125 state parks and historic sites in Pennsylvania
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- Allegheny Islands State ParkThree wooded alluvial islands in the middle of the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh, reachable only by…
- Archbald Pothole State ParkBuilt around a glacial pothole 38 feet deep and 42 feet wide, scoured out of the bedrock some 15,000 years…
- Bald Eagle State ParkA 1,730-acre lake laps the flank of Bald Eagle Mountain here, ringed by forest, field and wetland in the…
- Beltzville State ParkPohopoco Creek, a strong trout stream, feeds the 949-acre lake at the southern edge of the Poconos. The sand…
- Bendigo State ParkA small valley park in Elk County where about twenty acres are developed and half of that is shaded picnic…
- Benjamin Rush State ParkThe only state park inside Philadelphia's city limits, in the far northeast. Open meadow and one of the…
- Big Elk Creek State ParkFormer farmland and woodlot in southern Chester County, now a wildlife corridor sheltering an array of…
- Big Pocono State ParkRugged ground on the summit and slopes of Camelback Mountain, where the view reaches across eastern…
- Big Spring State ParkA quaint picnic and hiking spot tucked into the side of Conococheague Mountain and kept up by Tuscarora State…
- Black Moshannon State ParkForest and wetland around a dark, tannin-stained lake — the bog is the reason to come, boardwalked and full…
- Blue Knob State ParkYear-round woodland at the northwestern tip of Bedford County, high enough that the air runs several degrees…
- Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation AreaOne of the newer additions to the system, straddling Blue Mountain outside Harrisburg and named for the big…
- Buchanan's Birthplace State ParkA narrow, peaceful hollow in the gap of Tuscarora Mountain, marking where James Buchanan was born in a log…
- Bucktail State Park Natural AreaNot a park you park in so much as one you drive: 75 miles of PA 120 through a narrow valley from Emporium to…
- Caledonia State ParkNestled in South Mountain at the northern end of the Blue Ridge, with 84,000 acres of state forest and three…
- Canoe Creek State ParkA 155-acre lake, wetlands, old fields and mature woods make critical habitat here for migrating birds and one…
- Chapman State ParkA 68-acre lake on the West Branch of Tionesta Creek, surrounded by the Allegheny National Forest and state…
- Cherry Springs State ParkOne of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, ringed by 262,000 acres of Susquehannock State Forest and…
- Clear Creek State ParkA scenic stretch of the Clear Creek Valley running down to the Clarion River, with rustic CCC-built cabins…
- Codorus State ParkLake Marburg has 26 miles of shoreline in the rolling hills of southern York County and is popular with…
- Colonel Denning State ParkSet in Doubling Gap, named for the S-turn where Blue Mountain folds back on itself. A 3.5-acre lake with a…
- Colton Point State ParkThe west rim of Pine Creek Gorge — the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon — with CCC-built stonework from the 1930s…
- Cook Forest State ParkThe Forest Cathedral of towering white pine and hemlock here is a National Natural Landmark and some of the…
- Cowans Gap State ParkA 42-acre lake in the Allens Valley of Fulton County, hemmed in by state forest on every side. Rustic cabins…
- Delaware Canal State ParkThe only continuously intact towpath canal left from the great canal-building era of the early 1800s, running…
- Denton Hill State ParkDeep in the northern Pennsylvania snow belt, off US 6, with groomed downhill slopes and rental cabins. Built…
- Elk Country Vis. CenterThe best place in the northeastern United States to see wild elk, with viewing blinds, trails and…
- Elk State ParkA 1,160-acre lake in the rugged mountains of northern Pennsylvania, big enough for unlimited-horsepower…
- Erie Bluffs State ParkThe largest undeveloped stretch of Lake Erie shoreline left in Pennsylvania, a mile of it beneath 90-foot…
- Evansburg State ParkA substantial piece of green space and relative quiet in built-up Montgomery County, where Skippack Creek has…
- Fort Washington State ParkNamed for the fort Washington's troops threw up in the autumn of 1777 before wintering at Valley Forge, and…
- Fowlers Hollow State ParkA narrow valley cut by Fowler Hollow Run on the edge of Tuscarora State Forest, where several multi-use…
- Frances Slocum State ParkA 165-acre horseshoe of lake is the centre of this Luzerne County park ten miles from Wilkes-Barre. Boating…
- French Creek State ParkThe largest block of contiguous forest between Washington and New York, on ground that once fed the colonial…
- Gifford Pinchot State ParkReverting farm fields and wooded hillsides around the 340-acre Pinchot Lake, named for the forester who…
- Gouldsboro State ParkA 250-acre lake in the northeastern Poconos, shared between Monroe and Wayne counties and left deliberately…
- Greenwood Furnace State ParkA restored 19th-century iron-making village on the western edge of the Seven Mountains, with the furnace…
- Hickory Run State ParkNearly 16,000 acres in the western foothills of the Poconos, with over 40 miles of trail, three natural areas…
- Hillman State ParkManaged for hunting by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, with the hiking trails open to everyone else. Big…
- Hills Creek State ParkOsprey and loons work the lake here in Tioga County, which holds a good spread of warm-water fish. Camping…
- Hyner Run State ParkA cosy valley carved by Hyner Run out of steep surrounding mountains, entirely enclosed by Sproul State…
- Hyner View State ParkOne of the finest overlooks in the state park system, high above a bend of the West Branch Susquehanna, and a…
- Jacobsburg Environmental Education CenterAn education centre on 1,168 acres in Northampton County, running programmes from pre-school to college as…
- Jennings Environmental Education CenterBuilt around a relict prairie — an ecosystem rare in Pennsylvania — where the blazing star blooms in late…
- Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation AreaA block of nearly unbroken hardwood forest straddling Peters Mountain, given to the state by the forester it…
- Kettle Creek State ParkA valley of wilderness and mountain in western Clinton County, where a flood-control project left behind a…
- Keystone State ParkCamping, modern cabins, trails and a lake all within walking distance of each other, close enough to…
- Kings Gap Environmental Education CenterAstride South Mountain with a panoramic view over the Cumberland Valley, and sixteen miles of interconnected…
- Kinzua Bridge State ParkThe Kinzua Viaduct once carried trains 300 feet above the valley until a tornado took most of it down in…
- Kooser State ParkA trout stream runs the full length of this small park in the heart of the Laurel Highlands, at 2,600 feet…
- Lackawanna State ParkThe 198-acre Lackawanna Lake sits at the centre, ringed by picnic areas and multi-use trails winding through…
- Laurel Hill State ParkMountainous Somerset County ground around a 63-acre lake, surrounded by thousands of acres of state park and…
- Laurel Mountain State ParkHigh on Laurel Ridge near 3,000 feet, with a family downhill ski area and long views over the Ligonier…
- Laurel Ridge State ParkA long ribbon of park running from the Youghiogheny at Ohiopyle to the Conemaugh Gorge near Johnstown, across…
- Laurel Summit State ParkA small picnic area at 2,739 feet, several degrees cooler than the towns below, with tables, a pavilion…
- Lehigh Gorge State ParkA deep, steep-walled gorge with rock outcrops and waterfalls, following the Lehigh River from the Francis E…
- Leonard Harrison State ParkThe east rim of Pine Creek Gorge, with the most famous views of the canyon and a visitor centre to explain…
- Linn Run State ParkMixed hardwood and evergreen on varied ground in the Laurel Highlands, with rustic cabins for rent…
- Little Buffalo State ParkShoaff's Mill still stands beside the creek here, along with a covered bridge and a narrow-gauge railroad bed…
- Little Pine State ParkA 94-acre lake in a mountain section of Tiadaghton State Forest, deep in the PA Wilds. The campground and the…
- Locust Lake State ParkA 52-acre lake set between two campgrounds on the side of Locust Mountain, in forest thick enough to screen…
- Lyman Run State ParkA 45-acre lake in a mixed northern hardwood forest of maple and cherry, in the remote uplands of Potter…
- Marsh Creek State ParkThe 535-acre Marsh Creek Lake in the rolling hills of northcentral Chester County, good for sailing and…
- Maurice K. Goddard State ParkLake Wilhelm covers 1,860 acres in Mercer County and is very popular with anglers, with wetlands, old fields…
- McCalls Dam State ParkA small, remote picnic area where White Deer Creek is the loudest thing present, surrounded entirely by Bald…
- McConnells Mill State ParkThe Slippery Rock Creek Gorge was cut when glacial lakes drained thousands of years ago, and its floor is…
- Memorial Lake State ParkA quiet lake at the base of Blue Mountain, entirely surrounded by Fort Indiantown Gap. Electric-motor…
- Milton State ParkAn island in the West Branch Susquehanna between Milton and West Milton. The northern half has the day-use…
- Mont Alto State ParkThe oldest park still in the system, small and quiet, with an unusual pavilion at its centre. Trout fishing…
- Moraine State ParkContinental glaciers and then heavy mineral extraction shaped this ground, and neither is obvious now under…
- Mount Pisgah State ParkIn the Endless Mountains of the Northern Tier, along Mill Creek at the foot of Mt. Pisgah, with Stephen…
- Nescopeck State ParkWetlands and rich forest between Mount Yeager and Nescopeck Mountain, with Nescopeck Creek meandering through…
- Neshaminy State ParkWhere Neshaminy Creek meets the Delaware in lower Bucks County, with tidal marsh along the river edge. The…
- Nockamixon State ParkLake Nockamixon runs seven miles through the rolling hills of Bucks County, fed by Tohickon Creek and two…
- Nolde Forest Environmental Education CenterDeciduous woodland and planted conifers over 665 acres outside Reading, laid out as an arboretum by a hosiery…
- Norristown Farm ParkA working farm in continuous use since colonial times, still growing crops on 690 acres inside suburban…
- Ohiopyle State ParkThe Youghiogheny River drops through 20,500 acres of the Laurel Highlands here, and the whitewater is among…
- Oil Creek State ParkThe world's first commercial oil well was drilled in this valley, and the park tells that story through…
- Ole Bull State ParkNamed for the Norwegian violinist who tried to found a colony here in 1852, in the Kettle Creek valley the…
- Parker Dam State ParkOld-fashioned charm in Clearfield County: a scenic lake, CCC-built rustic cabins and a quiet campground, with…
- Patterson State ParkTwo rustic picnic pavilions in a genuinely remote corner of Potter County, and a trailhead for the…
- Penn-Roosevelt State ParkA small park in the Stone Creek Kettle, an isolated pocket of the Seven Mountains surrounded by 80,000 acres…
- Pine Grove Furnace State ParkTwo lakes, an iron furnace stack and the Appalachian Trail's traditional halfway point, where thru-hikers…
- Poe Paddy State ParkAt the confluence of Big Poe and Penns creeks, which is a trout angler's paradise during the green drake…
- Poe Valley State ParkA 25-acre lake in a rugged mountain valley, wrapped in the 198,000-acre Bald Eagle State Forest. Cosy is the…
- Point State ParkAt the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at the tip of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, marking the…
- Presque Isle State ParkA sandy peninsula arching into Lake Erie — Pennsylvania's only seashore, with eleven guarded beaches along…
- Prince Gallitzin State ParkGlendale Lake sprawls across 1,635 acres with 26 miles of shoreline, cradled by the forested hills of the…
- Promised Land State ParkOn the Pocono Plateau at 1,800 feet, ringed by 12,464 acres of Delaware State Forest and its natural areas…
- Prompton State ParkA 290-acre lake operated by the Army Corps of Engineers, with boat launching and picnicking from the park…
- Prouty Place State ParkFive acres along Long Toe Road, well off PA 44 and about as remote as the system gets. It exists mainly as a…
- Pymatuning State ParkOne of the largest parks in the Commonwealth, on the largest lake in it — 17,088 acres of water shared with…
- Raccoon Creek State ParkBegun as a National Park Service demonstration area in the 1930s and now one of the largest parks in the…
- Ralph Stover State ParkTohickon Creek runs through a compact, scenic picnic ground in Bucks County. The High Rocks section a little…
- Ravensburg State ParkA cosy, steep-walled gorge carved by Rauchtown Run through Nippenose Mountain, with northern hardwoods on the…
- Raymond B. Winter State ParkA shallow basin inside Bald Eagle State Forest, ringed by rocky ridges of oak and pine, with a small lake and…
- Reeds Gap State ParkWilderness in the New Lancaster Valley of Mifflin County, where large hemlocks and white pines shade Honey…
- Ricketts Glen State ParkThe Falls Trail passes 22 named waterfalls in a few miles, the tallest of them Ganoga Falls at 94 feet…
- Ridley Creek State ParkGently rolling woodland and meadow bisected by Ridley Creek, sixteen miles from centre-city Philadelphia. A…
- Ryerson Station State ParkIn the far southwestern corner of the state near the West Virginia line, built around Ronald J. Duke Lake. A…
- Salt Springs State ParkTowering old-growth hemlocks, some estimated at over 300 years, and a rocky gorge cut by Fall Brook with…
- Samuel S. Lewis State ParkMt. Pisgah rises 885 feet here between the Kreutz Creek and East Prospect valleys, and the mowed slopes below…
- Sand Bridge State ParkThree rustic picnic pavilions against the side of Seven Notch Mountain, right beside PA 192, with Rapid Run…
- Shawnee State ParkA 451-acre lake is the focus of this Ridge and Valley park ten miles west of Bedford, with modern facilities…
- Shikellamy State ParkTwo sections: an overlook on a bluff above the confluence of the West and North branches of the Susquehanna…
- Simon B. Elliott State ParkAn entirely wooded park in the heart of Moshannon State Forest, with swamp meadows among second-growth…
- Sinnemahoning State ParkOn the First Fork of Sinnemahoning Creek, surrounded by Elk State Forest, with deep valleys and long views…
- Sizerville State ParkAlmost entirely surrounded by Elk State Forest and close to the largest blocks of public land in…
- Susquehanna Riverlands State ParkMore than a thousand acres in York County where Codorus Creek meets the Susquehanna, with rock outcrop vistas…
- Susquehanna State ParkA 20-acre riverfront strip in the city of Williamsport, run in cooperation with the local chamber of…
- Susquehannock State ParkA wooded plateau overlooking the Susquehanna in southern Lancaster County, where bald eagles work the river…
- Swatara State ParkRolling fields and woodland in the Swatara Valley between Second and Blue mountains, with Swatara Creek…
- Tobyhanna State ParkA 170-acre lake in the northeastern Poconos, its name from an American Indian word for a stream fringed with…
- Trough Creek State ParkA scenic gorge where Great Trough Creek cuts through Terrace Mountain into Raystown Lake. Rugged trails lead…
- Tuscarora State ParkLocust Mountain drops almost straight into the southern shore of Tuscarora Lake, which makes the day-use area…
- Tyler State ParkFarm and woodland in Bucks County with the roads, trails and buildings fitted carefully into the original…
- Upper Pine Bottom State ParkA five-acre roadside rest along PA 44 with picnic tables beside a small run. Most people stop here to reach…
- Varden Conservation AreaThe gift of a local veterinarian, protecting a pristine stretch of Wayne County in an area now feeling…
- Vosburg Neck State ParkA bend of the Susquehanna five miles west of Tunkhannock, with 1700s and 1800s buildings, an old canal bed…
- Warriors Path State ParkNamed for the route the Iroquois used in their raids south, on a bend of the Raystown Branch of the Juniata…
- Washington Crossing Historic ParkThe site of Washington's crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night in 1776, preserved with the buildings…
- Whipple Dam State ParkA small lake between Rothrock State Forest ridges, ideal for a swim, a picnic or an hour of birdwatching…
- White Clay Creek PreserveThe White Clay Creek Valley forms the core of this preserve in southern Chester County, three miles north of…
- Worlds End State ParkA narrow S-shaped valley of the Loyalsock Creek just south of Forksville, with rock-walled sides that give…
- Yellow Creek State ParkBuilt along the Kittanning Path, one of the first highways in the state, used by the Delaware and Shawnee…
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