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The following 40 pages use this file: Benezette, Pennsylvania; Benezette Township, Pennsylvania; Benzinger Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania; Brandy Camp, Pennsylvania
Marion Brooks Natural Area is a state forest natural area in Moshannon State Forest in Benezette Township, Elk County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The 917-acre (371 ha) natural area is located on the northwest edge of Quehanna Wild Area . [ 2 ]
The Elk Trail was developed in the 1990s as part of a tourism-oriented effort to increase awareness of the area's resident elk population. [6] That animal is native to central Pennsylvania but went locally extinct in the 1850s. Some individuals were imported by train from Yellowstone National Park in 1912 to reestablish a local population. That ...
Natural area name State forest County Area Date founded Remarks Alan Seeger Natural Area: Rothrock: Huntingdon: 390 acres (158 ha) 1921: Named after the poet who died during World War I. Includes old growth forest remnants. [3] [4] Algerine Swamp Natural Area: Tiadaghton: Lycoming, Tioga: 84 acres (34 ha) Includes a glacial bog. [5] [6]
Wykoff Run in Quehanna Wild Area, the largest such protected area in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States includes 18 wild 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.
Benezette Township occupies the eastern end of Elk County, and is bordered by Cameron County to the north and east, and by Clearfield County to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 107.1 square miles (277.5 km 2), of which 106.7 square miles (276.3 km 2) is land and 0.50 square miles (1.3 km 2), or 0.46%, is water.
About 500,000 visit the Keystone Elk Country Alliance Visitor Center to see Pennsylvania's wild elk herd each year. Elk Expo is Aug. 20-21, 2022.
Sinnemahoning State Park is a 1,910-acre (773 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Grove Township, Cameron County and Wharton Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The park is surrounded by Elk State Forest and is mountainous with deep valleys. The park is home to the rarely seen elk and bald eagle.