Forest County is about half within the ANF. Their website offers information about local resources and attractions. OOPS! I wanted to see the Pennsylvania pictures.
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The Allegheny National Forest home page offers some general information on this section.
Forest County is about half within the ANF. Their website offers information about local resources and attractions.
Find info and a few pictures about the Cook Forest State Park which is the next public land south of Allegheny.
The trail passes through Moraine State Park.
The trail continues southwest through McConnell's Mill State Park.
Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources can point you to lots of information on enjoying the state's wilder spots.
Trail Monkey has info to help plan a hike and a couple of pictures.
General Pennsylvania information on the Clarion, Butler and Rock chapters of the NCTA that do not yet have a website.
The new Pittsburg Chapter of the NCTA is just forming.
The Wampum Chapter of the NCTA maintains trail in Lawrence and Beaver Counties.
An affilliate member of the NCTA is the American Youth Hostel- Pittsburg
See a Pennsylvanian fern fossil.
Here's a map of Pennsylvania Landforms which is clickable, with text about each area.
Pennsylvania State Info
Good general history information from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
You may want to drive the Longhouse Scenic Drive on the west side of the Allegheny Resevoir while you are there.
The Allegheny Resevoir is created by the Kinzua Dam
The 8th graders of Slippery Rock maintain a good page of history of the Slippery Rock area.
History and a picture of the Old Stone House an historic building from the 1700's which is along the NCT.
Here's a list of common Pennsylvania trees that is an online key and checklist. There are good line drawings for ID purposes and some photos.
See great web cam images of fall foliage in the Cook State Forest.
Cornell and the National Audubon Society have teamed up to present Birdsource with links to bird counts, learning opportunities, a bird of the week and more. Here's their Pennsylvania watchlist.
A list of the butterflies of Pennsylvania with links to pictures and maps for individiual species.
Here's an on-line field guide for everything from insects, through birds and mammals, trees and flowers, with a place to create a life list of animals. This is a great site! e-Nature
The Pennsylvania Nature Pages contains pictures of many animals including reptiles and amphibians, birds and wildflowers of the region.
Notes and pictures from a hike by Bob Tait
John David Fawcett and a friend hiked through Allegheny in the winter and learned some lessons. Nice trip report with photos.
Penn's Sylvania is a site with images of etchings based on scenes in Cook Forest State Park.
See pictures of some serious trail work in the Allegheny National Forest.