On July 9, Pennsylvania Wilds and Purple Lizard Maps announced that a new map is now available, highlighting one of Pennsylvania’s most remote landscapes, bringing together hiking trails, gravel cycling routes, backroads, camping areas and exceptional night skies in a single, comprehensive map, according to the PA Environment Digest Blog.
The Dark Skies/Susquehannock State Forest Purple Lizard Map is the first in a new, co-branded Pennsylvania Wilds map series designed to support exploration and connection across the rural region.
Centered in northcentral Pennsylvania, the map covers the entirety of the 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest along with portions of Sproul and Elk State Forests, and the surrounding communities of Renovo, Emporium, Smethport, Port Allegany, Coudersport, and Galeton.
This area of the Pennsylvania Wilds is widely recognized for its vast, undeveloped landscape and some of the darkest skies in the eastern United States.
The Dark Skies landscape offers a rare combination of expansive public lands, quiet backroads, small-town character, and exceptional stargazing opportunities.