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Bald Eagle State Park is a 5,900-acre (2,388 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Howard, Liberty, and Marion townships in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park includes the Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir , formed by damming Bald Eagle Creek and other smaller streams and covering 1,730 acres (700 ha).
Bald Eagle State Forest. / 40.88778°N 77.65611°W / 40.88778; -77.65611. Bald Eagle State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #7. The main office is located in Laurelton in Union County, Pennsylvania. The forest is found in Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Snyder, and Union Counties.
Now a National Park Service site, it was established in 1893 as the first state park in Pennsylvania. Voneida State Forest Park: Centre County: unknown: Hairy Johns State Forest Picnic Area: Now part of Bald Eagle State Forest (Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry), it was established 1922 and named for "Hairy John" Voneida
Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area is a 500 acre (202 ha) National Natural Landmark within Bald Eagle State Forest in Spring Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania in the United States. [4] It is named for two Pennsylvania politicians from Snyder County: Simon Snyder and Ner Alexander Middleswarth.
Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir is a reservoir located near the borough of Howard, Pennsylvania. [1] The lake is formed due to the damming of Bald Eagle Creek, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, as well as other smaller creeks. [2] The dam was created in 1971 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers [3] to prevent flooding and ...
Reeds Gap State Park. Reeds Gap State Park is a 220 acres (89 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Armagh Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is largely a wilderness area with large white pine and hemlock trees. Honey Creek flows through the park, providing a habitat for trout. Reeds Gap State Park is 7 miles (11 km ...
Poe Valley State Park. Poe Valley State Park is a 620-acre (251 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Penn Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is surrounded by Bald Eagle State Forest. Poe Paddy State Park is 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east. The forests of the park surround the 25-acre (10 ha) Poe Lake.
The lake is located in Poe Valley State Park which, in turn, is surrounded by 198,000 acre Bald Eagle State Forest. The lake itself was named for the Big Poe Creek which feeds the reservoir. Access to the reservoir and the reservoir's dam were both constructed by the CCC in the mid to late 1930s, specifically with the dam being completed in 1937.