List of Pennsylvania state forest wild areas

There are 17 wild areas in the Pennsylvania state forests.[1] There is also one proposed wild area: M. K. Goddard Wild Area in Sproul State Forest in Clinton County, named for Maurice K. Goddard.[2]

Wild area name   State forest County or counties   Area in acres (ha)   Date
founded  		 Remarks  
Algerine Wild AreaTiadaghtonLycoming3,700 acres (1,497 ha)?Borders the Algerine Swamp Natural Area and crossed by the Black Forest Trail[3]
Asaph Wild AreaTiogaTioga2,070 acres (838 ha)?Located at the north end of the Pine Creek Gorge[4]
Burns Run Wild AreaSproulClinton2,408.33 acres (974.62 ha)[5]?The Chuck Keiper Trail crosses this wild area[2][6][7]
Clear Shade Wild AreaGallitzinSomerset2,791 acres (1,129 ha)?[8]
Hammersley Wild AreaSusquehannockClinton and Potter30,253 acres (12,243 ha)2004Largest area without a road in Pennsylvania[9]
Kettle Creek Wild AreaLoyalsockSullivan1,791.81 acres (725.12 ha)[10]?Surrounds the Kettle Creek Gorge Natural Area[11][12]
Russell P. Letterman Wild AreaSproulClinton4,849.94 acres (1,962.70 ha)[5]?The Chuck Keiper Trail crosses this wild area, which used to be named Fish Dam Wild Area[2][6][7]
Martin Hill Wild AreaBuchananBedford11,500 acres (4,654 ha)?Home to bobcat, black bear, and rattlesnakes[13]
McIntyre Wild AreaLoyalsockLycoming7,500 acres (3,035 ha)?Has the remnants of a ghost town[14]
Penns Creek Wild AreaBald EagleMifflin and Union6,200 acres (2,509 ha)2016A nationally-known wild trout stream of the highest quality[15]
Quebec Run Wild AreaForbesFayette7,441 acres (3,011 ha)2004One of the two newest wild areas in Pennsylvania[9][16]
Quehanna Wild AreaElk and MoshannonCameron, Clearfield, and Elk48,186 acres (19,500 ha)1966Largest wild area in Pennsylvania[17][18]
Thickhead Mountain Wild AreaRothrockCentre and Huntingdon4,886 acres (1,977 ha)?Completely surrounds the Detweiler Run and Bear Meadows Natural Areas[19]
Trough Creek Wild AreaRothrockHuntingdon1,703 acres (689 ha)?Above Raystown Lake[19]
Tuscarora Wild AreaTuscaroraJuniata and Perry5,382 acres (2,178 ha)?Forest last cut between 1902 and 1917[20]
White Mountain Wild AreaBald EagleMifflin and Union3,581 acres (1,449 ha)?Can only be accessed off the Mid State Trail[21]
Wolf Run Wild AreaTiadaghtonLycoming6,900 acres (2,792 ha)?Crossed by the Golden Eagle Trail[3]

References
  1. Klyza, Christopher McGrory (2001). Wilderness comes home: rewilding the Northeast. Hanover, New Hampshire: Middlebury College Press / University Press of New England. p. 86. ISBN 1-58465-101-6.
  2. Sproul State Forest (PDF) (Map). 1 inch = 2 miles. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  3. "Natural & Wild Areas near the Tiadaghton State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  4. "Natural & Wild Areas near the Tioga State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  5. "Site #30-Southern Sproul State Forest". Pennsylvania Audubon Society. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  6. "Proposed Natural/Old-growth Area, Sproul State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01. Note: This refers to Russell P. Letterman Wild Area by its former name, Fish Dam Wild Area
  7. "Pennsylvania Wilds: Chuck Keiper Trail". Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2010-03-01. Note: This mistakenly calls Burns Run Wild Area "Burns Wild Area" and refers to Russell P. Letterman Wild Area by its former name, Fish Dam Wild Area.
  8. "John P. Saylor Trail". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  9. "The Resource: Hammersley Wild Area becomes official". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. January 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  10. "Site #42-Wyoming State Forest & World's End State Park". Pennsylvania Audubon Society. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  11. Loyalsock State Forest (PDF) (Map). 1 inch = 2 miles. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  12. Thornbloom, Gary. "Kettle Creek Natural and Wild Areas via the Loyalsock Trail" (PDF). Pennsylvania Sierra Club.
  13. "Natural & Wild Areas near Buchanan State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  14. "Natural & Wild Areas near Loyalsock State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  15. "Penns Creek Wild Area" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  16. "Quebec Run Wild Area" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  17. "Quehanna Wild Area, Wykoff Run Natural Area". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  18. "Natural & Wild Areas near the Elk State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  19. "Natural & Wild Areas near the Rothrock State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  20. "Natural & Wild Areas near the Tuscarora State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  21. "Natural and Wild Areas of the Bald Eagle State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
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