Forest Fire Wardens Monument with small stones for each of the 20 state forests at Hyner View State Park
Size and location of Pennsylvania's state forests

There are 20 state forests in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

A reorganization effective July 1, 2005 shifted territory among several state forests in eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in the elimination of Wyoming State Forest and the creation of Loyalsock State Forest.

List of Pennsylvania state forests

State Forest Name   County   Area
acres (ha)  		 Founded   Remarks  
Bald EagleCentre, Clinton, Mifflin, Union, & Snyder

194,602 acres (78,750 ha)[1]

 Contains 1,781 combined acres of old grown forest[2]
BuchananBedford, Franklin, & Fulton71,683 acres (29,010 ha)[3]
Clear CreekClarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer & Venango16,716 acres (6,765 ha)[4]1919, as Kittanning State ForestName changed 2007
CornplanterCrawford, Forest, & Warren1,585 acres (641 ha)[5]Named in honor of Seneca Chief Cornplanter
DelawarePike & Monroe

85,114 acres (34,444 ha) [6]

ElkCameron, Clinton, Elk, McKean, & Potter200,000 acres (80,940 ha)1900
ForbesFayette, Somerset, & Westmorelandover 50,000 acres (20,230 ha)
GallitzinBedford, Cambria, Indiana, & Somerset24,370 acres (9,862 ha)[7]1916
LoyalsockBradford, Lycoming, & Sullivan114,552 acres (46,360 ha)July 1, 2005Replaced Wyoming State Forest
MichauxAdams, Cumberland, & Franklinover 85,000 acres (34,400 ha)
MoshannonCameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, & Elk

190,031 acres (76,903 ha)

 1898
PinchotLackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, & Wyoming44,743 acres (18,107 ha)
RothrockCentre, Huntingdon, & Mifflin215,500 acres (87,210 ha)
SproulCameron, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, & Potter280,000 acres (113,310 ha)1898
SusquehannockClinton, McKean, & Potter

265,000 acres (107,242 ha)

TiadaghtonClinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, & Union215,500 acres (87,210 ha)
TiogaBradford, Lycoming, & Tioga160,000 acres (64,750 ha)1900
TuscaroraCumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, & Perry91,165 acres (36,893 ha)
WeiserCarbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Northumberland, & Schuylkill17,961 acres (7,269 ha)
William PennBerks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, & Lancaster812 acres (329 ha)January 1935, as Valley Forge State Forest,August 2007, became William Penn State Forest

Former State Forests

State Forest Name   County   Area
acres (ha)  		 Founded   Remarks  
WyomingSullivanJuly 2005, became Loyalsock State Forest

Former Names of State Forests

State Forest Name   County   Area
acres (ha)  		 Founded   Remarks  
KittanningJefferson13,266 acres (5,369 ha)1919Summer 2007, renamed Clear Creek State Forest
Valley ForgeChester812 acres (329 ha)January 1935August 2007, renamed William Penn State Forest
Lackawanna Lackawanna 44,743 acres (18,107 ha) August 2015, renamed Pinchot State Forest

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bald Eagle State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Bald Eagle State Forest" (PDF). PA DCNR. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Buchanan State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  4. ↑ "Clear Creek State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  5. ↑ "Cornplanter State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  6. ↑ "Pennsylvania's Delaware State Forest Grows by 555 Acres". The Conservation Fund. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  7. ↑ "Gallitzin State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
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