Kettle Creek State Park occupies one thousand seven hundred ninety-three acres in a remote mountain valley of north-central Pennsylvania, largely surrounded by Sproul State Forest. Its defining feature is Kettle Creek Reservoir, created by Alvin R. Bush Dam, a flood-control project built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1961 as part of the West Branch Susquehanna River basin system. The park is known for boating, fishing, and trails for hiking, skiing, horseback riding, and mountain biking, with some facilities dating to Civilian Conservation Corps work during the Great Depression. Elk, bald eagles, and game species also make it an important wildlife and outdoor recreation area.