The park opened in 1972, and was developed around the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project Beltzville Dam on Pohopoco Creek.

The village of Big Creek Valley was vacated in 1966 to make way for Beltzville Lake.

Beltzville State Park is 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Lehighton just off U.S. Route 209.

The common game species are ruffed grouse, squirrels, pheasant, waterfowl, white-tailed deer, and rabbits.

Saw Mill Trail starts just west of Beltzville Dam is a path through the history of the park.

Hikers will pass the remains of a gristmill, small ponds, an abandoned slate quarry and a wetland.

Boats with inboard engines with out-of-the-transom or straight stack type exhausts are prohibited.