Thanks for visiting. This blog has information about natural areas within about 1 to 1.5 hours of Pittsburgh. Below, I've listed a number of natural areas and the organizations that manage them. Information is linked if a website is available. The rest of the blog has more detailed information on state park and forest natural areas, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy properties, and a few county, municipal, and privately-managed properties of note.
Plain Grove Fen, Fringed Gentian, Beaver Creek, and Toms Run Natural Areas. These are undeveloped properties managed by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - they have no trails, parking areas, etc. Contact the WPC for more information.
Enlow Fork Natural Area, part of State Game Lands #302. Originally protected by the WPC and now managed by the State Game Commission.
Rock Point and Glacier Wetlands Natural Areas, managed by the Wild Waterways Conservancy
A number of properties in and around Murraysville are managed by the Westmoreland Conservancy
Roaring Run Recreation Area, managed by the Roaring Run Watershed Association
Kimberly Run Natural Area, managed by the Somerset County Conservancy
Dead Man's Hollow, Barking Slopes, Fern Hollow, and a number of other properties managed by the Allegheny Land Trust
Powdermill Nature Reserve, managed by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, managed by Saint Vincent College
Jumonville Glen, managed by the National Park Service
Frick Woods Nature Reserve and Nine Miles Watershed, managed by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Buttermilk Falls Natural Area, managed by Beaver County Parks and Recreation. It is located right off of Route 18 near Beaver Falls.
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