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List of Pennsylvania state forest natural areas - Wikipedia

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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States includes 58 natural areas in its State Forest system.^[1] They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

The Commonwealth describes a natural area as a location with "scenic, historic, geologic or ecological significance, which will remain in an undisturbed state, with development and maintenance being limited to that required for health and safety. Natural areas are set aside to provide locations for scientific observation of natural systems, to protect examples of typical and unique plant and animal communities, and to protect outstanding examples of natural interest and beauty."^[2] Many such areas are only accessible on foot, and several do not have any maintained hiking trails.^[1]

This list does not include additional natural areas that are protected within the Pennsylvania State Park system.

Natural area name	State forest	County	Area	Date founded	Remarks
Alan Seeger Natural Area	Rothrock	Huntingdon	390 acres (158 ha)	1921	Named after the poet who died during World War I. Includes old growth forest remnants.^[3]^[4]
Algerine Swamp Natural Area	Tiadaghton	Lycoming, Tioga	84 acres (34 ha)		Includes a glacial bog.^[5]^[6]
Anders Run Natural Area	Cornplanter	Warren	96 acres (39 ha)	1987	Includes a stone house built in 1841.^[7]^[8]
Bark Cabin Natural Area	Tiadaghton	Lycoming	7 acres (3 ha)		Traversed by the Mid State Trail; features old growth hemlocks.^[6]^[9]
Bear Meadows Natural Area	Rothrock	Centre	890 acres (360 ha)	1965	Also a National Natural Landmark.^[3]^[10]
Bear Run Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Centre	32 acres (13 ha)		^[11]^[12]
Beartown Woods Natural Area	Michaux	Franklin	27 acres (11 ha)		Accessible via the Appalachian Trail.^[13]^[14]
Big Flat Laurel Natural Area	Rothrock	Centre, Huntingdon	184 acres (74 ha)		^[3]^[15]
Black Ash Swamp Natural Area	Tioga	Tioga	308 acres (125 ha)		^[16]^[17]
Bruce Lake Natural Area	Delaware	Pike	2,845 acres (1,151 ha)		Includes both a natural glacial lake and a man-made lake.^[18]^[19]
Buckhorn Natural Area	Delaware	Pike	535 acres (217 ha)		Also a designated Reptile and Amphibian Protection Area.^[18]^[20]
Carbaugh Run Natural Area	Michaux	Adams	780 acres (316 ha)		Also a designated Reptile and Amphibian Protection Area, and founded to protect Native American archeological sites.^[13]^[21]
Charles F. Lewis Natural Area	Gallitzin	Indiana	384 acres (155 ha)		Named after an area journalist and conservationist.^[22]^[23]
Cranberry Swamp Natural Area	Sproul	Clinton	144 acres (58 ha)		Encompasses a boreal swamp.^[24]^[25]
David R. Johnson Natural Area	William Penn	Bucks	56 acres (23 ha)		Named for its former landowner.^[26]^[27]
Detweiler Run Natural Area	Rothrock	Huntingdon	463 acres (187 ha)		Also a designated Important Bird Area.^[3]^[28]
Devil's Elbow Natural Area	Loyalsock	Lycoming	404 acres (163 ha)		Protects a population of pitcher plants.^[29]^[30]
East Branch Swamp Natural Area	Sproul	Clinton	186 acres (75 ha)		^[24]^[31]
Forrest H. Dutlinger Natural Area	Susquehannock	Clinton	1,521 acres (616 ha)		Named after an early Commonwealth forester; includes old growth forest remnants.^[32]^[33]
Frank E. Masland Natural Area	Tuscarora	Perry	1,270 acres (514 ha)		Also a designated Reptile and Amphibian Protection Area.^[34]^[35]
Halfway Run Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Union	407 acres (165 ha)		^[11]^[36]
Hemlocks Natural Area	Tuscarora	Perry	120 acres (49 ha)		^[34]^[37]
The Hook Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Union	5,119 acres (2,072 ha)		Encompasses an entire regional watershed.^[11]^[38]
Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area	Tuscarora	Perry	10 acres (4 ha)	1967	Features a rare box huckleberry colony believed to be more than 1,300 years old.^[34]^[39]
Jakey Hollow Natural Area	Weiser	Columbia	59 acres (24 ha)	1990	^[40]^[41]
Johnson Run Natural Area	Elk	Cameron	216 acres (87 ha)		^[42]^[43]
Joyce Kilmer Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Union	77 acres (31 ha)	1921	Named after the poet and naturalist.^[11]^[44]
Kettle Creek Gorge Natural Area	Loyalsock	Sullivan	774 acres (313 ha)	1970	Traversed by the Loyalsock Trail.^[29]^[45]
Lebo Red Pine Natural Area	Tiadaghton	Lycoming	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	Delaware	Pike	182 acres (74 ha)		Encompasses a boreal swamp.^[18]^[48]
Little Tinicum Island Natural Area	William Penn	Delaware	80 acres (32 ha)		An island in the Delaware River.^[26]^[49]
Lower Jerry Run Natural Area	Elk	Cameron	892 acres (361 ha)		^[42]^[50]
Marion Brooks Natural Area	Moshannon	Elk	975 acres (395 ha)		Named after an area conservationist. Includes one of the largest known stands of white birch trees in the eastern United States.^[51]^[52]
Meeting of the Pines Natural Area	Michaux	Franklin	611 acres (247 ha)	1974	Adjacent to the Penn State Mont Alto campus.^[13]^[53]
Miller Run Natural Area	Tiadaghton	Lycoming	4,992 acres (2,020 ha)		^[6]^[54]
M.K. Goddard/Wykoff Run Natural Area	Elk	Cameron	1,215 acres (492 ha)	1965	Features industrial ruins from nuclear research in the 1950s-60s. Partially renamed in the 2010s as a tribute to Maurice K. Goddard.^[42]^[55]
Mount Cydonia Ponds Natural Area	Michaux	Franklin	183 acres (74 ha)		Encompasses about 60 vernal ponds.^[13]^[56]
Mount Davis Natural Area	Forbes	Somerset	581 acres (235 ha)		Includes the highest point in Pennsylvania.^[57]^[58]
Mount Logan Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Clinton	512 acres (207 ha)		Also a designated Reptile and Amphibian Protection Area.^[11]^[59]
Pennel Run Natural Area	Delaware	Pike	936 acres (379 ha)		^[18]^[60]
Pine Creek Gorge Natural Area	Tioga	Tioga	12,163 acres (4,922 ha)	1968	Also a National Natural Landmark; largest of the State Forest Natural Areas. Traversed by the West Rim Trail and Pine Creek Rail Trail.^[16]^[61]
Pine Lake Natural Area	Delaware	Pike	67 acres (27 ha)		^[18]^[62]
Pine Ridge Natural Area	Buchanan	Bedford	568 acres (230 ha)	1970	Features reclaimed farms and resettlement lands.^[63]^[64]
Pine Tree Trail Natural Area	Elk	Elk	276 acres (112 ha)		Named after an interpretative trail featuring educational exhibits.^[42]^[65]
Reynolds Spring Natural Area	Tioga	Lycoming, Tioga	1,302 acres (527 ha)		^[16]^[66]
Roaring Run Natural Area	Forbes	Westmoreland	3,582 acres (1,450 ha)	1975	^[57]^[67]
Rocky Ridge Natural Area	Rothrock	Huntingdon	150 acres (61 ha)		^[3]^[68]
Rosencrans Bog Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Clinton	152 acres (62 ha)		^[11]^[69]
Ruth Zimmerman Natural Area	William Penn	Berks	33 acres (13 ha)		Named after its former landowner; consists of two tracts.^[26]^[70]
Sheets Island Archipelago Natural Area	Weiser	Dauphin	70 acres (28 ha)		A series of islands in the Susquehanna River.^[40]^[71]
Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Snyder	500 acres (202 ha)	1921	Includes old growth forest that was scheduled to be logged in 1902.^[11]^[72]
Spruce Swamp Natural Area	Pinchot	Lackawanna	87 acres (35 ha)		Includes a glacial bog.^[73]^[74]
Stillwater Natural Area	Delaware	Pike	1,931 acres (781 ha)		Traversed by the Thunder Swamp Trail. Originated as a sanctuary for Civil War deserters.^[18]^[75]
Sweet Root Natural Area	Buchanan	Bedford	1,400 acres (567 ha)	1921	Includes old-growth hemlocks demonstrating woolly adelgid damage.^[63]^[76]
Tall Timbers Natural Area	Bald Eagle	Snyder	660 acres (267 ha)		^[11]^[77]
Tamarack Run Natural Area	Loyalsock	Sullivan	234 acres (95 ha)		^[29]^[78]
Tamarack Swamp Natural Area	Sproul	Clinton	267 acres (108 ha)	1998	Includes a boreal bog.^[24]^[79]
Torbert Island Natural Area	Tiadaghton	Lycoming	18 acres (7 ha)		A large island and smaller nearby islands in Pine Creek.^[6]^[80]

References

^ ^a ^b Fergus, Charles (2002). Natural Pennsylvania: Exploring the State Forest Natural Areas. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
^ "Guidelines and Definitions for Natural Areas & Wild Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. June 2016. p. 1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Rothrock State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 63-67
^ Fergus, p. 143-146
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tiadaghton State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ "Cornplanter State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 199-202
^ Fergus, p. 147-148
^ Fergus, p. 67-72
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Bald Eagle State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 93
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Michaux State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 27
^ Fergus, p. 72-76
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tioga State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 187-189
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Delaware State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 122-125
^ Fergus, p. 126-128
^ Fergus, p. 28-31
^ "Gallitzin State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 89-92
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sproul State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 159-161
^ ^a ^b ^c "William Penn State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 15-16
^ Fergus, p. 76-79
^ ^a ^b ^c "Loyalsock State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 149-151
^ Fergus, p. 161-163
^ "Susquehannock State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 183-186
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tuscarora State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 50-52
^ Fergus, p. 94-97
^ Fergus, p. 53-55
^ Fergus, p. 97-101
^ Fergus, p. 47-50
^ ^a ^b "Weiser State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 136-138
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Elk State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 172-173
^ Fergus, p. 101-103
^ Fergus, p. 140-142
^ Fergus, p. 152-154
^ Fergus, p. 79-83
^ Fergus, p. 129
^ Fergus, p. 16-20
^ Fergus, p. 174-178
^ "Moshannon State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 117-120
^ Fergus, p. 31-34
^ Fergus, p. 154-157
^ Fergus, p. 181-183
^ Fergus, p. 35-39
^ ^a ^b "Forbes State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 55-58
^ Fergus, p. 103-107
^ Fergus, p.130-131
^ Fergus, p. 189-193
^ Fergus, p. 131-133
^ ^a ^b "Buchanan State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 40-43
^ Fergus, p. 178-180
^ Fergus, p. 194-199
^ Fergus, p. 58-62
^ Fergus, p. 84-88
^ Fergus, p. 107-109
^ Fergus, p. 20-23
^ Fergus, p. 23-26
^ Fergus, p. 109-114
^ "Pinchot State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Fergus, p. 120-122
^ Fergus, p. 133-136
^ Fergus, p. 43-47
^ Fergus, p. 114-116
^ Fergus, p. 138-140
^ Fergus, p. 164-167
^ Fergus, p. 157-159

Protected areas of Pennsylvania

Federal

NPS National Historical Parks & National Historic Sites	Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS Edgar Allan Poe NHS Eisenhower NHS First State NHP Friendship Hill NHS Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church NHS Hopewell Furnace NHS Independence NHP Steamtown NHS Valley Forge NHP
National Memorials	Benjamin Franklin Flight 93 Johnstown Flood Thaddeus Kosciuszko
National Battlefields and National Military Parks	Fort Necessity NB Gettysburg NMP
National Trails	Appalachian Trail
National Forests	Allegheny
USFS National Historic Sites	Grey Towers
National Wildlife Refuges	Cherry Valley Erie John Heinz Ohio River Islands
Wilderness areas	Allegheny Islands Hickory Creek
Other protected areas	Allegheny National Recreation Area Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Lackawanna Heritage Valley National and State Heritage Area Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River Middle Delaware National Scenic River Susquehanna National Heritage Area Tionesta Scenic Area Tionesta Wild Area Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

State

Natural Areas	Alan Seeger Algerine Swamp Anders Run Bark Cabin Bear Meadows Bear Run Beartown Woods Big Flat Laurel Black Ash Swamp Bruce Lake Buckhorn Carbaugh Run Charles F. Lewis Cranberry Swamp David R. Johnson Detweiler Run Devil’s Elbow East Branch Swamp Forrest H. Dutlinger Frank E. Masland Halfway Run Hemlocks The Hook Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Jakey Hollow Johnson Run Joyce Kilmer Kettle Creek Gorge Lebo Red Pine Little Juniata Little Mud Pond Swamp Little Tinicum Island Lower Jerry Run Marion Brooks M.K. Goddard/Wykoff Run Meeting of the Pines Miller Run Mt. Cydonia Ponds Mt. Davis Mt. Logan Pennel Run Pine Creek Gorge Pine Lake Pine Ridge Pine Tree Trail Reynolds Spring Roaring Run Rocky Ridge Rosencrans Bog Ruth Zimmerman Sheets Island Archipelago Snyder-Middleswarth Spruce Swamp Stillwater Sweet Root Tall Timbers Tamarack Run Tamarack Swamp Torbert Island
State Parks	Allegheny Islands Archbald Pothole Bald Eagle Beltzville Bendigo Benjamin Rush Big Elk Creek Big Pocono Big Spring Black Moshannon Blue Knob Boyd Big Tree Buchanan's Birthplace Bucktail Caledonia Canoe Creek Chapman Cherry Springs Clear Creek Codorus Colonel Denning Colton Point Cook Forest Cowans Gap Delaware Canal Denton Hill Elk Erie Bluffs Evansburg Fort Washington Fowlers Hollow Frances Slocum French Creek Gifford Pinchot Gouldsboro Greenwood Furnace Hickory Run Hillman Hills Creek Hyner Run Hyner View Jacobsburg Jennings Joseph E. Ibberson Kettle Creek Keystone Kings Gap Kinzua Bridge Kooser Lackawanna Laurel Hill Laurel Mountain Laurel Ridge Laurel Summit Lehigh Gorge Leonard Harrison Linn Run Little Buffalo Little Pine Locust Lake Lyman Run Marsh Creek Maurice K. Goddard McCalls Dam McConnells Mill Memorial Lake Milton Mont Alto Moraine Mt. Pisgah Nescopeck Neshaminy Nockamixon Nolde Forest Norristown Farm Ohiopyle Oil Creek Ole Bull Parker Dam Patterson Penn-Roosevelt Pine Grove Furnace Poe Paddy Poe Valley Point Presque Isle Prince Gallitzin Promised Land Prompton Prouty Place Pymatuning R. B. Winter Raccoon Creek Ralph Stover Ravensburg Reeds Gap Ricketts Glen Ridley Creek Ryerson Station Salt Springs Samuel S. Lewis Sand Bridge Shawnee Shikellamy Simon B. Elliott Sinnemahoning Sizerville Susquehanna Susquehanna Riverlands Susquehannock Swatara Tobyhanna Trough Creek Tuscarora Tyler Upper Pine Bottom Varden Vosburg Neck Warriors Path Washington Crossing Whipple Dam White Clay Creek Worlds End Yellow Creek
State Forests	Bald Eagle Buchanan Clear Creek Cornplanter Delaware Elk Forbes Gallitzin Loyalsock Michaux Moshannon Pinchot Rothrock Sproul Susquehannock Tiadaghton Tioga Tuscarora Weiser William Penn
Scenic Rivers	Bear Run French Creek Lehigh River LeTort Spring Run Lick Run Lower Brandywine Octoraro Creek Pine Creek Schuylkill River Stony Creek Tucquan Creek Tulpehocken Creek Yellow Breeches Creek
State Game Lands	12 13 14 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 179 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 335
Wild areas	Algerine Asaph Burns Run Clear Shade Hammersley James C. Nelson Kettle Creek Russell P. Letterman Martin Hill McIntyre Penns Creek Quebec Run Quehanna Russell P. Letterman Square Timber Stairway Thickhead Mountain Trough Creek Wolf Run
Other	Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Mohn Mill Ponds Wild Plant Sanctuary Stone Valley Recreation Area

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