Michaux State Forest

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Michaux State Forest, Pennsylvania
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Map of the United States showing the location of Michaux State Forest, Pennsylvania
Location:	Adams, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties, PA, USA
Nearest city:	Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39°54′43″N, 77°33′49″W
Area:	more than 85,000 acres (more than 344 km²)
Governing body:	Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Map of Michaux State Forest holdings

Michaux State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #1. The main offices are located in Fayetteville in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

The Michaux State Forest is in several tracts covering more than 85,000 acres (more than 344 km²) located in Adams, southern Cumberland and eastern Franklin counties. District #1 also includes York County.

The forest is named after André Michaux, a French botanist. Michaux was dispatched in 1785 by the King and Queen of France to gather plants for the Royal Gardens. He and his son, Francois André, are noted for discovering and identifying a host of flowers, shrubs and trees.

[edit] Neighboring State Forest Districts

The U.S. state of Maryland is to the south

[edit] Nearby state parks

The Appalachian Trail also runs through Michaux State Forest.

[edit] References

Michaux State Forest. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2006-07-12. Note: As of July 2006, this web page has not been updated to reflect the Pennsylvania State Forest Districts realignment.
State Forest Districts. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2006-07-12. Note: Map showing districts after the July 1, 2005 realignment

	Protected Areas of Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
State Parks	Allegheny Islands \| Archbald Pothole \| Bald Eagle \| Beltzville \| Bendigo \| Benjamin Rush \| Big Pocono \| Big Spring \| Black Moshannon \| Blue Knob \| Boyd Big \| Buchanan's Birthplace \| Bucktail \| Caledonia \| Canoe Creek \| Chapman \| Cherry Springs \| Clear Creek \| Codorus \| Colonel Denning \| Colton Point \| Cook Forest \| Cowans Gap \| Delaware Canal \| Denton Hill \| Elk \| Erie Bluffs \| Evansburg \| Fort Washington \| Fowlers Hollow \| Frances Slocum \| French Creek \| Gifford Pinchot \| Gouldsboro \| Greenwood Furnace \| Hickory Run \| Hillman \| Hills Creek \| Hyner Run \| Hyner View \| Jacobsburg \| Jennings \| Joseph E. Ibberson \| Kettle Creek \| Keystone \| Kings Gap \| Kinzua Bridge \| Kooser \| Lackawanna \| Laurel Hill \| Laurel Mountain \| Laurel Ridge \| Laurel Summit \| Lehigh Gorge \| Leonard Harrison \| Linn Run \| Little Buffalo \| Little Pine \| Locust Lake \| Lyman Run \| Maurice K. Goddard \| Marsh Creek \| McCalls Dam \| McConnells Mill \| Memorial Lake \| Milton \| Mont Alto \| Moraine \| Mt. Pisgah \| Nescopeck \| Neshaminy \| Nockamixon \| Norristown Farm \| Nolde Forest \| Ohiopyle \| Oil Creek \| Ole Bull \| Parker Dam \| Patterson \| Penn-Roosevelt \| Pine Grove Furnace \| Poe Paddy \| Poe Valley \| Point \| Presque Isle \| Prince Gallitzin \| Promised Land \| Prompton \| Prouty Place \| Pymatuning \| R. B. Winter \| Raccoon Creek \| Ralph Stover \| Ravensburg \| Reeds Gap \| Ricketts Glen \| Ridley Creek \| Ryerson Station \| S. B. Elliott \| Salt Springs \| Samuel S. Lewis \| Sand Bridge \| Shawnee \| Shikellamy \| Sinnemahoning \| Sizerville \| Susquehanna \| Susquehannock \| Swatara \| Tobyhanna \| Trough Creek \| Tuscarora \| Tyler \| Upper Pine Bottom \| Varden \| Warriors Path \| Whipple Dam \| White Clay Creek \| Worlds End \| Yellow Creek
State Forests	Bald Eagle \| Buchanan \| Cornplanter \| Delaware \| Elk \| Forbes \| Gallitzin \| Kittanning \| Lackawanna \| Loyalsock \| Michaux \| Moshannon \| Rothrock \| Sproul \| Susquehannock \| Tiadaghton \| Tioga \| Tuscarora \| Valley Forge \| Weiser \| Wyoming
Scenic Rivers	Bear Run \| French Creek \| Lehigh River \| Le Tort Spring Run \| Lick Run \| Lower Brandywine \| Octoraro Creek \| Pine Creek \| Schuylkill River \| Stony Creek \| Tucquan Creek \| Tulpehocken Creek \| Yellow Breeches Creek
National Parks and Forests	Allegheny Portage Railroad \| Delaware Water Gap \| Edgar Allan Poe \| Eisenhower \| Flight 93 \| Fort Necessity \| Friendship Hill \| Gettysburg \| Hopewell Furnace \| Independence \| Johnstown Flood \| Middle Delaware \| Steamtown \| Thaddues Kosciuszko \| Upper Delaware \| Valley Forge \| Allegheny