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
  
Remarks  
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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