Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Raccoon Creek State Park, Hookstown

A wedding at Raccoon Creek State Park feels like a walk in the woods. The Beaver County park near Hookstown covers more than 7,500 acres around the 101-acre Raccoon Lake, with oak and hickory forest, pine plantations and open meadows, so your wedding photos and video have green layers of trees in every direction. Your photographer and videographer will find the setting changes a lot with the season, from spring wildflowers to autumn color.

Pennsylvania state parks typically allow wedding ceremonies, but every wedding needs approval from the park office first, so start with a call to the Raccoon Creek office about where you'd like to stand and how many guests you expect. For the gathering afterward, the state lists the park's Recreation Hall, which holds 100 people and is accessible, as a space couples can use. Rentals cost extra, and most parks charge a small fee to process the paperwork.

The park's Wildflower Reserve has more than 700 kinds of plants along 4.5 miles of trails. It's a protected place with its own rules: no picking plants, hiking only, and no pets on the trails, so ask the park before planning any wedding pictures there. Guests shouldn't throw rice or birdseed or release doves, but with written permission they may blow bubbles. Tell the park office about your commercial photographer, and talk with your videographer about wind and birdsong for ceremony sound on your wedding day.

• Get approval from the park office before you send invitations.
• Ask about renting the Recreation Hall for your reception.
• Walk the grounds with your photographer and ask the park about its photo and video guidelines.

A little about Raccoon Creek State Park

Raccoon Creek began in the 1930s as a Recreational Demonstration Area run by the National Park Service, and its group camps date from the Civilian Conservation Corps era.