Pennsylvania Parks
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Ready to explore Pennsylvania's great outdoors, you've come to the right place. You can find information for planning a one day picnic or hiking trip, a weekend getaway, or a vacation.
Pennsylvania State Parks do not charge an entrance fee. Valley Forge was the first PA state park which opened in 1879. There are now about 120. This is not counting the MANY local parks and nature centers In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt started the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the state of PA had the second highest number of camps (113) to California. Pennsylvania received so many camps because it already had a plan in place for the camps, thanks to the forward thinking of Governor Gifford Pinchot. In 1935, Roosevelt created the WPA (Works Progress Administration) which was similar to the CCC but used local people who lived at home. Many roads, buildings and bridges were built in Pennsylvania State Parks. |
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Valley Forge was the first PA state park which opened in 1879. There are now about 120. This is not counting the MANY local parks and nature centers
In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt started the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the state of PA had the second highest number of camps (113) to California. Pennsylvania received so many camps because it already had a plan in place for the camps, thanks to the forward thinking of Governor Gifford Pinchot. In 1935, Roosevelt created the WPA (Works Progress Administration) which was similar to the CCC but used local people who lived at home. Many roads, buildings and bridges were built in Pennsylvania State Parks. Follow DCR of Twitter @visitPAparks
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If you want to explore Pennsylvania's great outdoors, you've come to the right place. You can reserve campsites, cabins, picnic pavilions and whitewater boating launch times online.
Click here to do an online reservation Call 1-888-PA-PARKS (1-888-727-2757) between the hours of Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time . |