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Parker Dam State Park is a 968-acre (392 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Huston Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is surrounded by Moshannon State Forest . Parker Dam State park is 17 miles (27 km) north of Clearfield on Pennsylvania Route 153 just off exit 111 of Interstate 80 .
State Forest Name County Area acres (ha) Founded Remarks Kittanning: Jefferson: 13,266 acres (5,369 ha) 1919: Summer 2007, renamed Clear Creek State Forest Valley Forge: Chester: 812 acres (329 ha) January 1935: August 2007, renamed William Penn State Forest Lackawanna: Lackawanna 44,743 acres (18,107 ha)
Admission to all Pennsylvania state parks is free, although there are fees charged for use of cabins, marinas, etc. Pennsylvania's state parks offer "over 7,000 family campsites, 286 cabins, nearly 30,000 picnic tables, 56 major recreational lakes, 10 marinas, 61 beaches for swimming, 17 swimming pools" and over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of trails.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States includes 58 natural areas in its State Forest system. [1] They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Cook Forest State Park is known for some of America's finest virgin white pine and hemlock timber stands and was once called the "Black Forest" due to the preponderance of evergreen tree coverage. Cook Forest is now a National Natural Landmark and was rated one of America's top 50 state parks by National Geographic Traveler magazine.
Alvin R. Bush Dam on Kettle Creek is an earth and rockfill, flood control dam. It stands at a maximum height of 165 feet (50 m) above the stream bed and is 1,350 feet (410 m) across. It stands at a maximum height of 165 feet (50 m) above the stream bed and is 1,350 feet (410 m) across.
Location: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, U.S.: Nearest town: Fort Washington and Flourtown: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 493 acres (200 ha): Elevation: 328 feet (100 m) [1]: Established: 1953 () as a state park: Named for: The temporary fort built by George Washington’s troops in the fall of 1777, before heading to Valley Forge: Administrator: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural ...
Evansburg State Park was established in 1979 to protect the rural qualities of the area and to provide outdoor recreational opportunities for the people of southeastern Pennsylvania. The original plan was for the construction of a high dam and lake for recreation, but this was met by local opposition, and the plan was scaled back. [2] [3]