The Pennsylvania Wilds is a region in northern Pennsylvania.

Regions

The Pennsylvania Wilds are made up of thirteen northern and north-central counties in Pennsylvania.

Cities and towns

• 🌍 Bellefonte - classic Victorian homes
• Benezette
• 🌍 Bradford
• Brockway
• Brookville
• 🌍 Clearfield
• 🌍 Coudersport
• Curwensville
• Driftwood
• 🌍 DuBois
• Emporium
• 🌍 Galeton
• Jersey Shore
• Johnsonburg
• 🌍 Kane
• Knox
• 🌍 Lock Haven
• 🌍 Mansfield
• Marienville
• Montoursville
• 🌍 Mount Jewett
• Philipsburg
• 🌍 Port Allegany
• 🌍 Punxsutawney — home to Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil
• Reynoldsville
• 🌍 Ridgway
• 🌍 Saint Marys
• Shinglehouse
• Smethport
• South Williamsport
• 🌍 State College — home to Penn State and the Nittany Lions
• Sykesville
• Tionesta
• 🌍 Warren
• 🌍 Wellsboro
• 🌍 Williamsport - largest city in the Pennsylvania Wilds.
• Youngsville

Other destinations

• Allegheny National Forest
• Bilger's Rocks - Huge rock formations, laid across the land from glaciers during the ice age. Located in Clearfield County
• Curwensville Lake - Largest lake in Clearfield County.
• Mount Nittany - Prominent ridge near Penn State University and the namesake of the school mascot, the Nittany Lion
• Parker Dam State Park - In northern Clearfield County. Hiking, Camping, Swimming, Fishing and boating.
• Quehanna Trail
• Tioga State Forest — Pine Creek Gorge, also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania

Understand

Talk

English is spoken throughout the region. A few families of Amish farmers live in the area and speak a dialect of German called Pennsylvania Dutch.

Get in

• Williamsport, home of the Little League World Series, sits in the northern half of the region and has its own regional airport (IPT ^IATA).
• University Park Airport (SCE ^IATA)

Get around

In Williamsport, the alternative to car transportation is city bus service.

See

• A total solar eclipse on Monday 8 April 2024 crosses the northwest corner of this area, visible in Warren at 3:18PM local time. The track of totality is northeast from Mexico and Texas to Ohio then straddling the Canada–New England border.

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Stay safe

Be aware that there are many areas where cellular reception will be weak or non-existent. Along major highways, you'll likely be okay but even then an intervening mountain can cause connection issues. On the back roads, all bets are off. (Even satellite reception may be blocked if there's a big hill immediately to your south.)

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