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The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a piece of legislation in 1897 that authorized the purchase of "unseated lands for forest reservations". This was the beginning of the State Forest system. [1] The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania began purchasing tracts of land for what is now Moshannon State Forest on September 28, 1898. [2]
The Rockton Mountain Trails are an approximately 17.1-mile (27.5 km) network of connected hiking trails in central Pennsylvania, in Moshannon State Forest. [1] The total trail distance includes several different linear trails that can be used to form one-way and loop hikes of various lengths.
The state began the massive project of reforesting the land. The forest has since recovered and is part of Moshannon State Forest. [1] The park is named for the Honorable Simon B. Elliott. He was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and a conservationist who promoted the idea of replanting the forests in order to limit erosion and ...
Moshannon State Forest lost an estimated $8 million in lumber to the tornado that hit Quehanna; after the storm, $2 million in timber was salvaged in the state forest. [94] In the ensuing years, the affected forest at Quehanna, though younger and smaller than the surrounding woods, has partly recovered.
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 trail climbs to the top of the plateau again and encounters a short side trail to a vista over "Red" Moshannon Creek at 25.9 miles. [12] The trail descends to that creek at 26.3 miles and walks parallel to it for about the next 2.5 miles, with the creek's longtime coalmine-based pollution very visible to the hiker. [13]
The Rock Run Trails System (RRTS) is a 12.2-mile (19.6 km) cross-country skiing and hiking trail in central Pennsylvania, [nb 1] consisting of an entrance trail and loop in Moshannon State Forest. [1] It follows several former logging railroad grades, some of significant historical interest. [2] It shares part of its route with the Allegheny ...
Brown Springs, in the Moshannon State Forest, near Rockton, Pennsylvania, is a put-in for kayaking to the West Branch Susquehanna River at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. The vertical drop of Anderson Creek is 1450 ft. to 1175 ft. "Anderson is a stream of considerable size, and in a region not so well supplied with raftable waters as this, might be ...