List of Pennsylvania state forests

There are 20 state forests in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Forest Fire Wardens Monument with small stones for each of the 20 state forests at Hyner View State Park

Size and location of Pennsylvania's state forests

A reorganization effective July 1, 2005 shifted territory among several state forests in eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in the elimination of Wyoming State Forest and the creation of Loyalsock State Forest.

List of Pennsylvania state forests

State Forest Name	County	Area acres (ha)	Founded	Remarks
Bald Eagle	Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Union, & Snyder	194,602 acres (78,750 ha)[1]		Contains 1,781 combined acres of old grown forest[2]
Buchanan	Bedford, Franklin, & Fulton	71,683 acres (29,010 ha)[3]
Clear Creek	Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer & Venango	16,716 acres (6,765 ha)[4]	1919, as Kittanning State Forest	Name changed 2007
Cornplanter	Crawford, Forest, & Warren	1,585 acres (641 ha)[5]		Named in honor of Seneca Chief Cornplanter
Delaware	Pike & Monroe	85,114 acres (34,444 ha) [6]
Elk	Cameron, Clinton, Elk, McKean, & Potter	217,000 acres (87,820 ha)[7]	1900
Forbes	Fayette, Somerset, & Westmoreland	59,000 acres (23,880 ha)[8]
Gallitzin	Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, & Somerset	24,370 acres (9,862 ha)[9]	1916
Loyalsock	Bradford, Lycoming, & Sullivan	114,552 acres (46,360 ha)[10]	July 1, 2005	Replaced Wyoming State Forest
Michaux	Adams, Cumberland, & Franklin	over 85,500 acres (34,600 ha)[11]
Moshannon	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, & Elk	190,031 acres (76,903 ha)[12]	1898
Pinchot	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, & Wyoming	54,000 acres (21,853 ha)[13]		Formerly named Lackawanna State Forest
Rothrock	Centre, Huntingdon, & Mifflin	96,975 acres (39,240 ha)[14]
Sproul	Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, & Potter	305,450 acres (123,610 ha)[15]	1898
Susquehannock	Clinton, McKean, & Potter	265,000 acres (107,242 ha)[16]
Tiadaghton	Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, & Union	146,539 acres (59,300 ha)[17]
Tioga	Bradford, Lycoming, & Tioga	161,890 acres (65,510 ha)[18]	1900
Tuscarora	Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, & Perry	96,025 acres (38,860 ha)[19]
Weiser	Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Northumberland, & Schuylkill	30,000 acres (12,141 ha)[20]
William Penn	Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, & Lancaster	1,683 acres (681 ha)[21]	January 1935, as Valley Forge State Forest	August 2007, became William Penn State Forest

Former State Forests

State Forest Name	County	Area acres (ha)	Founded	Remarks
Wyoming	Sullivan			July 2005, became Loyalsock State Forest

Former Names of State Forests

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)		August 2015, renamed Pinchot State Forest

See also

• List of Pennsylvania state forest wild areas
• List of Pennsylvania state forest natural areas