The area directly around Haystack was seeing too much use and needed a break; hence the ban on camping IMHO. You can camp further upstream or downstream . For hikes, you could follow the Loyalsock Trail from the parking lot at 220 downstream however far you want to walk. Lots of Link trails (red X) that connect back to the LT too. Or if you want to travel a little bit of history, hike the old railroad bed that the LT follows above and below Haystacks. The LT drops back down to the Loyalsock, but the cut in the rock should make it obvious where the yrain went. It should eventually wind back to 220 at some point. I snowshoed about half the railroad grade mileage one winter.
