According to the Pennsylvania DCNR, Visitors using more remote and undeveloped areas of Tobyhanna State Park should be aware that they may encounter old, unexploded artillery shells.

[2] The western boundary of Tobyhanna State Park is formed by a rail line once owned by Jay Gould.

Gould, a native of New York, acquired an immense fortune during the Industrial Revolution, part of which included ownership of ten percent of all the rail tracks in the United States at the time of his death.

Raw hides were shipped from the western United States and Australia on the railroads owned by Gould to the village of Gouldsboro (just west of the park in Wayne County).

(Light plane traffic emanates from the Mount Pocono Municipal Airport, approximately 4-mile (6.4 km) to the south.

Other noise from park maintenance, constant restroom fans, vending machines, and residential neighbors affect the southern margin of the lake.

[6] A 1.2-acre (0.49 ha) ice skating area and a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) one-way snowmobile trail are designated during the winter.

Signs demarcate the regions of the park where hunting is permitted, and admonish visitors to wear orange to be seen.