Upper Pine Bottom State Park
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| Upper Pine Bottom State Park, Pennsylvania, USA | |
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| IUCN Category III (Natural Monument) | |
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| Location: | Cummings Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Nearest city: | Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
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| Area: | 5 acres (0.02 km²) |
| Established: | 1924 |
| Governing body: | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Upper Pine Bottom State Park is a Pennsylvania State Park on 5 acres (0.02 km²) in Cummings Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Upper Pine Bottom State Park is a roadside park for day use only.[1]
The park is on Pennsylvania Route 44 and Upper Pine Bottom Run, a tributary of Pine Creek, and is in the midst of Tiadaghton State Forest.[2] Staff from nearby Little Pine State Park maintain Upper Pine Bottom State Park. In addition to picnics, its chief use is as a parking area for local hunters, anglers, hikers, cross country skiers, and snowmobilers.[1]
As of 2007, there were three picnic tables and perhaps a dozen parking spaces in the developed portion of the park. Upper Pine Bottom State park is tied for second smallest state park in Pennsylvania (Prouty Place State Park, a picnic area to the northwest in Potter County, is also only 5 acres (0.02 km²)). Only Sand Bridge State Park (another picnic area) is smaller.
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[edit] History
Tiadaghton State Forest lands were acquired by the state by the early 1900s. The site which became the park was "Upper Pine Bottom Class B Public Campground" by 1924 (Class B Public Campgrounds were on secondary highways and had a lean-to shelter for camping). During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps built a pavilion at the site in 1936, but it is no longer extant. The park was not officially transferred from the Bureau of Forests to State Parks until 1962.[3]
[edit] Location
Upper Pine Bottom State Park is on Pennsylvania Route 44 west of Pine Creek and the unincorporated village of Waterville. The nearest borough is Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, about 15 miles south at the mouth of Pine Creek on the West Branch Susquehanna River.[1][2]
[edit] Nearby state parks
The following state parks are within 30 miles (48 km) of Upper Pine Bottom State Park:
- Bald Eagle State Park (Centre County)
- Bucktail State Park (Cameron and Clinton Counties)
- Colton Point State Park (Tioga County)
- Hyner Run State Park (Clinton County)
- Hyner View State Park (Clinton County)
- Kettle Creek State Park (Clinton County)
- Leonard Harrison State Park (Tioga County)
- Little Pine State Park (Lycoming County)
- McCalls Dam State Park (Centre County)
- Ole Bull State Park (Potter County)
- Ravensburg State Park ( Clinton County)
- R. B. Winter State Park (Union County)
- Sand Bridge State Park (Union County)
- Susquehanna State Park (Lycoming County)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Upper Pine Bottom State Park. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
- ^ a b Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division. "2005 General Highway Map of Lycoming County". Retrieved on 2006-07-28. Note: shows Upper Pine Bottom State Park
- ^ Cupper, Dan (1993). Our Priceless Heritage: Pennsylvania’s State Parks 1893-1993. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks. ISBN 0-89271-056-X.
- USGS. "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map, Jersey Mills (PA) Quad", www.topozone.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-23. Note: source for coordinates
