National forest · Sheffield Township, Warren County

Allegheny National Forest

Allegheny National Forest: Mead Run in the Allegheny National Forest
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Pennsylvania's only national forest, with the long Allegheny Reservoir, the old-growth groves of Hearts Content, overlooks such as Rimrock and many miles of the North Country Trail.

What you will find

  • Hiking trails
  • Camping
  • Boat launch
  • Canoe and kayak launch
  • Fishing
  • Scenic views

Hunting is permitted here in season. Check the state hunting calendar and wear blaze orange in fall and winter.

Make a day of it

Nearby

  • Chapman State Park

    State park · 11 miles away

    A small lake dammed on the West Branch of Tionesta Creek, with a sandy beach and campground and the big, quiet woods of the Allegheny National Forest all around.

  • Hearts Content Scenic Area

    Old-growth forest · 12 miles away

    A grove of old-growth white pines and hemlocks, some well over 300 years old, on an easy loop trail through one of the few virgin stands left in the Allegheny forest.

  • Kinzua Dam

    Dam and reservoir · 13 miles away

    The big concrete dam holding back the long, winding Allegheny Reservoir, with overlooks, a visitor center and a history that includes the flooding of Seneca Nation land in the 1960s.