Sproul State Forest

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Sproul State Forest, Pennsylvania
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Map of the United States showing the location of Sproul State Forest, Pennsylvania
Location:	Clinton and northern Centre Counties, PA, USA
Nearest city:	State College, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	41°19′40″N, 77°44′58″W
Area:	280,000 acres (1,133 km²)
Established:	1898
Governing body:	Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Location Map of Sproul State Forest Holdings

Sproul State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #10. The main offices are located in Renovo, Pennsylvania in Clinton County in the United States.

The forest is located in western Clinton County and northern Centre County and contains 280,000 acres (1,133 square kilometres) of land. It was named for former Pennsylvania governor William C. Sproul (in office from 1919 to 1923).

The first land for what became Sproul State Forest was purchased in 1898. This was also the first land purchased by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for what are now the twenty Pennsylvania State Forests, with over two million acres (8,000 km²) of forest.

[edit] Adjoining State Forests

Susquehannock State Forest to the north
Tiadaghton State Forest to the east
Bald Eagle State Forest to the southeast
Rothrock State Forest to the south
Moshannon State Forest to the southwest
Elk State Forest to the west

[edit] Nearby State Parks

[edit] References

Sproul State Forest. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2006-07-14. 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 2006-07-14. 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