Poe Paddy, Poe Valley, and Penn Roosevelt are crown jewels - just off the beaten path. Check them out! You need to travel on gravel state forest roads to get to them.
Nicely done!!! - I travelled 2 months in PA and the surrounding states, and today made my own list of my favourite natural areas. You may be surprised to hear that Cook Forest is also top for me out of 23, and I also stayed at the Ridge Campground, and yup it is truly a great place!
Fantastic video, Bill! I definetly agree with McConnell's Mill being in the top 5. World's End is defintely on my "to visit" list. My family and I are planning a trip to Pymatuning in August (we have visited many times before). Cook Forest and Ohiopyle as one and two?! Absolutely! Your list is spot on and this video will inspire many to get out and enjoy our Commonwealth's best State Parks. Thanks again!
Thank you and I had a lot of fun making this list, really can’t wait until I get a few more parks covered by this time next year to do an updated one, but yah it’s going to be tough to top the top 3! Would be fun to do a collab video sometime in the future if your interested!
@@MaksimOutdoors I would absolutely love to collab sometime. I live really close to Jennings Environmental Education Center and Maurice K. Goddard State Park if you'd want to do a day there and check another state park off your list!
Great video! I love Cook Forest, Ohiopyle, and Pymatuning. You gave me some other ideas of places to visit. There are a couple Frank Lloyd Wright houses near Ohiopyle people should visit when they are in the area (Falling Water & Kentuck Knob).
I'll be heading out to western PA this week. Have Kinzua Bridge and Oil Creek on my itinerary. Looking forward to seeing a part of the state I've not visited. Great video!
Both are great parks, make sure you hike down to the bottom of the bridge the views from down below are incredible. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment man!
Thanks Bill for putting a most informative video like this together. My wife and I really enjoyed watching and quickly forwarded the link to my daughter and son as they both are always on the lookout for a new adventure
Cook Forest is my favorite also. My husband and I went there for our Honeymoon in August of 2021 and fell in love with the place. This August we went back and rented a cabin....absolutely loved it. We can't wait to go back....
I am disappointed you didn't do Ricketts Glen and Presque Isle, but an interesting one for you to check out would be Cherry Springs State Park (Dark Sky) location.
May I suggest you lookup some of the State Parks in Central and Eastern PA. The Commonwealth had a pretty decent website on all of our State Parks. I was serious about Cherry Springs State Park which I believe is in Potter County, it is a World reknown Dark Sky Location and is visited by star gazers from all over the planet, look at their website and the photos posted on there. It isn't really a hiking location but it does have some camp sites and observatories and the Commonwealth has taken every effort to insure that there is no intrusive ambiant lighting. I am too old now to visit there, but have encouraged my Daughter to take her children there. Also there are some great Eastern PA State Parks, I believe that there is one called Singing Rocks, take a hammer with you. In the Eastern part of PA there are glacial lakes and parks that were formed at the end of the last ice age. I live in Lancaster County, but also have some land in Eagles Mere, Sullivan County. The entire State of Pennsylvania is absolutely stunning. From what I have read the Appalachian Mountians at one time during the end of the last ice age the tallest mountains on Earth, but subjected to more weathering than more newly formed mountains. I really enjoyed your video and believe that you owe it to yourself to explore more State Parks in PA. If there are still any (since COVID) Pa caverns open there are some different types of caverns in PA as well, if Lost River Caverns in Bucks County, I believe, that cavern has features not found anywhere else in North America. It is a smaller cavern with as I recall star shaped stalagtites that actually glitter in light. Keep up your good work and happy travels.
Love the videos. I am a lifelong PA resident (64 years) and have been fortunate enough to have visited a lot of the state parks. But Cook Forest is also my favorite. I love staying in the cabins there, my favorite river to kayak, favorite trails (of all abilities), wonderful views and great food call us there a couple times every year.
Thanks so much for stopping by Debbie! It was a tough one to make that’s for sure, I’m looking forward to updating this list every year. Once again thanks for stopping by!
Thank you much for showing some of the great beauty of one of my two favorite states for outdoors adventure, the other being just north of the border, my home state. I hve traveled extensively throughout the Keystone state, driven on old dirt roads into some of the most beautiful woods areas where you can truly get a sense of solitude, incredible smelling air, and deep woods sounds of wildlife like no other northeastern place. My state offers a lot but there's something about Pennsylvania that is very unique and rural.Peace and enjoy what this great state has to offer. Tom in Syracuse..
My wife and I completed all 124 state parks. We finished 120 from 2102-2015. We knocked off the 3 newest ones, and finished at big elk creek just a month ago. Great video, good luck with your journey. There are no wrong lists it’s off your experience. I went to presque isle and it was so foggy, didn’t really see anything, lol. My number #1 is rickets glen, we hike the falls trail about every other year and plan to continue going back as long as we’re able.
That is quite a feat! Congrats on your journey, funny you say that I’m actually headed to Ricketts Glen for the first time ever tomorrow morning! I’m sure I’ll be updating this list after visiting there, thanks for the great comment Dale.
Love the top 10 lists. One suggestion: I know you said the top 10 is based on your opinion, but it would be nice if you go into your personal criteria of what you look for. . .thanks!
I’m not saying its the best, but French Creek is really good especially considering how close it is to the most populated part of the state. Great hiking, camping, fishing and history, it’s attached to the Hopewell Furnace National Park.
You really have a great adventures video footage, massive likes. The best sceneries and good ambiance. Perfect location for sightseeing and hiking. Omg its a snake on the trail.
Great video! I'm not from Pennsylvania and haven't hiked in any of these parks. I have watched your videos, and based on what I've seen and what the parks have to offer, my top 5 based on your top #'s would be: 2, 5, 7, 6, & 1. I love waterfalls, white water rafting & ruins. Again Great video. I'm looking forward to more.
Thanks Mike always appreciate the comments, it was extremely tough to choose the top 5 I had to sit around and seriously think about it for longer than I’d like to admit lol, what state are you from?
I can't believe that Hickory Run is not on this list. How can you NOT highlight the facinating and mysterious Boulder Field? A huge and I mean HUGE field of boulder(immense rocks) that ring like bells when struck with a hammer.
It’s a good list! There’s times I get a bit down on the PA state park system, but maybe it’s because we’re not going to the right places. I’ve only been to 2 or 3 on your list. I’m all for more videos like this one to point me in the right direction!
Well done. I've heard of so many of these parks but haven't been to them yet since I'm on the other side of the states. One beautiful park after another!
Great list of Pennsylvania state parks. I just rode the GAP trail through Pennsylvania. I liked it so much that wanna explore more the state of Pennsylvania and your list of state parks is helpful.
The GAP has been on my bucket list for a few years now, would love to do it here in the next few years I just need a bike first lol. Glad you enjoyed the list!
Thank you, I definitely had some parks that didn't make the list simply due to me never seeing them such as Ricketts Glen but I most likely will be updating this list in the near future, thanks for the kind comment
If you visit Coulton Point visit in the afternoon, the sun will be shining on the east wall of the canyon. Visit Harrison Pt in am for the sun shining on the west wall. When at World's End visit High Knob area. You can drive around the knob with a vista almost the whole way .
I have four favorite parks in your top ten. Good review as usual.👍 Just an idea... To easily find these wonderful locations on a map maybe put in a corner of the video an outline of the state and a highlight of or an arrow to the county's location.
@@MaksimOutdoors I have other parks that beat out this but on this list, it is Oil Creek State Park because in an hour from home, it has everything I can do in one day... Biking, Hiking, a large creek, history throughout, a really interesting graveyard, an oil museum, a train ride, and if I really want to stay overnight there is a Caboose Motel next to the park in Titusville.
World's End was my local park growing up that we went to every weekend. Cabins were fun as kids too. Can't wait for leaves to be on the trees to get down there this summer. I prefer it to Ricketts even though I thought Lake Jean there was "the beach" when i was a kid.
Great video Bill! In my opinion it might be one of your best yet! Looking forward to your next iteration. A bottom 10 would be a great idea, i already have an idea which one would be #1 worst state park at this point lol. Have you thought about an AT series? Those trails have some of the best sights to see in the state in my opinion.
Thanks Joe that means a lot, put a lot of work into this one, I’ll have another top ten list coming out in a few weeks. As for the bottom list that’s a possibility, the AT would be a blast to do one day.
Great video concept! Your speaking my language with this kind of list. Excellent narration, felt like watching a promotional video for the state park system. Cook Forest will be hard to top. I was wondering what kind of camera do you use?
Always good to hear from you Walter, I look at you like you’re my twin from the other side of the state lol. Agreed Cook Forest is just amazing, really looking forward to doing Ricketts Glen one of these days (really enjoyed your video there) as for camera equipment I’m primarily a GoPro guy. Stay safe out there buddy.
@@MaksimOutdoors I seen that the video was being shown in 50 fps and I didnt think that's a setting for go pro. As a creator I take note of these kinds of things lol. I found the look of the video interesting that's why I was curious.
Great video, we live in Maryland, but have a cabin in area of Cowans Gap state park, an are always looking for day trips from there or just vacations in the state.. !😀🤗🤩
Great video some are on my list for a three day hike. Videos like this really help, so I am making the right choice. My top two would be worlds end, ant the Grand Canyon the west rim.
Thanks for this video! I have only been to a few of them, but the others look beautiful as well! Jus a bit of advice though. Ducks should not be fed bread or crackers. The best for their health is veggies. Take along a frozen bag of peas or corn if you intend to feed wildlife. They love it!
Most of these I have not been to yet besides the Pa Grand Canyon. I’ve done 20 parks all in south east Pa. Would put pine grove furnace and French creek towards top of my list so far
It was my first state park that I ever visited and probably have the most time spent there so it holds a close spot to my heart but I can understand your opinion
@MaksimOutdoors Maybe it was just a bad time to be there our site was flooded and we had to be moved, and the mosquitoes were horrible. So I guess that lead to not a great experience.
Only great parks are in the western part of PA? Very biased towards the western part of the state. There are other parks in PA besides the ones in the western part of the state.
Poe Paddy, Poe Valley, and Penn Roosevelt are crown jewels - just off the beaten path. Check them out! You need to travel on gravel state forest roads to get to them.
Thank you, hope to get to them this fall!
Nicely done!!! - I travelled 2 months in PA and the surrounding states, and today made my own list of my favourite natural areas. You may be surprised to hear that Cook Forest is also top for me out of 23, and I also stayed at the Ridge Campground, and yup it is truly a great place!
Fantastic video, Bill! I definetly agree with McConnell's Mill being in the top 5. World's End is defintely on my "to visit" list. My family and I are planning a trip to Pymatuning in August (we have visited many times before). Cook Forest and Ohiopyle as one and two?! Absolutely! Your list is spot on and this video will inspire many to get out and enjoy our Commonwealth's best State Parks. Thanks again!
Thank you and I had a lot of fun making this list, really can’t wait until I get a few more parks covered by this time next year to do an updated one, but yah it’s going to be tough to top the top 3! Would be fun to do a collab video sometime in the future if your interested!
@@MaksimOutdoors I would absolutely love to collab sometime. I live really close to Jennings Environmental Education Center and Maurice K. Goddard State Park if you'd want to do a day there and check another state park off your list!
@@StillGoingFar I was actually thinking about doing Goddard here soon that would be awesome!
Pymatunning is my favorite place ever to go!❤
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Great video! I love Cook Forest, Ohiopyle, and Pymatuning. You gave me some other ideas of places to visit. There are a couple Frank Lloyd Wright houses near Ohiopyle people should visit when they are in the area (Falling Water & Kentuck Knob).
Richard lou, great place to stay near Ohiopyle and Falling Water is the Historic Summit Inn open from Spring to Fall located on route 40.
Thanks for these videos of PA State Parks. I hope you get a chance to check out the beautiful trails to the waterfalls in Rickett’s Glen State Park.
Thank you for the support by leaving a comment! Looking forward to redoing this list next year as well as seeing Ricketts Glen.
I'll be heading out to western PA this week. Have Kinzua Bridge and Oil Creek on my itinerary. Looking forward to seeing a part of the state I've not visited. Great video!
Both are great parks, make sure you hike down to the bottom of the bridge the views from down below are incredible. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment man!
Cook Forest is my absolute favorite as well.
Some Western PA love
It’s my home!
Thanks Bill for putting a most informative video like this together. My wife and I really enjoyed watching and quickly forwarded the link to my daughter and son as they both are always on the lookout for a new adventure
Cook Forest is my favorite also. My husband and I went there for our Honeymoon in August of 2021 and fell in love with the place. This August we went back and rented a cabin....absolutely loved it. We can't wait to go back....
Something about that area is just special it’s hard to put it into words! Thanks for leaving me a comment!
What a great and amazing video..wonderful place to explore.
Thank you
I am disappointed you didn't do Ricketts Glen and Presque Isle, but an interesting one for you to check out would be Cherry Springs State Park (Dark Sky) location.
These were only the parks I’ve visited
May I suggest you lookup some of the State Parks in Central and Eastern PA. The Commonwealth had a pretty decent website on all of our State Parks. I was serious about Cherry Springs State Park which I believe is in Potter County, it is a World reknown Dark Sky Location and is visited by star gazers from all over the planet, look at their website and the photos posted on there. It isn't really a hiking location but it does have some camp sites and observatories and the Commonwealth has taken every effort to insure that there is no intrusive ambiant lighting. I am too old now to visit there, but have encouraged my Daughter to take her children there.
Also there are some great Eastern PA State Parks, I believe that there is one called Singing Rocks, take a hammer with you. In the Eastern part of PA there are glacial lakes and parks that were formed at the end of the last ice age. I live in Lancaster County, but also have some land in Eagles Mere, Sullivan County. The entire State of Pennsylvania is absolutely stunning. From what I have read the Appalachian Mountians at one time during the end of the last ice age the tallest mountains on Earth, but subjected to more weathering than more newly formed mountains. I really enjoyed your video and believe that you owe it to yourself to explore more State Parks in PA. If there are still any (since COVID) Pa caverns open there are some different types of caverns in PA as well, if Lost River Caverns in Bucks County, I believe, that cavern has features not found anywhere else in North America. It is a smaller cavern with as I recall star shaped stalagtites that actually glitter in light.
Keep up your good work and happy travels.
Love the videos. I am a lifelong PA resident (64 years) and have been fortunate enough to have visited a lot of the state parks. But Cook Forest is also my favorite. I love staying in the cabins there, my favorite river to kayak, favorite trails (of all abilities), wonderful views and great food call us there a couple times every year.
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment! As you already know I can’t agree more, Cook Forest is just a magical spot to explore.
❤I love your picks And been to most of those state parks. Keep on hiking.❤😊❤
Thanks so much for stopping by Debbie! It was a tough one to make that’s for sure, I’m looking forward to updating this list every year. Once again thanks for stopping by!
Thank you much for showing some of the great beauty of one of my two favorite states for outdoors adventure, the other being just north of the border, my home state. I hve traveled extensively throughout the Keystone state, driven on old dirt roads into some of the most beautiful woods areas where you can truly get a sense of solitude, incredible smelling air, and deep woods sounds of wildlife like no other northeastern place. My state offers a lot but there's something about Pennsylvania that is very unique and rural.Peace and enjoy what this great state has to offer. Tom in Syracuse..
My wife and I completed all 124 state parks. We finished 120 from 2102-2015. We knocked off the 3 newest ones, and finished at big elk creek just a month ago. Great video, good luck with your journey. There are no wrong lists it’s off your experience. I went to presque isle and it was so foggy, didn’t really see anything, lol. My number #1 is rickets glen, we hike the falls trail about every other year and plan to continue going back as long as we’re able.
That is quite a feat! Congrats on your journey, funny you say that I’m actually headed to Ricketts Glen for the first time ever tomorrow morning! I’m sure I’ll be updating this list after visiting there, thanks for the great comment Dale.
@@MaksimOutdoors That’s awesome, Enjoy
Love the top 10 lists. One suggestion: I know you said the top 10 is based on your opinion, but it would be nice if you go into your personal criteria of what you look for. . .thanks!
I’m not saying its the best, but French Creek is really good especially considering how close it is to the most populated part of the state. Great hiking, camping, fishing and history, it’s attached to the Hopewell Furnace National Park.
I’ve definitely heard of it and will be visiting there one day, thanks for stopping by Fred!
I’ve been to French Creek sooooo many times. I adore it
French Creek is awesome. I went camping there a few years ago & had a blast. Hoping to get there for a couple nights this summer
The best time to hike @ the PA Grand Canyon is foliage season in early fall. Take this from someone that lived in Wellsboro.
I love Black Moshannon State Park went camping there last May!
Still need to get there.
You really have a great adventures video footage, massive likes. The best sceneries and good ambiance. Perfect location for sightseeing and hiking. Omg its a snake on the trail.
Thank you!
@@MaksimOutdoors always welcome to my channel too
I really enjoyed this video. I have visited about 40 state parks, some that were on your list. I was expecting Rickett’s Glen to be #1.
Still haven’t made it to Ricketts but I’d imagine when I do get there it’ll crack the top ten! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment verda
@@MaksimOutdoors I am sure you will enjoy Rickey’s Glen. It’s a beautiful hike!
@@verdashirk9819 can’t wait to see it!
Hi, I hope your doing well. I loved your first top 10 Pennsylvania State Parks. You do a great job with your videos. See ya next time 🤗
Doing excellent! Great to hear from you and thank you for the comment!
There are so many great parks in PA. The ones you named are outstanding and we also like Prince Gallitzin, but none are bad, and many are unique.
Great video!
I'm not from Pennsylvania and haven't hiked in any of these parks.
I have watched your videos, and based on what I've seen and what the parks have to offer, my top 5 based on your top #'s would be:
2, 5, 7, 6, & 1.
I love waterfalls, white water rafting & ruins.
Again Great video. I'm looking forward to more.
Thanks Mike always appreciate the comments, it was extremely tough to choose the top 5 I had to sit around and seriously think about it for longer than I’d like to admit lol, what state are you from?
@@MaksimOutdoors I'm currently living in the desert in Arizona with a 2nd home in South West Oklahoma.
I don't see much water on my hikes in Arizona.
I can't believe that Hickory Run is not on this list. How can you NOT highlight the facinating and mysterious Boulder Field? A huge and I mean HUGE field of boulder(immense rocks) that ring like bells when struck with a hammer.
It’s a good list! There’s times I get a bit down on the PA state park system, but maybe it’s because we’re not going to the right places. I’ve only been to 2 or 3 on your list. I’m all for more videos like this one to point me in the right direction!
World's End is amazing. I spent 4 days there hiking and fishing. Campground was excellent. 10/10 Would recommend.
@@nathanbrady8529 we were there this spring, it is a beautiful place!
Just finished a two week stay at Cook Forest as a campground host. Such a beautiful park.
Wish I would’ve known that !
great video, we love Pennsylvania state parks. Pennsylvania is amazing all arround
Well done. I've heard of so many of these parks but haven't been to them yet since I'm on the other side of the states. One beautiful park after another!
Thank you! Looking forward to doing more park out in the eastern side of the state here soon, also looking forward to updating the list next year!
Great list of Pennsylvania state parks. I just rode the GAP trail through Pennsylvania. I liked it so much that wanna explore more the state of Pennsylvania and your list of state parks is helpful.
The GAP has been on my bucket list for a few years now, would love to do it here in the next few years I just need a bike first lol. Glad you enjoyed the list!
Well done video. Jefferson County native so basically raised in Cook Forest. Thanks for sharing; you are spot on with your rankings.
Thank you, I definitely had some parks that didn't make the list simply due to me never seeing them such as Ricketts Glen but I most likely will be updating this list in the near future, thanks for the kind comment
If you visit Coulton Point visit in the afternoon, the sun will be shining on the east wall of the canyon. Visit Harrison Pt in am for the sun shining on the west wall. When at World's End visit High Knob area. You can drive around the knob with a vista almost the whole way .
Great tips, I'll have to keep those in mind the next time visiting.
Oil Creek is often overlooked, thanks for including it. I’m a local and a bit bias but I think it is amazing!
After going back and backpacking the Gerard Trail I think it’ll rank higher when I redo this list! Thanks for stopping by!
Cool. Thanks for sharing. It def gave me some ideas of what parks I want to check off my bucket list. 👍
No problem! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment Craig!
Hello,what a beautiful place to have a food show.i hope u really enjoy ur time there cooking ..ill be tuned in..glad ur back.
I have four favorite parks in your top ten. Good review as usual.👍
Just an idea... To easily find these wonderful locations on a map maybe put in a corner of the video an outline of the state and a highlight of or an arrow to the county's location.
What’s your number one? Good idea I’ll have to implement that in next years edition. Thanks for stopping by!
@@MaksimOutdoors I have other parks that beat out this but on this list, it is Oil Creek State Park because in an hour from home, it has everything I can do in one day... Biking, Hiking, a large creek, history throughout, a really interesting graveyard, an oil museum, a train ride, and if I really want to stay overnight there is a Caboose Motel next to the park in Titusville.
World's End was my local park growing up that we went to every weekend. Cabins were fun as kids too. Can't wait for leaves to be on the trees to get down there this summer. I prefer it to Ricketts even though I thought Lake Jean there was "the beach" when i was a kid.
You want to see beaches go to Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie, the water is quite warm as Lake Erie is the shallowest Great Lake.
Great video Bill! In my opinion it might be one of your best yet! Looking forward to your next iteration.
A bottom 10 would be a great idea, i already have an idea which one would be #1 worst state park at this point lol.
Have you thought about an AT series? Those trails have some of the best sights to see in the state in my opinion.
Thanks Joe that means a lot, put a lot of work into this one, I’ll have another top ten list coming out in a few weeks. As for the bottom list that’s a possibility, the AT would be a blast to do one day.
Great video concept! Your speaking my language with this kind of list. Excellent narration, felt like watching a promotional video for the state park system. Cook Forest will be hard to top. I was wondering what kind of camera do you use?
Always good to hear from you Walter, I look at you like you’re my twin from the other side of the state lol. Agreed Cook Forest is just amazing, really looking forward to doing Ricketts Glen one of these days (really enjoyed your video there) as for camera equipment I’m primarily a GoPro guy. Stay safe out there buddy.
@@MaksimOutdoors I seen that the video was being shown in 50 fps and I didnt think that's a setting for go pro. As a creator I take note of these kinds of things lol. I found the look of the video interesting that's why I was curious.
Splendid sledgehammered that like button sharing out full watch stay safe and blessed
I'm from NJ Only been to about 10 PA S.P. My favorites were Hickory Run, Kinzua Bridge and Ohiopyle.
@@toy4x4nj great choices!
Please don't forget about the smaller state parks they're just as beautiful ❤️
I love Blue Knob. Also another favorite is Trough Creek in Huntington county. Thanks for the video
Blue Knob is so underrated imo, more people need to check it out. I need to make it to Trough Creek still. Thanks for the support!
Great job! I’m ready for spring.
Great video, we live in Maryland, but have a cabin in area of Cowans Gap state park, an are always looking for day trips from there or just vacations in the state.. !😀🤗🤩
Cowans Gap is on my list for October! Maybe it’ll make my new list coming up!
Sinamahoening and Cook Forest parks are great picks. Luvm all..
Nice job on your presentation of this.
Thank you Ernie, I’ll be putting out the 2024 edition soon
Great video some are on my list for a three day hike. Videos like this really help, so I am making the right choice. My top two would be worlds end, ant the Grand Canyon the west rim.
Ole bull chapman and clear creak are my favorites
Ill have to check them out!
You forgot Rickets-Glenn State Park in Eastern Pennsylvania. It's absolutely beautiful.
These are just the parks I’ve explored, haven’t made it there yet
@@MaksimOutdoors Oh I see. In that case, I highly recommend it.
Thanks for this video! I have only been to a few of them, but the others look beautiful as well! Jus a bit of advice though. Ducks should not be fed bread or crackers. The best for their health is veggies. Take along a frozen bag of peas or corn if you intend to feed wildlife. They love it!
Most of these I have not been to yet besides the Pa Grand Canyon. I’ve done 20 parks all in south east Pa. Would put pine grove furnace and French creek towards top of my list so far
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻great info thanks
I can't believe you didn't do Ricketts Glen when you were at World's End. Cherry Springs State Park for star gazing!
Edit: I forgot to mention I own some land in Sullivan County, but I live in Lancaster County.
Only have so much time at the end of the day, but I did recently visit Ricketts a few months ago so I need to redo this list here within the year.
Cherry Springs State Park, Cloudersport, PA has an Astronomy Park and is one of the best observing sites on the East Coast!
@@n3tuf video on that coming soon
Man, you know a lot about State Parks. Great video man.
Appreciate the comment, I hope you enjoyed!
you seem to favor the western parks, check out more of the central and eastern parks
How about Rickett's Glenn State Park? I heard good things about it but never visited. Does anyone know if this is a top state park?
My Favorite is Mt Pisque
On my list of places to go here soon!
Wow laurel hill isn’t even on the list? Missing out big time my guy. Laurel hill state park is a huge sleeper
Ohiopyle is probably my favorite follower by cooks forest
Great choices!
Hard decisions, great choices… fantastic topic!!!!
Cooks forest my fav
Seriously? Have you been to Hickory Glen St. Park? the falls trail as 21 waterfalls in a 3 mile hike!
@@DS-gt1ft Hickory Run? Or Ricketts Glen? If you’re referring to Ricketts Glen I just did a four part series on it a few weeks ago.
Liked most of your choices but Pymtuming was our least favorite parks that we stayed at.
It was my first state park that I ever visited and probably have the most time spent there so it holds a close spot to my heart but I can understand your opinion
@MaksimOutdoors Maybe it was just a bad time to be there our site was flooded and we had to be moved, and the mosquitoes were horrible. So I guess that lead to not a great experience.
Why no Ricketts?
And I bet you still didn't find the Bisons.
Clue, NWPa......up by the NY state line.
Ps, nobody knows they are there.
Bisons?
How on Earth could you skip Rickets Glen? I've seen it as number one on many lists.
This was a list for parks ive been to.
Then you must go. Old growth forest and many waterfalls.@@MaksimOutdoors
Only great parks are in the western part of PA? Very biased towards the western part of the state. There are other parks in PA besides the ones in the western part of the state.
It's PymatuNing State Park, not PymatuMing! Think "tuNa"
I wish you would have saved many of us time and specified that none of them are in Eastern PA. All of them are too far.