Offering a picnic area, playground, swimming, fly-fishing, walking trails, and North Fork Environmental Education Center. Off Main Street just outside the historic district.
The scenic, quiet, and secluded Laurel Fields offer a unique way to view the state flower selected by Governor Gifford Pinchot in the 1930’s.
Laurel Fields feature hundreds if not thousands, of laurel bushes across acres of open lands that the public can wander through to enjoy the lovely pink blossoms and dark evergreen leaves of the plants. Families can also drive around the fields on a winding country road developed for the park.
Founded in 1969, Reynlow Park is nestled among 600 beautiful acres of the Pennsylvania Wilds near Reynoldsville in Winslow Township, Jefferson County. The park has 4 pavilions, a stage, a gazebo, and primitive camping sites available for rent to the public. The park is also home to a small fishing pond, playground areas, volleyball area, horseshoe pits, hiking trails, and Sportsman’s Dam. Bathrooms, electric, and dumpsters are available as well.
Scripture Rocks Park is a free public-access site, open from dawn to dusk from April to October. It consists of 1.5 miles of gravel-covered pathways, winding through more than 60 boulders carved with the philosophy and tribulations of Douglas Stahlman in the early 1900s. The park is located on Route 28; 1/8 mile south of I-80 exit 81.
In 1819, Rev. David Barclay purchased 327 acres of land, which was the original site of Punxsutawney. When the town site was recorded in 1821 in Indiana County, Rev. Barclay and his son-in-law, John W. Jenks, set aside “a parcel of land for public use”. In 1902, Shelly M. Noyes supervised the project of turning the parcel of “wasteland” into an “oasis”. Barclay Square is used today for many public functions.
Beartown Rocks Trail is a 4 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Sigel, Pennsylvania that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips, and bird watching and is best used from March until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Clear Creek State Forest comprises 16,716 acres in Jefferson County, Clarion County, Venango County, Forest County, and Mercer County. Many of its acres hug the Clarion and Allegheny Rivers. Other tracts rest on the Allegheny Plateau and grow diverse trees. Clear Creek State Forest is one of eight state forests located with the Pennsylvania Wilds.
Clear Creek State Park encompasses 1,901 acres in Jefferson County. The park occupies a scenic portion of the Clear Creek Valley from PA 949 to the Clarion River. The park has camping, rustic cabins, and Clarion River access for fishing and boating. Cook Forest State Park is only 11 miles away.
The 8,500-acre Cook Forest State Park and 3,136-acre Clarion River Lands lie in scenic northwestern Pennsylvania. Known for its stands of old growth forest, the park’s Forest Cathedral of towering white pines and hemlocks is a National Natural Landmark. A scenic 13-mile stretch of the Clarion River flows through Cook Forest State Park and is popular for canoeing, kayaking, and tubing. Clear Creek State Park is only 11 miles away.
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