Old-growth forest · Watson Township, Warren County

Hearts Content Scenic Area

Hearts Content Scenic Area: Old-growth forest, Warren County, within the Hearts Content Scenic Area of Allegheny National Forest
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.

What you will find

  • Hiking trails
  • Picnic areas

Make a day of it

Nearby

  • Chapman State Park

    State park · 6 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.

  • Allegheny National Forest

    National forest · 12 miles away

    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.