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Website. William Penn State Forest. William Penn State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #17. The main offices are located in Elverson in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States . The forest is named for William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. It was originally named "Valley Forge ...
State Forest Name County Area acres (ha) Founded Remarks Kittanning: Jefferson: 13,266 acres (5,369 ha) 1919: Summer 2007, renamed Clear Creek State Forest Valley Forge: Chester: 812 acres (329 ha) January 1935: August 2007, renamed William Penn State Forest Lackawanna: Lackawanna 44,743 acres (18,107 ha)
124 acres (50 ha) Encompasses an uncommon (for Pennsylvania) unplanted grove of red pines. [6] [46] Little Juniata Natural Area. Rothrock. Huntingdon. 624 acres (253 ha) [3] [47] Little Mud Pond Swamp Natural Area.
The monument at the William Penn Landing Site in Chester, Pennsylvania marks the spot of the first landing of William Penn on the territory of Pennsylvania, on October 28 or 29, 1682 ( O.S. ). Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, landed in the only town in the province, then known as Upland. The monument at the site was designed ...
Leonard Harrison State Park is a 585-acre (237 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is on the east rim of the Pine Creek Gorge, also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, which is 800 feet (240 m) deep and nearly 4,000 feet (1,200 m) across here. It also serves as headquarters for the ...
Rothrock State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #5. The main offices are located in Huntingdon in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in the United States . Rothrock State Forest is located in Centre, Huntingdon, and Mifflin Counties. State College, home of Penn State University is only a few miles ...
Weiser State Forest. List of Pennsylvania state forest natural areas. List of Pennsylvania state forest wild areas. Wyoming State Forest. Categories: Protected areas of Pennsylvania. State forests in the United States by state. State forests of the Appalachians. Forests of Pennsylvania.
One of the three tracts comprising William Penn State Forest, the 10-acre (4.0 ha) Cornwall fire tower site, is located in northern Penn Township near the Lebanon County border. The site, with its 1923 fire tower, was acquired by the state in January 1935.