Juniata College Raystown Field Station

The Raystown Field Station is located on Raystown Lake in Central Pennsylvania, USA. It was established by Juniata College and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1974 to provide special opportunities for environmental research and education. Facilities at the Raystown Field Station consist of the Lakeside Center campus which houses our residential academic semesters and Grove Farm which serves both overnight and day uses. All facilities are available for rental to the public when not occupied by Juniata programs. The 365-acre reserve lies in the Valley and Ridge province of central Pennsylvania and offers visitors access to the various aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of this unique region.

Year Founded: 1974

Year Joined OBFS: 2023

Size of Field Station (hectares): 101-500

FSML Web Address: https://www.juniata.edu/offices/field-station/index.php

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: No

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: Juniata College

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other: USACE

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: Yes

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 21-50

Conference space: 51-100

Food service or catering available?: Yes

ADA accessibility: Yes

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: No

Classes Offered: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Onsite public programs

Hiking trails: Yes

Access to public transportation: No

Distance to emergency services: 21-40 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: Yes

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated: 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: Other

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users: No

MSI/HBCU users: No

Community College users: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: Yes

Year round staff: 1-2

Seasonal staff: 3-5

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 21-50

Distance to emergency services: 21-40 minutes

Library: No

Hiking trails: Yes

Internship employment: Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes: Temperate Forest

Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Maximum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats: Yes

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: Yes

Wet Lab space: No

Research vessels available: Yes

GIS capacity on site: Yes

Long term data sets: Yes

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan: No

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: Yes

Date Joined OBFS: April 12, 2024

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Juniata College Raystown Field Station

Additional Information

Visiting a FS/ML

Environmental Information

Research

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