| Cook Forest State Park | |
|---|---|
 Tom's Run | |
  Location of Cook Forest State Park in Pennsylvania  Cook Forest State Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°19′25″N 79°09′50″W / 41.32361°N 79.16389°W |
| Area | 8,500 acres (34 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,444 ft (440 m)[1] |
| Established | 1927 |
| Named for | John Cook |
| Visitors | 507,260[2] |
| Governing body | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| Website | Cook Forest State Park |
Cook Forest State Park Indian Cabin District | |
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| Location | Off PA 36 at Cooksburg, Cooksburg, Pennsylvania |
| Area | 6.8 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | 1933-1935 |
| Built by | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| MPS | Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Architecture in Pennsylvania State Parks: 1933-1942, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000019[3] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1987 |
| Designated PHMC | September 17, 1954[4] |
| Designated | November 1967 |
Cook Forest State Park is a 8,500-acre (3,440 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Farmington Township, Clarion County, Barnett Township, Forest County and Barnett Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located just south of the Allegheny National Forest, the park is a heavily wooded area of rolling hills and mountains along the Clarion River in northwestern Pennsylvania. Cook Forest State Park is known for some of America's finest virgin white pine and hemlock timber stands and was once called the "Black Forest" due to the preponderance of evergreen tree coverage.
Cook Forest is now a National Natural Landmark and was rated one of America's top 50 state parks by National Geographic Traveler magazine.[citation needed] It was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".[5]
- ^ "Cook Forest State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
- ^ Hopey, Dan. "Cutbacks put some state parks on shaky ground". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Cooksburg - PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ "Find a Park: 25 Must-see Parks". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2015.