The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States includes 18 wild areas in its State Forest system. They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

The Commonwealth describes a wild area as "land where development or disturbance of permanent nature will be prohibited, thereby preserving the wild character of the area" and "an extensive area which the general public will be permitted to see, use and enjoy for such activities as hiking, hunting, fishing, and the pursuit of peace and solitude."

Wild area name  State forestCounty  Area Date founded  Remarks   Algerine Wild Area Tiadaghton Lycoming Traversed by the Black Forest Trail. Asaph Wild Area Tioga Tioga Burns Run Wild Area Sproul Clinton Traversed by the Chuck Keiper Trail. Note: This refers to Russell P. Letterman Wild Area by its former name, Fish Dam Wild Area Note: This mistakenly calls Burns Run Wild Area "Burns Wild Area" and refers to Russell P. Letterman Wild Area by its former name, Fish Dam Wild Area. Clear Shade Wild Area Gallitzin Somerset Traversed by the John P. Saylor Trail. Hammersley Wild Area Susquehannock Clinton, Potter 2004 Largest area without a road in Pennsylvania. James C. Nelson Wild Area Tuscarora Juniata, Perry Forest last cut between 1902 and 1917. Kettle Creek Wild Area Loyalsock Sullivan Martin Hill Wild Area Buchanan Bedford McIntyre Wild Area Loyalsock Lycoming Includes remnants of a ghost town.Penns Creek Wild Area Bald Eagle Mifflin, Union 2016 Quebec Run Wild Area Forbes Fayette 2004 Quehanna Wild Area Elk and Moshannon Cameron, Clearfield, Elk 1966 Largest Wild Area in Pennsylvania. Russell P. Letterman Wild Area Sproul Clinton Traversed by the Chuck Keiper Trail. Square Timber Wild Area Elk Cameron Stairway Wild Area Delaware Pike Thickhead Mountain Wild Area Rothrock Centre, Huntingdon Trough Creek Wild Area Rothrock Huntingdon Wolf Run Wild Area Tiadaghton Lycoming Traversed by the Golden Eagle Trail.

See also List of Pennsylvania state forests List of Pennsylvania state forest natural areas

References

External links DCNR State Forest Wild Area map