Conservation area · South Canaan Township, Wayne County
Varden Conservation Area
Former farmland given to the state by a local veterinarian, with easy trails through meadows and woods, a fishing pond and rows of conifers the donor planted himself.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Cross-country skiing
- Fishing
- Picnic areas
- Wildlife and bird watching
- Historic features
- Accessible trails
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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Prompton State Park
Mountain bikers and hikers have a long web of wooded trails around this quiet flood-control lake on the West Branch Lackawaxen River, where anglers and paddlers launch small boats.
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Archbald Pothole State Park
A glacial pothole 38 feet deep, drilled into the bedrock by swirling meltwater and stones at the end of the Ice Age and uncovered by coal miners in 1884.
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Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art
Founded in 1908 in Nay Aug Park, this museum of natural history, science and art shows dinosaurs, birds, Dorflinger glass and folk art.
