Valley Forge State Forest

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Valley Forge State Forest, Pennsylvania
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Map of the United States showing the location of Valley Forge State Forest, Pennsylvania
Location:	Chester, Delaware, and Lancaster Counties, PA, USA
Nearest city:	Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°9′12″N, 75°49′51″W
Area:	812 acres (3.29 km²)
Established:	January, 1935
Governing body:	Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Valley Forge State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #17. The main offices are located in Elverson in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

The forest is named for the camp at Valley Forge in the American Revolutionary War.

Valley Forge State Forest is located on 812 acres (3.29 km²) in three tracts: 10 acres (0.04 km²) in Lancaster County; 200 acres (0.81 km²) on Little Tinicum Island in the Delaware River in Delaware County; and 602 acres (2.44 km²) of the Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens in Chester County. District #17 also includes Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties.

After the July 1, 2005 realignment of Pennsylvania State Forest Districts, Valley Forge State Forest and District #17 acquired the northern parts of Berks and Lehigh Counties from Weiser State Forest and District #18.

[edit] Neighboring State Forest Districts

The U.S. states of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland are to the east, south and southwest, respectively

[edit] Nearby state parks

Although no state parks are located within Valley Forge State Forest, there are fifteen state parks in District #17:

Delaware Canal State Park (Bucks and Northampton Counties)
Evansburg State Park (Montgomery County)
Fort Washington State Park (Montgomery County)
French Creek State Park (Berks County)
Marsh Creek State Park (Chester County)
Neshaminy State Park (Bucks County)
Nockamixon State Park (Bucks County)
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center (Berks County)
Norristown Farm State Park (Montgomery County)
Ridley Creek State Park (Delaware County)
Benjamin Rush State Park (Philadelphia County)
Ralph Stover State Park (Bucks County)
Susquehannock State Park (Lancaster County)
Tyler State Park (Bucks County)
White Clay Creek Preserve (Chester County)

[edit] References

Valley Forge 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.
DCNR REALIGNING FOREST DISTRICTS. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (June 2005). Retrieved on 2006-07-14.
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
Pennsylvania 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

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