Allegheny National Recreation Area

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The Allegheny National Recreation Area is a National Recreation Area of the United States. It is located in northwestern Pennsylvania, and is administered by the United States Forest Service as part of the Allegheny National Forest. The Area consists of 23,100 acres (93 km²) on three separate parcels of land within the forest. It was established under the Pennsylvania Wilderness Act of 1984, by Congressman Bill Clinger, Senator Arlen Specter, and Senator John Heinz.

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Allegheny NRA webpage

v d e National Recreation Areas of the United States

Administered by the National Park Service	Amistad • Big South Fork • Bighorn Canyon • Boston Harbor Islands • Chattahoochee River • Chickasaw • Curecanti • Delaware Water Gap • Gateway • Gauley River • Glen Canyon • Golden Gate • Lake Chelan • Lake Mead • Lake Meredith • Lake Roosevelt • Mississippi • Ross Lake • Santa Monica Mountains • Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity

Administered by other agencies	Allegheny • Angel Peak • Arapaho • Datil Well • Flaming Gorge • Grand Island • Hells Canyon • Land Between The Lakes • Moosalamoo • Mount Baker • Mount Rogers • Oregon Dunes • Orilla Verde • Pine Ridge • Rattlesnake • Sawtooth • Smith River • Spring Mountains • Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks • Valley of Fires • White Mountains • White Rocks • Wild Rivers • Winding Stair Mountain

Protected Areas of Pennsylvania

Federal

National Historical Parks & Sites:	Allegheny Portage Railroad • Edgar Allan Poe • Eisenhower • Friendship Hill • Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church • Grey Towers • Hopewell Furnace • Independence Hall • Steamtown • Valley Forge

National Memorials:	Benjamin Franklin • Flight 93 • Johnstown Flood • Thaddeus Kosciuszko

National Military Parks:	Fort Necessity • Gettysburg

National Trails:	Appalachian Trail

Other Protected Areas:	Allegheny National Recreation Area • Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area • Middle Delaware National Scenic River • Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

National Forests	Allegheny

National Wildlife Refuges:	Cherry Valley • Erie • John Heinz • Ohio River Islands

State

State Parks	Allegheny Islands • Archbald Pothole • Bald Eagle • Beltzville • Bendigo • Benjamin Rush • Big Pocono • Big Spring • Black Moshannon • Blue Knob • Boyd Big Tree • Buchanan's Birthplace • Bucktail • Caledonia • Canoe Creek • Chapman • Cherry Springs • Clear Creek • Codorus • Colonel Denning • Colton Point • Cook Forest • Cowans Gap • Delaware Canal • Denton Hill • Elk • Erie Bluffs • Evansburg • Fort Washington • Fowlers Hollow • Frances Slocum • French Creek • Gifford Pinchot • Gouldsboro • Greenwood Furnace • Hickory Run • Hillman • Hills Creek • Hyner Run • Hyner View • Jacobsburg • Jennings • Joseph E. Ibberson • Kettle Creek • Keystone • Kings Gap • Kinzua Bridge • Kooser • Lackawanna • Laurel Hill • Laurel Mountain • Laurel Ridge • Laurel Summit • Lehigh Gorge • Leonard Harrison • Linn Run • Little Buffalo • Little Pine • Locust Lake • Lyman Run • Marsh Creek • Maurice K. Goddard • McCalls Dam • McConnells Mill • Memorial Lake • Milton • Mont Alto • Moraine • Mt. Pisgah • Nescopeck • Neshaminy • Nockamixon • Nolde Forest • Norristown Farm • Ohiopyle • Oil Creek • Ole Bull • Parker Dam • Patterson • Penn-Roosevelt • Pine Grove Furnace • Poe Paddy • Poe Valley • Point • Presque Isle • Prince Gallitzin • Promised Land • Prompton • Prouty Place • Pymatuning • R. B. Winter • Raccoon Creek • Ralph Stover • Ravensburg • Reeds Gap • Ricketts Glen • Ridley Creek • Ryerson Station • S. B. Elliott • Salt Springs • Samuel S. Lewis • Sand Bridge • Shawnee • Shikellamy • Sinnemahoning • Sizerville • Susquehanna • Susquehannock • Swatara • Tobyhanna • Trough Creek • Tuscarora • Tyler • Upper Pine Bottom • Varden • Warriors Path • Whipple Dam • White Clay Creek • Worlds End • Yellow Creek

State Forests	Bald Eagle • Buchanan • Clear Creek • Cornplanter • Delaware • Elk • Forbes • Gallitzin • Lackawanna • Loyalsock • Michaux • Moshannon • Rothrock • Sproul • Susquehannock • Tiadaghton • Tioga • Tuscarora • Weiser • William Penn • (Wild areas)

Scenic Rivers	Bear Run • French Creek • Lehigh River • LeTort Spring Run • Lick Run • Lower Brandywine • Octoraro Creek • Pine Creek • Schuylkill River • Stony Creek • Tucquan Creek • Tulpehocken Creek • Yellow Breeches Creek

Other

Other	Anders Run Natural Area • Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area • Hawk Mountain Sanctuary • Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area • Johnson Run Natural Area • Stone Valley Recreation Area • Wykoff Run Natural Area

Hiking Trails	Appalachian • Baker • Black Forest • Central Mountains Shared Use Trails System • Darlington • Eastern Continental • Five Star • Glacier Ridge • Great Eastern • Greene River • Horse Shoe • Indian Creek Valley • Loyalsock • Mid State • Standing Stone • Mason-Dixon • North Country • Ohio River • Old Loggers Path • Pinchot Trail System • Potomac Heritage • Quehanna Trail System • Rachel Carson • Sheepskin • Susquehannock Trail System • Thunder Swamp Trail System • Tuscarora • Valley Forge Historical • West Rim • Wissahickon • Youghiogheny River

Rail Trails	Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike • Beaver River • East Coast Greenway • Five Star • Ghost Town • Great Allegheny Passage • Great Shamokin Path • Greene River • Indian Creek Valley • Lehigh Gorge • Liberty Bell • Lower • Montour • Ohio River • Palmer Bikeway • Panhandle • Perkiomen • Pine Creek • Plainfield Township • Schuylkill River • Sheepskin • Struble • Switchback • Three Rivers Heritage • York Country Heritage • Youghiogheny River