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s in the U.S. state of
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. The Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks, a division of the
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(DCNR), is the governing body for all these parks, and directly operates 116 of them. The remaining eight are operated in cooperation with other public and private organizations. The first Pennsylvania state park, at
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, opened in 1893 and was given to the
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(NPS) for America's
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in 1976. There are a total of seventeen former Pennsylvania state parks: four former parks have been transferred to the NPS, four to the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission, two to the
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, one to both the Corps and the
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, five to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, and one has ceased to exist. Nine current and two former state parks have had major name changes or have been known under alternate names. The list gives an overview of Pennsylvania state parks and a brief history of their development since the first park opened in 1893. State parks range in size from to , with nearly one percent (0.96%) of Pennsylvania's land as state park land. According to Dan Cupper (1993), "Pennsylvania is the thirty-third largest state, but only
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and
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have more park land". ''Note: URL is to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection reprint of article''


Overview

There are state parks in 62 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, which nearly reaches Pennsylvania's goal of having a state park within 25 miles (40 km) of every resident in the Commonwealth. Eleven of the 124 parks do not have "State Park" in their name. Three are "
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": Boyd Big Tree Preserve, Joseph E. Ibberson, and Varden; four are "Environmental Education Centers": Jacobsburg, Jennings, Kings Gap (also a "Training Center") and Nolde Forest; White Clay Creek is a "Preserve"; Norristown is a "Farm Park"; and Big Spring is a "State Forest Picnic Area". ''Note: this list of all 121 parks is the default reference for current individual Pennsylvania state parks.'' Seven parks are undeveloped with no facilities: Allegheny Islands,
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, Bucktail, Erie Bluffs, Prompton, Swatara, and Varden; the last four of these are in the process of being developed. Five state parks are small picnic areas: Laurel Summit, Patterson, Prouty Place, Sand Bridge, and Upper Pine Bottom. Five state parks have major
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dams and/or lakes:
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, Beltzville, Elk, Kettle Creek, and Sinnemahoning. Three former parks now belong, at least partly, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Seven parks preserve the industrial past: Canoe Creek is the site of a former
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, and
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, French Creek, Greenwood Furnace, Kings Gap, Mont Alto, and Pine Grove Furnace (plus one former park) are all former
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sites. Eight current parks and one former park contain at least part of eight different National Natural Landmarks. According to the DCNR, the 124 state parks in Pennsylvania are on more than with some 606 full-time and more than 1,600 part-time employees serving approximately 36 million visitors each year. Admission to all Pennsylvania state parks is free, although there are fees charged for use of cabins, marinas, etc. Pennsylvania's 124 state parks offer "over 7,000 family campsites, 286 cabins, nearly 30,000 picnic tables, 56 major recreational lakes, 10 marinas, 61 beaches for swimming, 17 swimming pools" and over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of trails. Image:PresqueIsleStatePark.JPG, Image:Worlds End State Park Far View.jpg, Image:PittSkyline082904.jpg, Image:Jonathan's Run Falls.jpg, Image:PresqueIsleStatePark.JPG, Image:Worlds End State Park Far View.jpg, Image:PittSkyline082904.jpg, Image:Jonathan's Run Falls.jpg,


History

Pennsylvania's first state park was Valley Forge State Park, purchased by the Commonwealth on May 30, 1893 to preserve
Valley Forge Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. In September 1777, Congress fled Philadelphia to escape the ...
. It was transferred to the
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(NPS) on the
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, July 4, 1976. Many state parks still preserve history: as of 2012, forty-two Pennsylvania state park sites are on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
, including two
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( Delaware Canal and Point), twenty-eight
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sites in nineteen parks, and twelve other parks' historic sites and districts. Eight of the former state parks were also chiefly historic. In addition to preserving historic sites, Pennsylvania also sought to preserve natural beauty and offer opportunities for recreation in its state parks. In 1902 Mont Alto State Forest Park was the second park established, a year after the state "Bureau of Forestry" was set up to purchase, preserve, and restore Pennsylvania's forests, which had been ravaged by lumbering, charcoal production, and wild fires. Parks were added sporadically until the 1930s, some mere camping and picnic areas in state forests, while others preserved unique sites. The 1930s saw a great expansion of parks and their facilities under Governor
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, who cooperated with President
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, despite their being of different political parties. The
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(CCC) established 113 CCC camps in Pennsylvania (second only to California). Using CCC and
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(WPA) labor, the NPS built five Recreation Demonstration Areas, which became Pennsylvania state parks in 1945 and 1946:
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, French Creek, Hickory Run, Laurel Hill, and Raccoon Creek. The CCC also "fought forest fires, planted trees, built roads, buildings, picnic areas, swimming areas, campgrounds and created many state parks". In 1956, there were forty-four state parks in Pennsylvania, mostly in rural areas. Forty-five parks had been added by 1979, mostly near urban areas, and the system had increased by . This was thanks largely to the efforts of Maurice K. Goddard, who served as director of the precursors to the DCNR for twenty-four years under six administrations. The number of visitors to parks more than tripled in this time and two voter approved bond issues (Projects 70 and 500) raised millions of dollars for park expansions and improvements. All this expansion was not without costs and by 1988 there was an estimated $90 million in deferred maintenance. In 1993, as the park system celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary, new tax and bond revenues were earmarked for the parks. Since 2000, parks are being improved through the state's Growing Greener and Growing Greener II and bond programs. Image:SchofieldFordCoveredBridge.jpg, Image:Codorus State Park.jpg, Image:Ravensburg SP Shelter.JPG, Image:Archbald Pothole State Park Sign.jpg,


Current parks


Other names of current parks

The following are significantly different former or alternate names for nine current Pennsylvania state parks. Note that many parks were originally "State Forest Parks" or were state public camping or picnic areas in Pennsylvania state forests. In modern times, some "State Parks" have become "Environmental Education Centers", while other parks have dropped one word from their name ("Cherry Springs Drive" is now Cherry Springs, "Codorus Creek" is now Codorus, "Kooser Lake" is now Kooser, "Laurel Hill Summit" is now Laurel Summit, and "Promised Land Lake" is now
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). Such minor name changes are not included in this table. Image:Ricketts Glen State Park R. B. Ricketts Falls 4.jpg, Image:Black Moshannon.jpg, Image:Hills Creek Swimming Area and Boat Launch.jpg, Image:Blue Knob Mountain 3.jpg,


Future parks

In 2022 the DCNR announced the creation of three new parks to be added to the PA State Park System. These are expected to be fully operational and ready to be enjoyed by the end of 2026.


Former parks

The following eighteen were once Pennsylvania state parks, but have been transferred to federal (
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,
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) or state (
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,
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, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry) agencies, or ceased to exist. Image:Brandywine Battlefield.jpg, Image:Valley Forge gunner.jpg, Image:Snyder Middleswarth NA Picnic Shelter 1.jpg, Image:Fulmer Falls Closeup 3000px.jpg,


Other names of former parks

The following are significantly different former or alternate names for two former Pennsylvania state parks. One former park dropped one word from its name ("Colerain Forge" became "Colerain" sometime between 1924 and 1937). Such minor name changes are not included in this table.


See also

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*
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* Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers


Notes

:a. As of 2012, three Pennsylvania state parks are also the site of ski areas run by private contractors: Big Pocono (Ski Camelback),
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(Ski Blue Knob), and Denton Hill (Ski Denton). (Two other state parks had commercial ski operations in the past Laurel Mountain (from 1939 to 2005) and Black Moshannon (from 1965 to 1982).) Two parks are operated by other governmental bodies:
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(managed for hunting by the
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) and Norristown Farm (operated by the Montgomery County Department of Parks). Three parks are operated by other organizations: Susquehanna (operated by the Williamsport/ Lycoming Chamber of Commerce), Prompton (operated by non-profit "Friends of Prompton"), and Salt Springs (operated by non-profit "Friends of Salt Springs"). :b. The Pennsylvania counties without state parks as of 2012 are:
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, Juniata, Lehigh, Montour, Snyder, and
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counties. Two of these counties are sites of former state parks: Crooked Creek in Armstrong County, and Snyder-Middleswarth in Snyder County. :c. The goal of having a state park within 25 miles (40 km) of every resident was set by Maurice K. Goddard (Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, and then of the Department of Environmental Resources from 1955 to 1979). :d. The seven National Natural Landmarks at least partly within current state parks (with the park name in parentheses, if different) are: Cook Forest, Ferncliff Peninsula ( Ohiopyle), the Glens Natural Area ( Ricketts Glen), Hickory Run Boulder Field ( Hickory Run), McConnells Mill, the
Pine Creek Gorge Pine Creek Gorge, sometimes called The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, is a gorge carved into the Allegheny Plateau by Pine Creek in north-central Pennsylvania. It sits in about of the Tioga State Forest. The canyon begins south of Ansonia, ne ...
(includes
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and Leonard Harrison), and Presque Isle. One National Natural Landmark,
Snyder Middleswarth Natural Area 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. It is named for two Pennsylvania politicians from S ...
, is a former state park. :e. The date of establishment for many Pennsylvania state parks is not always clear, especially for parks developed from state forest property. As an example, consider Upper Pine Bottom, which, as of 2012, is a picnic area surrounded by
Tiadaghton State Forest Tiadaghton State Forest (; ) is a Pennsylvania State Forest (Forest District #12) in the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry. The forest is primarily in western and southern Lycoming County, with smal ...
. These state forest lands were acquired by the state by the early 1900s, the site was "Upper Pine Bottom Class B Public Campground" by 1924, the CCC built a pavilion there in 1936 (which is no longer extant), but it was not officially transferred from the Bureau of Forests to State Parks until 1962. :f. This park was one of twenty-five chosen by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Parks for its "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks" list. :g. This park has one or more historic sites or districts on the
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. :h. There have been a considerable number of changes in Pennsylvania's categorization of its state parks and other protected areas over the years, so that what can be called a former state park is not always clear. This can be seen by comparing the following three lists from 1923, 1924, and 1937.
In 1923, the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters listed seven "State Forest Parks":
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, Childs (now part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area), Hairy John's (now a picnic area in
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),
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, Leonard Harrison, Mont Alto, and Valhalla (now
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). Note this does not include Snyder-Middleswarth State Forest Park, established in 1921.
One year later the state listed twenty-six public campgrounds in state forests, which included three of the previous year's state forest parks, plus twelve sites that later became state parks. The ten Class A Public Campgrounds (with space for cars and tents, on main highways) were: Adams Falls (now Linn Run), Big Spring,
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, Childs, Colerain Forge, Darling Run, Laurel Run Park,
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,
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, and Tea Springs. The sixteen Class B Public Campgrounds (lean-to shelter, on secondary roads) were: Baldwin, Bear Valley, Cherry Springs Drive, Clear Creek, Donnelly, Joyce Kilmer, Kansas, Kooser, Laurel Hill Summit (now Laurel Summit), Laurel Lake Park, Locusts, McCall's Dam,
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, Sizerville, Sulphur Springs, and Upper Pine Bottom.
In 1937, the state published a brochure listing the following forty-nine protected areas: six State Parks (
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, Childs, Cook Forest, Presque Isle, Pymatuning, and Ralph Stover); eight State Monuments (
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,
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,
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, Fort Necessity, Fort Washington,
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,
Valley Forge Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army's main body, commanded by General George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. In September 1777, Congress fled Philadelphia to escape the ...
, and Washington Crossing); ten Forest Recreational Reserves ( Clear Creek,
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, Cowans Gap, Kooser Lake,
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, Pecks Pond, Promised Land Lake, Snow Hill, Whipple Dam, Whirl's End); sixteen Wayside Areas ( Big Spring, Black Moshannon, Cherry Spring, Colerain, Greenwood Furnace, Halfway (now R.B. Winter), Joyce Kilmer, Kettle Creek, Mont Alto, Pine Grove Furnace, Reeds Gap, S.B. Elliott, Sideling Hill, Sizerville, and Tea Spring); seven Forest Monuments (Alan Seeger, Bear Meadows,
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, Detweiler Run, McConnell Narrows, Mount Logan, and Snyder-Middleswarth); and three State Forest Lookouts ( Leonard Harrison, Martins Hill, and Mount Riansares).
Only twelve of the twenty-six public campgrounds from 1924 are on the 1937 list. Of the forty-nine areas on the 1937 list, twenty-eight are state parks as of 2012, while nine are former state parks, and twelve are in state forests (eight of these still retain their names as state forest picnic, natural or wild areas).


References


External links


Official Pennsylvania DCNR Welcome to Pennsylvania State Parks page
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Pennsylvania State Parks Pennsylvania state parks State parks