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Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,193 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians.
For convenience, all waterfalls of Pennsylvania should be included in this category. This includes all the waterfalls that can also be found in the subcategories.
While the official Ricketts Glen State Park web page also classifies waterfalls as either the bridal-veil or wedding-cake type, [11] Brown's Pennsylvania waterfalls: a guide for hikers and photographers uses four types for classification: falls, cascade, slide, and chute. The first, falls, is the same as the DCNR's bridal-veil type, with water ...
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.
Resorts in Pennsylvania (1 C, 6 P) ... Waterfalls of Pennsylvania (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Pennsylvania"
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Known as the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania", a deep gorge carved by glacial meltwater. The maximum depth of the canyon is 1,450 feet (442 m) at Waterville, near the southern end. At Leonard Harrison and Colton Point State Parks, the depth is more than 800 feet and from rim to rim is approximately 4,000 feet (1200 m). Protects 160,000 acres ...
The watershed of Pigeon Run has an area of 0.78 square miles (2.0 km 2). [6] There are 1.3 miles (2.1 km) up streams in its watershed. [2] Pigeon Run can only be accessed by hiking. [3] A trail crosses the stream. [7] Pigeon Run is designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for use by aquatic life. [3]