a left and follow that road to the "Upper" Mahaney Rec Area where you will find the Skyline & Rolling Meadows picnic shelters. Each shelter is labeled. If you would have gone straight at that stop sign, that will bring you down to the boat launch and lake.
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Reservations for Shenango Lake Mahaney Spruce Cove Trails End Rolling Meadows Skyline Picnic Shelters are made through Recreation.gov. The current snapshot shows substantial availability: 108 of 108 tracked reservation dates are open (100%), though availability can change. Campsite Sniper has also detected 32 site openings here in the last 90 days, so further dates may appear. Pick the shelter on the map to see its reservation calendar, or set a free Campsite Sniper alert. You complete the reservation yourself on Recreation.gov.
No. Campsite Sniper sends alerts and direct Recreation.gov links. It never books, pays for, holds, hoards, or resells reservations.
Campsite Sniper re-checks public Recreation.gov availability for this facility every hour and republishes whenever anything changes. This facility's data last changed at Nov 3, 2026 00:18 UTC; an older timestamp means nothing has changed since that time, not that checking stopped. Always confirm final availability on Recreation.gov when you book.
Campsite Sniper detected 32 site-date openings here over the last 90 days, none in the last 7. A free alert watches around the clock and pings you the moment one appears.
April 2027, with 92 open reservation dates in the current snapshot of 92.
Campsite Sniper cannot answer that from the current snapshot. The availability data held for Shenango Lake Mahaney Spruce Cove Trails End Rolling Meadows Skyline Picnic Shelters begins Apr 8, 2027 — about 156 days after this snapshot was taken, so any earlier dates are outside what Campsite Sniper is tracking here rather than known to be unavailable. Check Recreation.gov for dates before Apr 8, 2027.
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