The 7 Best Nature & Parks in State College, Pennsylvania (PA)

November 7, 2021 Leonarda Pillsbury

State College, as can be imagined from its name, is a college town, the home to the main campus of Penn State, one of the ten largest public universities in the United States. Downtown State College is home to hundreds of businesses that serve the university's students and professors, from boutique shops, to coffee houses, to theaters for the performing arts. The city is also home to the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, which brings 125,000 visitors to the downtown area each year.
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1. The Arboretum at Penn State

336 Forest Resources Bldg University Park, State College, PA 16802-3604 +1 814-865-9118 http://arboretum.psu.edu/
Excellent
82%
Good
15%
Satisfactory
2%
Poor
0%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

5.0 based on 521 reviews

The Arboretum at Penn State

Reviewed By Trip270430

Considering 200,000 people are within 1/2 mile of this location during every home Penn State football game & you can stop there & feel like you have the place to yourself is awesome & truly overlooked by many. We stayed the weekend at goPSUrv & visited The Arboretum on a Sunday morning.

2. Stone Valley Recreation Area

108 Business Services Bldg University Park, State College, PA 16802-1002 +1 814-863-1164 [email protected] http://www.psu.edu/Stone_Valley/
Excellent
60%
Good
27%
Satisfactory
7%
Poor
7%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 15 reviews

Stone Valley Recreation Area

3. Millbrook Marsh Nature Center

548 Puddintown Rd, State College, PA 16801-6746 +1 814-235-7819 http://www.crpr.org/Millbrook/MMNC-Menu.html
Excellent
70%
Good
18%
Satisfactory
9%
Poor
2%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 44 reviews

Millbrook Marsh Nature Center

Reviewed By carrieecorcoran - Central Square, United States

Wonderful and peaceful. I loved the boardwalks. Cardinals, blue jays, hawks, different waterfowl, and deer were among the wildlife we saw.

4. Rothrock State Forest

Pine Swamp Road, State College, PA 16801 +1 814-643-2340 http://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/Rothrock/Pages/default.aspx
Excellent
60%
Good
40%
Satisfactory
0%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 5 reviews

Rothrock State Forest

5. Sidney Friedman Park

241 S Fraser St, State College, PA 16801-4827
Excellent
0%
Good
50%
Satisfactory
50%
Poor
0%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 2 reviews

Sidney Friedman Park

6. Suburban Park

101 Suburban Ave, State College, PA 16803-3038 http://www.twp.ferguson.pa.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.mapLocation&mapLocationId=40425
Excellent
0%
Good
100%
Satisfactory
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Poor
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

7. Tom Tudek Memorial Park

400 Herman Dr, State College, PA 16801 http://www.twp.ferguson.pa.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.mapLocation&mapLocationId=40409
Excellent
14%
Good
71%
Satisfactory
14%
Poor
0%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 7 reviews

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