Visiting All Of PA's State Parks

Map of All Of The State Parks In PA

When the kids were young, before we moved to the farm, we started camping because it was really the only vacation we could afford.  After a few years we decided to make it our goal to visit every state park in Pa before the kids were grown.

And then we bought the farm.  It's much harder to pick up and go camping when you have a farm!  And then there were the kids sports and activities as they got older.... we didn't reach our goal.  So we'll change the goal. :-) I still want to see all of the state parks in Pa, even if we can't take the kids (now all adults) along with us.

You can go to this link - https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=18u5DfIbV4JFrU7_9JafJL2LSukk&hl=en_US&ll=40.96806350514185%2C-77.7070445&z=8 and it will take you to the map shown above.  Click on the three dots to the right of the title (in the red part) and choose Copy This Map.  Now you can rename it and edit it for your own use.

I then went through the list and changed the icons on every park we have not visited, to green circles.  I have scrapbooks of just our state park trips, my goal is to digitize them so I can make shutterfly copies for each of the kids, and I'll add posts about each park as I do so.

An Alphabetical Listing of All The PA State Parks - 

Allegheny Islands State Park  
Archbald Pothole State Park
Bald Eagle State Park
Beltzville State Park
Bendigo State Park 
Benjamin Rush State Park
Big Pocono State Park  
Big Spring State Forest Picnic Area
Black Moshannon State Park
Blue Knob State Park
Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area  
Buchanan's Birthplace State Park
Bucktail State Park Natural Area  
Caledonia State Park
Canoe Creek State Park 
Chapman State Park
Cherry Springs State Park
Clear Creek State Park  
Codorus State Park 
Colonel Denning State Park
Colton Point State Park
Cook Forest State Park  
Cowans Gap State Park

Delaware Canal State Park
Elk State Park
Erie Bluffs State Park
Evansburg State Park
Fort Washington State Park  
Fowlers Hollow State Park
Frances Slocum State Park  
French Creek State Park 
Gifford Pinchot State Park
Gouldsboro State Park
Greenwood Furnace State Park
Hickory Run State Park
Hillman State Park
Hills Creek State Park 
Hyner Run State Park
Hyner View State Park  
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
Jennings Environmental Education Center 
Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation Area  
Kettle Creek State Park
Keystone State Park
Kings Gap Environmental Education Center 
Kinzua Bridge State Park
Kooser State Park
Lackawanna State Park 
Laurel Hill State Park 
Laurel Mountain State Park
Laurel Ridge State Park
Laurel Summit State Park
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Leonard Harrison State Park  
Linn Run State Park


Little Buffalo State Park
Little Pine State Park
Locust Lake State Park
Lyman Run State Park
Marsh Creek State Park
Maurice K. Goddard State Park
McCalls Dam State Park  
McConnells Mill State Park
Memorial Lake State Park
Milton State Park
Mont Alto State Park  
Moraine State Park

Mount Pisgah State Park  
Nescopeck State Park
Neshaminy State Park
Nockamixon State Park
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center
Norristown Farm Park  
Ohiopyle State Park 
Oil Creek State Park
Ole Bull State Park  
Parker Dam State Park
Penn-Roosevelt State Park
Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Poe Paddy State Park  
Poe Valley State Park


Point State Park
Presque Isle State Park 
Tom Ridge Environmental Center (TREC)
Prince Gallitzin State Park
Promised Land State Park
Prompton State Park
Prouty Place State Park
Pymatuning State Park 
Raccoon Creek State Park
Ralph Stover State Park
Ravensburg State Park  
Raymond B. Winter State Park (Half Way Dam)
Reeds Gap State Park  
Ricketts Glen State Park

Ridley Creek State Park Ryerson Station State Park
Salt Springs State Park  
Samuel S. Lewis State Park
Sand Bridge State Park  
Shawnee State Park
Shikellamy State Park  
Simon B. Elliott State Park



Sinnemahoning State Park
Sizerville State Park
Susquehanna State Park
Susquehannock State Park
Swatara State Park  
Tobyhanna State Park
Trough Creek State Park
Tuscarora State Park
Tyler State Park
Upper Pine Bottom State Park
Varden Conservation Area
Warriors Path State Park Washington Crossing Historic Park
Whipple Dam State Park White Clay Creek Preserve
Worlds End State Park  
Yellow Creek State Park

North Branch Canal Trail, Danville Pa

http://montourrec.com/north-branch-canal-trail/

We found this trail, as we find most trails, through a geocache.  A really, really awesome geocache - if you are a geocacher, you should definitely do this one!  

GPS Coords for the parking area at the start of the trail - N 40° 56.553 W 076° 34.967

It's located on River Rd, very close to the boat launch.  If you navigate to 1804 River Drive, Danville, PA 17821 (The Happy Camper) just go another 1/10th of a mile and it will be on your right.

When we first arrived, an eagle took off from the tree right at the start of this path.

This is a very short, level, path.  There are picnic tables and benches, and a porta potty at the start.

There are mile markers - right now the trail is only .4 miles long, but there are plans for it to eventually be a 6 mile long trail.

There's a railroad on one side of the trail, and the river on the other.  It's a really nice path.

See more photos and history from the North Branch of the Canal, here:

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2022/10/when-susquehanna-valley-had-canal-north.html

Edith's Kitchen, Danville PA - CLOSED

Edith's is now closed - they do catering, but there is no longer a restaurant.  :-(

I think I have loved every restaurant that has been in this building.  First the Old Hardware, then Mulberries, now Edith's Kitchen.  336 Mill St, Danville Pa.

https://www.facebook.com/Ediths-Kitchen-434312313258762/

Their facebook page is really out of date.  That often makes me nervous when we are looking at restaurants to try, but in this case, it's just poor social marketing. 

These were just the specials. The full menu is actually quite large.  We ordered the greek wrap, and the hot roast beef sandwich:

 

Dan had a soda, it's big bens on tap, and it comes in a mason jar with a straw.  They even have blue birch! I ordered coffee, and received a full carafe.  :-)

Our bill came to $24. Very reasonable.

The decor feels a bit like pinterest come to life.  There's a counter here that is made out of old shutters, and a ladder hanging from the ceiling, fake windows, and lights strung between burlap...  

We need to take our teenage son to check out the locomotive sometime soon - 

Pier 87

http://www.thepier87.com/

We were in Williamsport geocaching, when our son came home from MEPS, after his ASVAB test.  He arrived at the recruiters office in Williamsport, and we wanted to meet up with him, before we all drove home, to celebrate his ASVAB scores.  My best friend had told us about Pier 87, and this seemed like a good night to check it out.

The weather was just nice enough to be outside - they had the porch open.  We chose to sit out there, as did many others.  There's a sand beach area, with a firepit that had a fire going, and a beautiful view of the creek.

The food was GOOD.  Really, really good.  Service was great.  I had the firepit salad, and it was so good that I'll have trouble trying other items  from the menu.  A bed of greens topped with sauteed onions, peppers, mushrooms, then topped with their brewed fries and some cheese.  It was so good that our meat loving teenage son thought maybe he should have ordered the salad. The guys had  sandwiches - the pork, and the roast beef. They loved those too. You can see the full menu here: http://www.thepier87.com/menu.html

The prices are very reasonable.  I think my salad was around $11, and the sandwiches around $9, with another $1 or $2 for the french fries on the side.  Our entire bill, for the 3 of us, before tip was $38 - and we took food home with us.

And the carved tree along the creek is just a really cool feature.

Definitely to be  added to one of our favorite places to eat!

Find them on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Pier87Bar/

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A lit of our favorite restaurants
https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/p/places-to-eat_19.html