Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Stackhouse Park, Johnstown

A wedding at Stackhouse Park in Johnstown is a woodland affair. The park covers more than 250 acres of trails and trees on the Westmont side of the city, and for wedding photos and video that means green shade, a stream and long paths where the two of you can walk ahead of your photographer and videographer. The park doesn't publish a weddings page, so call before you plan a wedding ceremony here and ask what it allows.

What you can reserve are three pavilions, each rented by the day. The Fireplace Pavilion sits along the stream on Elk Run Trail, a short walk from the park's permanent restroom, with electricity as an add-on and parking for up to 10 cars. Tioga Pavilion is along Tioga Path, about a quarter mile walk on a flat path with no parking beside it, and the Spangler Pavilion is across from the police station on Luzerne Street, next to a play area. Neither of those two has electricity. The park is open all year from dawn to dusk.

Plan your wedding day around the woods. Cars aren't allowed on the park roads without written permission (the park can give it for bringing equipment to a pavilion), and the posted rules don't allow amplified music, so a gathering here would be quiet and close, which suits a small group. For your wedding video, talk with your videographer about small microphones for the vows, since the stream and the breeze are part of the sound. Signs and ropes can't be tied to the trees either, so keep decorations on the pavilion itself.

• Call the park to ask about a ceremony before you send invitations.
• Request your pavilion early and ask about car access for setup.
• Walk the trails with your photographer to choose spots for pictures.

A little about Stackhouse Park

Powell Stackhouse Park is named for a president of Cambria Steel Company. A work crew finished its job at the park in 1936, and after about 50 years of neglect a group of local people formed a nonprofit in 1986 that restored the park and still looks after it.