State park · Ulysses Township, Potter County
Denton Hill State Park
A ski hill in the northern snow belt, where the state is working to bring back downhill skiing, beside the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum and near the dark skies of Cherry Springs.
What you will find
- Cross-country skiing
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Pennsylvania Lumber Museum
A re-created early-1900s logging camp, a steam-powered sawmill and a 70-ton Shay locomotive tell the story of the lumber boom that stripped and remade the state's northern forests.
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Lyman Run State Park
A small lake in remote mountain forest, with a beach, campground and trout fishing, and the famously dark skies of Cherry Springs just a short drive up the road.
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Patterson State Park
Deep in remote mountain forest, this quiet picnic clearing is a jumping-off point for backpackers bound for the 85-mile Susquehannock Trail loop.
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Susquehannock Trail System
An 85-mile backpacking loop through remote Potter County state forest, passing Ole Bull State Park, the Hammersley Wild Area and long, quiet stream valleys.
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Cherry Springs State Park
An International Dark Sky Park on a remote mountaintop, where astronomers set up telescopes under some of the darkest skies in the East and the Milky Way blazes overhead on clear, moonless nights.
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Prouty Place State Park
A tiny, out-of-the-way clearing by a trout stream, with forest roads and trails fanning out into the deep backcountry of the Susquehannock State Forest.
