Fowlers Hollow State Park

Updated on Nov 03, 2023

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- elevation 892 ft (271.9 m) Area 42 ha		Address Blain, PA 17006, USA Established 1936

Similar Big Spring State Forest Pic, Colonel Denning State Park, Sand Bridge State Park, Warriors Path State Park, McCalls Dam State Park

Fowlers Hollow State Park is a 104-acre (42 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Toboyne Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is 0.25 miles (400 m) from Blain just off Pennsylvania Route 274. Fowlers Hollow State Park is on the site of a former sawmill, and was developed as a park by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

HistoryEdit

The land on which Fowlers Hollow State Park sits was clear cut during the early 1900s (decade). The Perry Lumber Company built a narrow-gauge railroad on the former Path Valley Railroad bed from New Germantown to the area of what is now Big Spring State Forest Picnic Area. The lumber company never built a permanent sawmill in the area. Instead they used five portable mills. Lumber was cut and bark was stripped from the hemlock. The standing lumber was quickly exhausted and logging operations were complete in the area by 1905. The state of Pennsylvania bought 2,573 acres (10.41 km²) from the Perry Lumber Company in 1907. Construction of the park facilities took place during the Great Depression by works of the Works Progress Administration.

RecreationEdit

Fowlers Hollow State Park is used by families on picnics and outdoor enthusiasts seeking to hunt, fish, snowmobile, and ski within the park and in the nearby Tuscarora State Forest. The picnic facilities at the park have stone fireplaces that were built by the CCC. Fowler Hollow Run passes through the park and is a brown trout fishery. There are 18 campsites at the park: twelve are for trailers, and six for tents. It also serves as a trailhead for the trail system of the Tuscarora State Forest. Hunters, snowmobilers, and cross-country skiers also use the park to gain access to the surrounding state forest.