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Hickory Run State Park

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Hickory Run State Park

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / Pennsylvania

Location:In the western foothills of the Pocono Mountains, off PA 534.
Facilities:381 class A/B campsites, group tent camps, 2 group cabin camps, showers, pit and flush toilets, picnic area, picnic pavilion, snack bar, hiking trails (43 miles), cross-country skiing trails (13 miles), snowmobile trails (21 miles), swimming beach, disc golf course, fishing pier, amphitheater, camp store, playfield, playground.
Activities:Camping, fishing, swimming, hiking, hunting, disc golf, cross-country skiing, ice fishing, ice skating, snowmobiling, sledding, tobogganing, nature and historical programs.
Special Features:Located in the northeastern corner of the park is Boulder Field, a large area (400 feet by 1,800 feet) strewn with boulders, some as long as 25 feet. A National Natural Landmark, the site is flat and lacks vegetation, and has remained essentially unchanged for more than 20,000 years.
Address:RR 1, Box 81
White Haven, PA 18661

Phone:570-443-0400
Web: www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/hickoryrun.aspx
Size: 15,500 acres.

See other parks in Pennsylvania.
Parks Directory of the United States, 5th Edition. © 2007 by Omnigraphics, Inc.
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