| Hearts Content Scenic Area | |
|---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
_(8929491726).jpg) Old-growth trees protected within Hearts Content Scenic Area. | |
  Location of Hearts Content National Scenic Area in Pennsylvania | |
| Location | Watson, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°41′33.3″N 79°15′15.2″W / 41.692583°N 79.254222°W[1] |
| Area | 120 acres (49 ha) |
| Elevation | 1,893 ft (577 m)[1] |
| Established | 1934 |
| Named for | idiom "to one's heart's content" |
| Operator | United States Forest Service |
| Designated | 1973 |
Hearts Content National Scenic Area is a tract of old-growth forest in Warren County, northwestern Pennsylvania. It represents one of the few remaining old-growth forests in the northeastern United States that contain white pine.[2] The area is protected as a National Scenic Area within the Allegheny National Forest.[3]
- ^ a b "Hearts Content Recreation Site". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ Lutz, H. J. (January 1930). "The vegetation of Heart's Content, a virgin forest in northwestern Pennsylvania". Ecology. 11 (1). Ecological Society of America: 1–29. doi:10.2307/1930778. JSTOR 1930778.
- ^ "Heart's Content Scenic Area". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on March 2, 2004.