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Michaux State Forest

Michaux is located in south central Pennsylvania on the South Mountain range, with the northern terminus of the forest located just south and west of Harrisburg, PA and its southern terminus resting on the Maryland State border. It consists of 85,000+ acres of managed forest lands that host an  abundance of recreational opportunities. The name is derived from the French botanist, Andre Michaux, who was responsible for discovering many different plant species in the United States during the 18th century. The range itself is six to seven miles wide and is bounded on both sides by broad fertile agricultural valleys including several large communities with a wide variety of light to medium industry.

The district maintains about 130 miles of gravel roads. It is dotted with ponds, lakes and reservoirs as well as many miles of natural trout streams, all of which serve to create an unusual scenic attraction. The district office administers many leases and right-of-way agreements. A partial list of these would include almost 500 leased campsites, pipeline, power line and telephone rights-of-way, road use agreements, numerous water use agreements, including both rights-of-ways for transmission lines and leases for water supply structures.

 Within the state forest and operating under a separate administration are three state parks. Caledonia State Park is a little less than 1,200 acres and located about the middle of this long and narrow state forest. Pine Grove Furnace State Park is situated in the northern end of the state forest and is about 700 acres in size. Mont. Alto State Park is 35 acres and is the oldest state park in Pennsylvania. These state parks receive heavy public year-round use. They provide snowmobiling opportunities, swimming, picnicking, hunting, fishing and associated recreation. Caledonia and Pine Grove Furnace also provide a jumping off point for hikers on the Appalachian Trail.

The Michaux District is the only of the 20 State Forest Districts to administer a state-owned golf course.

Transportation in the area is very good with Interstates 81 and 83 running roughly parallel to each other on the west and east sides of the mountain range respectively. U.S. Route 30 cuts the area approximately in half in the east and west direction and the Pennsylvania Turnpike traverses east and west through the northern part of the section.

Historically, the Michaux State Forest has played an important role in Pennsylvania's forest conservation movement. The first tract of land was purchased here in 1901. The majority of what is today Michaux State Forest had been acquired by the early 1930's. It was originally two separate state forests, the Michaux and the Mont. Alto. These were consolidated under one District administration in 1942.                       MORE...........

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Michaux Dual Sport!

I have received quite a few emails asking for more information on this event. Honestly- I don't even know what it is! After investigating I did find out that Michaux Recreation is linked as the information page from this site. I will be more than willing to host info on the Dual Sport Race if someone can get me the info that I need.
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