State Parks
near the
Tuscarora State Forest

 

Colonel Denning State Park

Located in the Dubling Gap area of the state forest, this park has a three and one-half-acre lake which provides swimming, fishing, and ice-skating.  Facilities include an outdoor amphitheater, picnic areas, and a 52-site primitive campground with a trailer dump station and a picnic shelter.

Big Spring State Park

Primarily a picnicking and hiking area, this 45-acre park is located midway between New Germantown and Doylesburg.  Facilities include five large picnic shelters and hiking trails.

Little Buffalo State Park

Located midway between Newport and New Bloomfield, park facilities include a swimming pool, picnicking areas, and hiking trails.  The 88-acre Little Buffalo Lake provides the visitor the opportunity for boating, fishing, ice fishing, and ice skating.  Also located in the park are an interpretative center, restored gristmill, and a covered bridge.

Fowlers Hollow State Park

The park was built by the Works Projects Administration, a program similar to the CCC.  Fowlers Hollow has facilities for picnicking, hiking, and fishing as well as an 18-site primitive campground with a trailer dump station, picnic shelter, and playfield.

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