Prouty Place State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Summit Township, Potter County,

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in the United States. The park is southwest of

Pennsylvania Route 44 Pennsylvania Route 44 (PA 44) is a -long state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The route, which is signed north-south, is designated from Interstate 80 (I-80) and PA 42 in Buckhorn northwest to the New York state line near New York S ...

, along Prouty Road near the junction with Long Toe Road, near Sweden Valley. The park provides access points for

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and

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in the

Susquehannock State Forest Susquehannock State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #15. The main office is located in Coudersport in Potter County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Susquehannock State Forest is located c ...

. It is a small rest area for hikers and other travellers to the wilds of Potter County. Prouty Place was designated a Class "B" campground by the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry from 1922 to 1925. During the

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, the

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built the current picnic area and former campsites between 1935 and 1938. Prouty Place State Park officially became part of the Pennsylvania State Parks system in 1957. The park is a short distance from the Susquehannock Trail System, and is connected to it by a link trail. In 2000 the park became part of the

Hills Creek State Park Hills Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Charleston Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Hills Creek Lake, a man-made lake, is the focal point of the park. It is open for year-round recreation. Hills Creek ...

complex, an administrative grouping of eight state parks in

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and Tioga counties. ''Note'': the eight parks in the Hills Creek State Park Complex are Cherry Springs,

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, Denton Hill, Hills Creek, Leonard Harrison,

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, and Prouty Place. As of 2009, Prouty Place State Park is tied for second smallest state park in Pennsylvania (

Upper Pine Bottom State Park Upper Pine Bottom State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is in Cummings Township on Pennsylvania Route 44 and is surrounded by the Tiadaghton State Forest. It is on Upper Pine ...

, a picnic area to the southeast in

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, is also only ). Only

Sand Bridge State Park Sand Bridge State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Lewis Township, Union County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania and consists of a picnic area just off Pennsylvania Route 192. It ha ...

(another picnic area) is smaller.

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* {{authority control Protected areas established in 1925 State parks of Pennsylvania Parks in Potter County, Pennsylvania Protected areas of Potter County, Pennsylvania