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There are seven Scenic and Historic Self-Guided Auto Tours in Forest County.
Picnic areas can be found along the routes, all with tables and scenic views.
 
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The first tour (A) has an estimated travel time of 4-6 hours. It
starts at the (1) Courthouse in Tionesta, traveling to the the (2) Fish
Hatchery, (3) Endeavor, (4) CCC* camp #8 called Beaver Valley, (5) Kiffer
Hill, (6) Kellettville**, (7) CCC* camp #2 called Bucks Mill, (8) Mayburg,
(9) Balltown, (10) Truemans, (11) Lynch (Blue Jay), (12) Pigeon, (13) Fire
Tower, (14) Marienville, (15) Guitonville, (16) Golinza, (17) Nebraska
and ends back in Tionesta at the (18) Tionesta Lake Dam**. (Picnic
Areas available - click above)
The second tour (B) has an estimated travel time of 1-2 hours. It starts at the (1) Courthous in Tionesta, travelling to the (2) Fish Hatchery, (3) Endeavor, (4) CCC* camp #8 call Beaver Valley, (5) Kiffer Hill, (19) German Hill (Tornado Damaged Area) and back to Tionesta to the (33) Timber Crib Dam. The third tour (C) has an estimated travel time of 4 hours. It starts in (14) Marienville traveling to (20) Roses, (21) Muzette and CCC* camp #9 called Muzette, then unto (6) Kellettville**, (7) CCC* camp #2 called Bucks Mill, (8) Mayburg, (9) Balltown, (10) Turemans, (11) Lynch (Blue Jay), (12) Pigeon, the (13) Fire Tower and ends back in Marienville. The fourth tour (D) has an estimated travel time of 1-1 1/2 hours. It starts in (14) Marienville traveling to (20) Roses, (23) Redclyffe, (24) Blood Road, (25) Clarington, (26) River Drive, (27) Cook Forest State Park on SR 36 to Leeper 66 and back to Marienville. The fifth tour (E) has an estimated travel time of 1-1 1/2 hours. It starts in (1) Tionesta traveling to the (29) Cornplanter State Forest, then (30) Neiltown, (31) Fagundus and ends at (32) West Hickory. The sixth tour (F) has an estimated travel time of 1 hour. It starts in (14) Marienville and travels to the (22) CCC* camp #6 called Seldom Seen. (Picnic Areas available - click above) The seventh tour (G) has an estimated travel time of 1-2 hours. It starts in (14) Marienville traveling to the (13) Fire Tower and ends at the (28) CCC* camp #1 called Duhring. (Picnic Areas available - click above) * CCCCamps: Duhring, Seldom
Seen, Beaver Valley, Muzette and Bucks Mill are five of the fourteen Civilian
Conservation Corps camps that existed throughout the Allegheny National
Forest during the Great Depression. CCC enrollees across the country completed
valuable conservation tasks, such as planting trees, building roads, building
recreation facilities and fighting forest fires. CCC #1 (Duhring) was the
first operational camp in the USA, opening August 25, 1933. At the
close of the CCC project in 1937 the camp was occupied by conscientious
objectors to military service. They performed the same forestry work as
the CCC workers had. The camp became a prisoner of war camp for AXIS prisoners
during WW II (1944). Even now, there are former German prisoners who return
to the area and have fond memories of the way they were treated.
**RV Dump Stations: (6) Kellettville Area and (18) Tionesta Lake Dam Area. |
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