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The Rock Run Trails System was developed for cross-country skiers to the east of Black Moshannon State Park in the early 1980s, by converting several former logging railroad grades. [3] The area is known for its high elevation and significant snowfall, attracting many cross-country skiers, [4] and the area already had several unofficial ski ...
Black Moshannon State Park is just one of many examples of the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps throughout central Pennsylvania. [1] [2] Beaver Meadow CCC Camp S-71 was built in May 1933 near the abandoned village of Beaver Mills, and was one of the first CCC camps built to expand recreational facilities in Pennsylvania. [3]
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The CCC-built beachhouse on the shores of Black Moshannon Lake near the bridge, where Antes Tavern and village were once located. Prior to the arrival of William Penn and his Quaker colonists in 1682, an estimated 90 percent of what is now Pennsylvania was covered with old-growth forest: over 31,000 square miles (80,000 km 2) of white pine, eastern hemlock, and a mix of hardwoods. [15]
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The park is surrounded by Moshannon State Forest. The park is entirely wooded with second growth forests of mixed oak species, including northern red oak, chestnut oak, shagbark hickory, red maple, and tulip poplar, and northern hard woods, including sugar maple, black cherry, aspen, birch, hemlock, and ash. [3] S. B.
Black Moshannon Creek, just downstream of the dam in Black Moshannon State Park. Black Moshannon Creek is a 22.9-mile-long (36.9 km) [1] tributary of Moshannon Creek in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. [2] The name Moshannon is said to be derived from the Native American "Moss-Hanne," meaning "moose stream."