List of Pennsylvania state forest wild areas
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There are 16 wild areas in the Pennsylvania state forests.[1] There is also one proposed wild area: M. K. Goddard Wild Area in Sproul State Forest in Clinton County, named for Maurice K. Goddard.[2]
Wild area name | State forest | County or counties | Area in acres (ha) | Date founded |
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Algerine Wild Area | Tiadaghton | Lycoming | 3,700 acres (1,497 ha) | ? | Borders the Algerine Swamp Natural Area and crossed by the Black Forest Trail[3] |
Asaph Wild Area | Tioga | Tioga | 2,070 acres (838 ha) | ? | Located at the north end of the Pine Creek Gorge[4] |
Burns Run Wild Area | Sproul | Clinton | 2,408.33 acres (974.62 ha)[5] | ? | The Chuck Keiper Trail crosses this wild area[2][6][7] |
Clear Shade Wild Area | Gallitzin | Somerset | 2,791 acres (1,129 ha) | ? | [8] |
Hammersley Wild Area | Susquehannock | Clinton and Potter | 30,253 acres (12,243 ha) | 2004 | Largest area without a road in Pennsylvania[9] |
Kettle Creek Wild Area | Loyalsock | Sullivan | 1,791.81 acres (725.12 ha)[10] | ? | Surrounds the Kettle Creek Gorge Natural Area[11][12] |
Russell P. Letterman Wild Area | Sproul | Clinton | 4,849.94 acres (1,962.70 ha)[5] | ? | The Chuck Keiper Trail crosses this wild area, which used to be named Fish Dam Wild Area[2][6][7] |
Martin Hill Wild Area | Buchanan | Bedford | 11,500 acres (4,654 ha) | ? | Home to bobcat, black bear, and rattlesnakes[13] |
McIntyre Wild Area | Loyalsock | Lycoming | 7,500 acres (3,035 ha) | ? | Has the remnants of a ghost town[14] |
Quebec Run Wild Area | Forbes | Fayette | 7,441 acres (3,011 ha) | 2004 | One of the two newest wild areas in Pennsylvania[9][15] |
Quehanna Wild Area | Elk and Moshannon | Cameron, Clearfield, and Elk | 48,186 acres (19,500 ha) | 1966 | Largest wild area in Pennsylvania[16][17] |
Thickhead Mountain Wild Area | Rothrock | Centre and Huntingdon | 4,886 acres (1,977 ha) | ? | Completely surrounds the Detweiler Run and Bear Meadows Natural Areas[18] |
Trough Creek Wild Area | Rothrock | Huntingdon | 1,703 acres (689 ha) | ? | Above Raystown Lake[18] |
Tuscarora Wild Area | Tuscarora | Juniata and Perry | 5,382 acres (2,178 ha) | ? | Forest last cut between 1902 and 1917[19] |
White Mountain Wild Area | Bald Eagle | Mifflin and Union | 3,581 acres (1,449 ha) | ? | Can only be accessed off the Mid State Trail[20] |
Wolf Run Wild Area | Tiadaghton | Lycoming | 6,900 acres (2,792 ha) | ? | Crossed by the Golden Eagle Trail[3] |
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