Hours of Operation
The Visitors Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday year round. From May through September, the center is also open weekends from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition, the center is open most Saturdays in October, November, March and April.
Hiking trails and picnic areas are open sunrise to sunset daily.
For questions about the preserve's facilities, call 570-437-3131 or send an e-mail to pplpreserves@pplweb.com.
Rules & Regulations
Because many people visit and enjoy Montour Preserve throughout the year, we ask your help in keeping the preserve a safe and beautiful natural and recreational area. For your safety and the protection of natural resources, we ask that you adhere to the following rules:
- Keep horses, bicycles, snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles on paved surfaces only.
- Do not swim in the lake, ponds or streams.
- Alcoholic beverages, narcotics and firearms are prohibited.
- Boating in the lake is closed from March 15 through April 30 (state law).
- Boating in Goose Cove refuge area is prohibited at all times (state law).
- Gasoline motors are not allowed (state law). Electric motors are permitted.
- Obtain a permit from the preserve office before entering the wildlife refuge.
- Park only in designated areas.
- Fish only in Lake Chillisquaque and not in the preserve ponds.
- Vacate picnic areas and hiking trails by sunset.
- Respect the natural resources by not collecting, hunting or trapping within the preserve.
- Have no open fires (except in charcoal grills or gas stoves).
- Keep radios or tape players at a level so as not to disturb other visitors.
- Do not camp within the preserve.