Everything worth doing.Within 20 minutes.

Water-inspired food and vintage-cocktail twists right on the lake, with weekly live music and enough deck seating to make the wait worth it on a Saturday. The default pick when the group wants a view with dinner rather than a formal room.

Steaks, seafood, and Italian standards with a dining room, lounge, and outdoor deck all facing the water — the lake's steakhouse-formal answer to the more casual dock bars nearby. Book the deck for sunset if the weather's holding.

A Lakeville institution since 1958, with a ten-mile scenic view over the lake and Italian classics — linguine in clam sauce, house-made gnocchi, veal a la parmigiana. Banquet packages run up to 175 guests, so a wedding or reunion crowd may already be booked; call ahead on a summer weekend.

American-style tapas at the Ledges Hotel, overlooking a waterfall cascading through the Wallenpaupack Creek gorge rather than the lake itself — hummus, Pennsylvania pierogis, and a shareable cheese board, with an all-American wine and beer list. Multi-level outdoor patio with live music in season.

A Welwood Avenue taproom that won three gold medals at the 2022 World Beer Awards — a real destination brewery, not just a local pour. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday; the kitchen runs alongside the beer list for a full dinner rather than a drinks-only stop.

The only public beach on the lake, on Lake Wallenpaupack Road — lifeguards, a snack bar, volleyball courts, and picnic tables and grills that rent for $10 a day. Open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, 11 to 5, weather permitting.

A flat, three-mile packed-gravel out-and-back over the dike near Route 507, passing the Visitors Center and Palmyra Township Public Beach — open shoreline views, bald eagles and osprey, wheelchair-accessible on the Tafton Dike section. No dogs or bikes permitted, unusual for a lake trail this size.

The lake's only free public launch, run by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission off Route 590 near Wilsonville — parking for about 48 trailers. Four fee-based Brookfield-owned launches (Caffrey, Ironwood Point, Ledgedale, Wilsonville) cover the rest of the shoreline; camper fees are waived at those.

A full-service marina on Route 507 in Greentown (formerly Pine Crest Marina) — pontoons, deck boats, speedboats, fishing boats, kayaks, and runabouts by the half-day, full-day, or multi-day, plus boat sales and slip rentals May through October.

A private zoo built from one trail and 18 species in 1974, now five trails and over 120 species on Ledgedale Road — hand-feed parrots and giraffes, a petting zoo, a dino-dig pit, and a daily Animal Ambassador show. Open mid-April through late October only.