Nature reserves in Pennsylvania
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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541 nature reserves are published in Pennsylvania. The list below holds the 362 best-documented.
- Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area
- Parker Dam State Park
- Laurel Summit State Park
- Allegheny National Fish Hatchery
- State Game Lands Number 261
- State Game Lands Number 47
- Richard M. Nixon County Park
- Tyler Arboretum
- State Game Lands Number 97
- Hickory Run State Park
- Maurice K. Goddard State Park
- McCormick Island
- Governor Stable
- State Game Lands Number 329
- Beltzville State Park
- Caledonia State Park
- Hills Creek State Park
- Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
- Salt Springs State Park
- Buttermilk Falls Natural Area
- Whitehall Parkway
- Poe Valley State Park
- Frances Slocum State Park
- Lorimer Park
- Gouldsboro State Park
- Pymatuning State Park
- Locust Lake State Park
- Lehigh Gorge State Park
- Trexler Nature Preserve
- Ricketts Glen State Park
- Sycamore Island
- Curtis Arboretum
- State Game Lands Number 189
- Yellow Creek State Park
- McKeever Center at Clear Creek State Forest
- State Game Lands Number 173
- Tobyhanna State Park
- Tyler State Park
- Stone Valley Recreation AreaBuilt 1960
- State Game Lands Number 204
- State Game Lands Number 50
- State Game Lands Number 297
- State Game Lands Number 154
- State Game Lands Number 255
- State Game Lands Number 185
- State Game Lands Number 275
- State Game Lands Number 114
- State Game Lands Number 202
- State Game Lands Number 272
- State Game Lands Number 225
- State Game Lands Number 117
- State Game Lands Number 161
- State Game Lands Number 128
- State Game Lands Number 72
- State Game Lands Number 191
- State Game Lands Number 320
- Schuykill Center for Environmental Education
- State Game Lands Number 304
- State Game Lands Number 282
- State Game Lands Number 263
- Nockamixon State Park
- State Game Lands Number 327
- State Game Lands Number 77
- State Game Lands Number 167
- Henry Lane Park
- State Game Lands Number 330
- State Game Lands Number 209
- State Game Lands Number 162
- State Game Lands Number 265
- State Game Lands Number 98
- State Game Lands Number 216
- State Game Lands Number 155
- State Game Lands Number 268
- State Game Lands Number 143
- State Game Lands Number 152
- State Game Lands Number 291
- Evansburg State Park
- State Game Lands Number 107
- State Game Lands Number 164
- State Game Lands Number 279
- Ringing Rocks County Park
- State Game Lands Number 200
- State Game Lands Number 288
- Janet Johnston Housenick and William D. Housenick Memorial Park
- State Game Lands Number 83
- State Game Lands Number 218
- State Game Lands Number 102
- Kenealy Nature Park
- State Game Lands Number 199
- State Game Lands Number 136
- State Game Lands Number 178
- Kane Woods Nature Area
- State Game Lands Number 231
- Prompton State Park
- State Game Lands Number 53
- State Game Lands Number 273
- State Game Lands Number 163
- State Game Lands Number 271
- State Game Lands Number 146
- Armentrout Preserve
- Dwarfskill Preserve
- Mt. Bradford Preserve
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land
- O'Neill Open Space
- State Game Lands Number 220
- State Game Lands Number 76
- White's Mill Open Space
- Whetzel Preserve
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve
- Bodnarczuk Tract
- Catawissa Recreation Area - Weiser State Forest
- Holly Pointe Nature Preserve
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area
- State Game Lands Number 201
- Texter Mountain Nature Preserve
- Brock's Lookout
- Soaring Eagle Wetland
- Harry and Mary Goeringer Preserve
- Montour Preserve
- Byrne Family Preserve
- Cranberry Swamp Natural Area
- Millport Conservancy
- Chartiers Greenway
- Penllyn Natural Area
- Natural Lands Diabase Preserve (Not Open to Public)
- Nagle Tract
- James Wildlife Preserve Mercyhurst University
- Jackson Pond Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 194
- Muddy Run Recreation Park
- Otter Creek Nature Preserve
- Rock Springs Preserve
- Merli-Sarnoski County Park
- Brinton Run PreserveBuilt 2021-06-14
- State Game Lands Number 145
- Brown's Farm Barn
- Mill Creek Falls Nature Preserve
- Henry's Crossing Preserve
- Upper Roxborough Reservoir Park
- Rushton Woods Preserve
- Ringing Rocks Park
- State Game Lands Number 324
- Sewickley Valley Conservation Area
- PFBC Harris Pond
- Meadowview Conservation Area
- State Game Lands Number 212
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land
- Brenner-Penfield Macungie Mountain Preserve
- Wiley Preserve
- Kelly's Run Nature Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 160
- Briar Bush Nature Center
- State Game Lands Number 165
- State Game Lands Number 92
- Vinegar Hollow Conservation Area
- Browns Hill Preserve
- Fort Hunter Conservancy
- Hamer Woodlands at Cove Mountain Preserve
- Shaw Family Nature Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 40
- Susan Groome Harney Preserve
- Willisbrook Preserve
- Holtwood Nature Preserve
- Hildacy Preserve
- Reimert Memorial Bird Haven
- Hughes Family Preserve
- PFBC Lily Lake
- Quaker Falls Recreation Area
- Neversink Mountain Preserve
- Ferncliff Wildlife and Wildflower Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 215
- Shaner's Grove
- State Game Lands Number 250
- Stone Hills Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 222
- Green Hills Preserve
- Cherry Tree Farms Open Space
- Linfield Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 135
- Althouse Arboretum
- Stony Batter Natural Area
- Northeast Fishery Center
- State Game Lands Number 115
- Boggs Run Conservation Area
- Rannels Kettle Run Nature Preserve
- Timoney Preserve
- Tredyffrin Township Open Space
- State Game Lands Number 55
- Walker's Landing
- State Game Lands Number 110
- Musser Scout Reservation
- Jerry Pursell Nature Preserve
- Wells Street Open Space - Trail
- State Game Lands Number 246
- Sandra Yerger Community Recreation Area and Nature Preserve
- Ray’s Woods
- Jonas Mountain Nature Preserve
- Cussewago Riffle
- 5 Mile Woods
- Sussell Park
- ChesLen Preserve
- Briar Hill Preserve
- Cheston Family Preserve at Briar Hill
- Laurels Preserve
- Birmingham Hill Preserve
- Harold G. Fulmer III Nature Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 318
- Hayfield Hollow
- State Game Lands Number 175
- Torbert Island Natural Area
- Sahli Nature Park
- Spalding Conservancy
- Willow Lake Farm
- Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary
- Pomeroy McMichaels Creek Nature Preserve
- Upper Hopewell Forge Wildlife Sanctuary
- Woody's Woods
- Cussewago Island
- Bryn Coed Preserve
- Johnson's Pond Wildlife Park
- Homewood Nature Preserve
- Mount Davis Natural Area
- Greenland Tract - Weiser State Forest
- Kimberly Run Natural Area
- Berks Nature - Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary (Tekene 2)
- Thomas P. Bentley Nature Preserve
- Peacedale Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 205
- Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest
- Stateline Woods Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 35
- B. Leroy & Elizabeth Burkhart Preserve
- Haldeman Tract - Weiser State Forest
- Wintergreen Gorge
- Red Hill Preserve
- Cave Hill Nature Center
- Nockamixon Cliffs Natural Area
- Skelp Level Park
- Copper Mine Creek Preserve
- Lupher's Landing
- Souderton - Harleysville Game, Fish and Forestry Association
- Gray's Woods Preserve
- Bemus Mill
- South Taylor Environmental Park
- Tannersville Woods Nature Preserve
- Henry Botanic Garden
- Wawa Preserve
- Kenmawr Conservation Area
- Forestbrooke Conservation Area
- Upper Paradise Preserve
- Asbury Barn Recreation Center
- PFBC Lily Lake
- Butler Preserve
- Camp Woods
- PFBC Harris Pond
- Boyer Nature Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 305
- Messimer Preserve
- Dr. Colson E. Blakeslee Memorial Recreation Area
- Clark Island Natural Area
- Abington Township Bird Sanctuary
- Long Pond Preserve - Heimbach Tract
- Wissahickon Waterfowl Preserve
- Wissler Run Nature Preserve
- Strasburg Community Park
- State Game Lands Number 186
- Stauffer Woods Open Space
- Helen B Katz Natural Area
- State Game Lands Number 131
- Tamarack Run Natural Area
- Trout Run
- Dodsworth Run Preserve
- Hart's Woods Preserve
- Robert B. Gordon Natural Area for Environmental Studies
- Cussewago Meanders
- Rider Park
- Pickering Preserve
- Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary
- Little Martins Preserve
- Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve
- Windolph Landing Nature Preserve
- Pasold Farm Nature Preserve
- Devils Hollow Conservation Area
- Heyser Tract Open Space
- Lebo Red Pine Natural Area
- Faulk Tract Open Space
- Millport Conservancy
- State Game Lands Number 78
- Tomer Reserve
- Hammonds-Keeley Preserve
- Harmony Hill Nature Area
- Hemlock Sanctuary
- Bob's Woods at Earl Poole Sanctuary
- George A. Perley Bird Sanctuary
- Montour Woods Conservation Area
- State Game Lands Number 142
- Shiprock Woods Nature Preserve
- Audubon Greenway Conservation Area 1 & 2
- Hexenkopf Ridge Preserve
- Tom's Run Conservation Area
- Bellewood Preserve
- Thomas P. Bentley Nature Preserve
- Elklick Run Wilderness Area
- Trout Run Conservation Area
- Hal H. Clark Park
- Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve
- Serpentine Preserve
- Fieldstone Farm Tank Creek Preserve
- East Branch Swamp Natural Area
- Allegheny Front Hawk Watch
- Cussewago
- Fern Hollow Conservation Area
- Cussewago Riffle
- Beaverkettle Farms Conservation Land
- State Game Lands Number 299
- Yankee Run Nature Preserve
- Irwin Run Conservation Area
- Meng Preserve
- Edge Hill Woods Wildlife Sanctuary
- Chestnut Mountain Nature Preserve
- Hemlocks Natural Area
- Idlewild Farm Preserve
- Bossard Nature Area
- State Game Lands Number 242
- Frank E. Masland, Jr. Natural Area
- Crossways Preserve
- State Game Lands Number 310
- Logue Island
- Steinman Run
- Bat Roost
- Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge
- State Game Lands Number 88
- Cambridge Springs Boat Access
- Ziegler Preserve
- Binky Lee Preserve
- Rocky Ridge Natural Area
- Lower Tract
- Binney and Smith Preserve
- Bald Mountain Preserve
- Thorn Run Conservation Area
- Peevy Road Open Space
- Climbers Run Nature Center
- Sadsbury Woods Preserve
- Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve
- Simpson Island
- Thomas Darling Preserve
- Andrew J. Conner Nature Center
- Speedwell Forge County Park
- Chestnut Grove Natural Area
- Venango Trail
- Freeman's Island
- Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens
- Zimmer Wildlife Sanctuary
- NW Allegheny Conservation Area - ALT
- Fuller Preserve (Jere Knight Nature Trail)
- State Game Lands Number 193
- Rail Gap Pocono Creek Nature Preserve
- Kephart Nature Preserve
- Graystones Preserve
- Conklin Run Wilderness Area
- Buehler Memorial Park
- St John's Green