This forest provides a wide variety of recreational pursuits including, boating, swimming and fishing at Laurel Lake with its beautiful, brick-lined lakeshore, camping, picnicking, hunting, horseback riding and winter sports. The woodlands are interlaced by 8 miles of forest roads, and numerous trails lead to points of scenic interest.

• Visit Erving Castle: Located on Hermit Mountain, off Route 2, west of the town center. It was once the home of John Smith, a well-liked actor from Scotland who lived there as a hermit. The "castle" is really a cave where the hermit lived for nearly 30 years until he died in 1900. A sign at the base of Hermit Mountain directs people to the site.