Parks in Pennsylvania ?

In My Humble Opinion
1

Can anyone tell me something about the following parks

Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Trough Creek State Park
Caledonia State Park

and what would you choose to go to for camping and stuffs ?

Thanks

2

Don’t know what you’re looking for, but here’s the DCNR info on Caledonia. You should be able to find data on other PA state parks from that site.

3

The Appalacian trail runs through both Pine Grove Furnace and Caledonia, they’re both close to I-81 and sit on what’s called South Mountain. I don’t camp so I can’t help you there. I did once bicycle from Greencastle to Pine Grove Furnace and back. That was a long day.

And here’s the DCNR page on Pine Grove Furnace and the page on Trough Creek which I’m not familiar with.

4

I highly recommend World’s End State Park if you are in the area. Its a very beautiful areas with some really excellent mountains and valleys:

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/worldsend_trails.aspx

5

Thanks a lot for all the responds.

Can anyone recommend me a park in between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

(*) in between: the travel times to the park are approximately equal.

6

I’d say the area you’re looking at is pretty close to the halfway mark between Pgh and Philly. There’s another park near there called King’s Gap which I think is pretty nice, and is closer to the turnpike than Caledonia or Pine Grove Furnace, but I don’t think they allow camping. It sits on South Mountain with a fantastic view of the Great Valley and has a very nice educational center which is an old mansion built from local stones. None of these parks is very exciting (with the possible exception of World’s End which I’m not familiar with).

7

For what purpose (the travel time)? Are you going from Philly to Pitts.? Or coming from one city and meeting someone from the other? My favorite central PA park is Greenwood Furnace:

One of the best campground facilities I’ve used (nice bathrooms!). Plus a big old stone furnace, and a very nice hiking trail that leads to a mountaintop with an old firetower that you can climb and look out on the countryside from.

8

And while you’re there, check out the nearby Alan Seeger natural area - it has just a few old-growth trees (never logged) that are quite interesting.

9

Yes! It’s quite creepy and cool.