Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Protected Area

Hearts Content Scenic Area

Protected Landscape and Seascape

Hearts Content National Scenic Area is a tract of old-growth forest in Watson Township, Warren County, in northwestern Pennsylvania, protected within the Allegheny National Forest. It is one of the few remaining old-growth forests in the northeastern United States that contains white pine, and was designated a National Scenic Area in 1934 and a National Natural Landmark in 1973.

Facts
Designation Category
National Scenic Area 1
Established Year
1934 1
Area (sq km)
0.49 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
U.S. Forest Service 1
Sources
1. Hearts Content Scenic Area (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, area_acre (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
  • Infobox: established
    1934
  • Infobox: operator
    United States Forest Service
  • Lead
    Hearts Content National Scenic Area is a tract of old-growth forest in Warren County, northwestern Pennsylvania.
  • Source text, designation-category: National Scenic Area
    Hearts Content National Scenic Area is a tract of old-growth forest in Warren County, northwestern Pennsylvania.
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Hearts Content National Scenic Area is a tract of old-growth forest in Warren County, northwestern Pennsylvania.
  • Part Of: United States, Lead paragraph
    represents one of the few remaining old-growth forests in the northeastern United States
  • On Continent: North America, Introduction
    It represents one of the few remaining old-growth forests in the northeastern United States that contain white pine.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

View At A Past Year

Choose a year to see this entry's facts and connections as the atlas records them at that moment: what it held then, what it held instead, and what it had not yet adopted. Choose Present for the current record.