State forest · Ogle Township, Somerset County
Gallitzin State Forest
Mountain woodland named for Demetrius Gallitzin, the frontier priest of the Alleghenies, where the John P. Saylor Trail loops through the rugged backcountry of the Clear Shade Wild Area.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Camping
- Fishing
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
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Blue Knob State Park
Pennsylvania's second-highest mountain rises above remote woods with long views and cool summer air, with a swimming pool and campground below and a ski resort on its upper slopes.
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial
The remains of the South Fork Dam, whose collapse on May 31, 1889 unleashed the flood that killed more than 2,200 people downstream, with a visitor center telling the story.
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Johnstown Flood Museum
The story of the 1889 flood that killed more than 2,200 people, told in a former Carnegie library with an Oscar-winning documentary and an animated relief map.
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Johnstown Inclined Plane
Built in 1891, after the great flood, as an escape route to high ground, a steep funicular big enough to carry cars, topped by an overlook of the city.
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Shawnee State Park
Campers, boaters, anglers and hikers have plenty of room to spread out around a big lake with a sandy beach, in the ridges along the old Lincoln Highway.
