State park · Pine Township, Clearfield County

Simon B. Elliott State Park

A wooded hideaway honoring an early champion of Pennsylvania's forests, with rustic cabins and campsites amid quiet hardwood forest and quick access to the Quehanna backcountry.

What you will find

  • Hiking trails
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Camping
  • Cabins or shelters
  • Fishing
  • Picnic areas
  • Wildlife and bird watching
  • Historic features

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

  • Quehanna Trail

    Hiking trail · 6 miles away

    Starting at Parker Dam State Park, a rugged loop of more than 70 miles through the Quehanna Wild Area and nearby state forest, with deep stream valleys and elk country.

  • Parker Dam State Park

    State park · 6 miles away

    A classic Depression-era park with a small lake, rustic log cabins and a beach, where trails wind through woods regrowing after a 1985 tornado and lead into the Quehanna wilds.

  • Moshannon State Forest

    State forest · 7 miles away

    Big plateau forest that takes in much of the Quehanna Wild Area, once a Cold War nuclear research site, now crossed by the long Quehanna Trail and home to roaming elk.