The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 166 are

Pennsylvania State Game Lands The Pennsylvania State Game Lands (SGL) are lands managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) for hunting, trapping, and fishing. These lands, often not usable for farming or development, are donated to the PGC or purchased by the PGC with hun ...

in Blair and

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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, ...

in the

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providing hunting, trapping, bird watching, and other activities.Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 166
retrieved 14 November 2018https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved 14 November 2018

Geography

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 166 is located on Brush Mountain and

Canoe Mountain Canoe Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, running east of the Allegheny Front and west of Tussey Mountain. It forms a continuous ridge with Brush Mountain to the west. To the south, across the water gap fo ...

in Catharine, Frankstown and Tyrone

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in Blair County, and in Morris Township in

Huntingdon County Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by John, King of England, King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cr ...

Canoe Creek State Park Canoe Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Frankstown Township in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It is 12 miles east of Altoona, the nearest city. Canoe Lake, at , is the focus of recreation at the park and is open for fishing year ...

is located immediately to the southwest of the main parcel, and

Rothrock State Forest 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 Centr ...

is located to the northeast.

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 131 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, Mary ...

is located to the north,

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is located to the east,

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 118 The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 118 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Blair and Huntingdon counties in Pennsylvania in the United States, providing hunting, bird watching, and other activities. Geography Game Lands Number 118 runs al ...

is to the southeast,

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147 The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Blair County in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, trapping, bird watching, and other activities. Geography Game Lands Number 147 is located on t ...

is to the south,

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 198 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, Mary ...

is locate to the southeast,

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, Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 108, and Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 158 are located to the northwest. The western slope of the western parcel drains into tributaries of the

Little Juniata River The Little Juniata River, sometimes called the "Little J," is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Juniata River in the Susquehanna River wa ...

, the eastern slope of the parcel, the southwestern parcel, and the western slope of the main parcel drains into Sinking Run, which also runs to the Little Juniata further downstream. The portion of the main parcel on the eastern slope of Brush Mountain and the western slope of Canoe Mountain drain into Canoe Creek which runs to the Frankstown Branch Juniata River, and finally, the portion of the main parcel on the east slope of Canoe Mountain drains into tributaries of the Frankstown Branch. All are part of the Juniata River watershed, ultimately the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

watershed. Nearby communities include the city of Altoona, the

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of Bellwood, and populated places Canoe Creek, Culp, Elberta, Greenwood, Pinecroft, Point View, Shaffersville, Sickles Corner, and Yellow Springs. The highway carrying

Interstate 99 Interstate 99 (I-99) is an Interstate Highway in the United States with two segments: one located in central Pennsylvania, and the other in southern New York. The southern terminus of the route is near exit 146 of the Pennsylvania Turn ...

and

U.S. Route 220 U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a spur route of US 20. It runs in a north–south layout in the eastern United States, unlike its parent route as well as conventionally even-numbered highways which run east-west. US 220 extends for f ...

runs northeast/southwest to the west of the Game Lands,

U.S. Route 22 U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a west–east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey, at U.S. Route 1/9 in the Newark Airport Intercha ...

also, runs northwest/southeast, but to the east, and the highway carrying

Pennsylvania Route 45 Pennsylvania Route 45 (PA 45) is an state highway located in central Pennsylvania, United States. PA 45 is called the Purple Heart Highway. The western terminus of the route is at PA 453 in Morris Township near the community of Water Street. ...

and

Pennsylvania Route 453 Pennsylvania Route 453 (PA 453) is a state highway located in Huntingdon, Blair, and Clearfield counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Water Street; the northern terminus is at PA 879 in Curwensvi ...

runs northwest/southeast to the north of the Game Lands.

Statistics

SGL 166 was entered into the

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on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1188465, listing the elevation as . It consists of a total of in three parcels. Elevations range from on the northeast slope to .

Biology

Hunting, trapping and furtaking opportunities include

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...

(''Odocoileus virgianus''),

Ruffed grouse The ruffed grouse (''Bonasa umbellus'') is a medium-sized grouse occurring in forests from the Appalachian Mountains across Canada to Alaska. It is the most widely distributed game bird in North America. It is non-migratory. It is the only specie ...

(''Bonasa umbellus''), squirrel (''Sciurus carolinensis''), and

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(''Meleagris gallopavo'').

References

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Geography

Statistics

Biology

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