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Pennsylvania State Parks Open to Hunting
93 state parks with designated hunting areas, plus the 31 that DCNR keeps closed. Acres open to hunting, season categories, firearm rules and DMAP enrollment for each.
Hunting in the park system
93Parks listed
31Closed parks
31DMAP parks
14Lottery or permit
34Accessible options
The most hunting acreage is at Ohiopyle State Park (20,000 acres), Moraine State Park (14,000 acres) and Hickory Run State Park (13,000 acres). Woodchuck hunting is prohibited in every state park, and parks in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties open only Nov. 15, 22 and 29 among Sundays.
All 93 parks with hunting
| Park | County | Acres open | Park acres (GIS) | DCNR categories | Firearms | DMAP | Lottery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Islands State Park [2B] | Allegheny | 50 | 38 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Archbald Pothole State Park [3C] | Lackawanna | 100 | 140 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Bald Eagle State Park [2G] | Centre | 4,910 | 5,738 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Beltzville State Park [3D] | Carbon | 1,700 | 3,559 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Benjamin Rush State Park [5D] | Philadelphia | 310 | 304 | Permit-Only Deer Hunting, Special Regulation Hunts | See page | Yes | Yes |
| Big Elk Creek State Park [5C] | Chester | 1,800 | 1,889 | — | See page | No | No |
| Big Pocono State Park [3D] | Monroe | 800 | 1,361 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Black Moshannon State Park [4D] | Centre | 3,000 | 3,413 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Blue Knob State Park [2C] | Bedford | 5,000 | 6,196 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area [4C] | Dauphin | 975 | 1,051 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Caledonia State Park [5A] | Franklin, Adams | 740 | 1,120 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Canoe Creek State Park [4D] | Blair | 550 | 1,002 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Chapman State Park [2F] | Warren | 700 | 883 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Clear Creek State Park [2F] | Jefferson, Elk | 1,000 | 1,798 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Codorus State Park [5B] | York | 2,800 | 3,466 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | Yes | No |
| Colonel Denning State Park [4B] | Cumberland | 35 | 298 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Colton Point State Park [2G] | Tioga | 100 | 378 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Cook Forest State Park [2F] | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson | 11,000 | 11,143 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Cowans Gap State Park [4B] | Fulton, Franklin | 630 | 1,114 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Delaware Canal State Park [5C, 5D] | Bucks, Northampton | 172 | 1,054 | Deer – Archery Only | See page | No | No |
| Denton Hill State Park [2G] | Potter | 650 | 757 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Elk State Park [2G] | Elk, McKean | 3,150 | 3,243 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Erie Bluffs State Park [1B] | Erie | 500 | 624 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Evansburg State Park [5D] | Montgomery | 1,000 | 3,287 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Frances Slocum State Park [3B] | Luzerne | 700 | 1,056 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| French Creek State Park [5C] | Berks, Chester | 6,000 | 7,530 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Gifford Pinchot State Park [5B] | York | 1,945 | 2,174 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Gouldsboro State Park [3D] | Monroe, Wayne | 2,700 | 2,769 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Greenwood Furnace State Park [4D] | Huntingdon | 188 | 418 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Hickory Run State Park [3D, 4C] | Carbon | 13,000 | 14,083 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Hillman State Park [2A] | Washington | 3,650 | 3,666 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Hyner Run State Park [2G] | Clinton | 90 | 186 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center [5C] | Northampton | 937 | 1,164 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Jennings Environmental Education Center [1A, 2D] | Butler | 50 | 298 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation Area [4C] | Dauphin | 780 | 836 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Kettle Creek State Park [2G] | Clinton | 1,640 | 2,082 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Keystone State Park [2C] | Westmoreland | 800 | 1,178 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Kings Gap Environmental Education Center [5A] | Cumberland | 2,500 | 2,532 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Kinzua Bridge State Park [3A] | McKean | 275 | 315 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Lackawanna State Park [3C] | Lackawanna | 900 | 1,455 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Laurel Hill State Park [2C] | Somerset | 2,200 | 4,333 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Laurel Ridge State Park [2C] | Somerset, Westmoreland, Cambria, Fayette | 13,000 | 14,983 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Laurel Summit State Park [2C] | Somerset | 5 | 5 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Lehigh Gorge State Park [3D, 4C] | Carbon, Luzerne | 6,000 | 7,458 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Leonard Harrison State Park [2G] | Tioga | 250 | 565 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Linn Run State Park [2C] | Westmoreland | 300 | 631 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Little Buffalo State Park [4B] | Perry | 300 | 989 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Little Pine State Park [2G] | Lycoming | 1,700 | 2,191 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Locust Lake State Park [4C] | Schuylkill | 1,700 | 1,862 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Lyman Run State Park [2G] | Potter | 505 | 710 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Marsh Creek State Park [5C] | Chester | 1,000 | 1,814 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Maurice K. Goddard State Park [1A] | Mercer | 1,075 | 2,812 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| McConnells Mill State Park [1A] | Lawrence | 2,200 | 2,776 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Moraine State Park [1A] | Butler | 14,000 | 16,461 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Mount Pisgah State Park [3C] | Bradford | 1,100 | 1,313 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Nescopeck State Park [3D] | Luzerne | 3,500 | 3,631 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Neshaminy State Park [5D] | Bucks | 125 | 323 | Permit-Only Deer Hunting, Special Regulation Hunts | See page | No | Yes |
| Nockamixon State Park [5C, 5D] | Bucks | 3,500 | 5,307 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Ohiopyle State Park [2C] | Fayette | 20,000 | 20,480 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Oil Creek State Park [2F] | Venango | 6,800 | 7,162 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Ole Bull State Park [2G] | Potter | 11 | 140 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Parker Dam State Park [2G] | Clearfield | 800 | 959 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Pine Grove Furnace State Park [5A] | Cumberland | 75 | 703 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Poe Valley State Park [4D] | Centre | 450 | 708 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Presque Isle State Park [1B] | Erie | — | 2,022 | Big Game, Migratory Game Bird | See page | Yes | Yes |
| Prince Gallitzin State Park [2E] | Cambria | 5,600 | 7,244 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Promised Land State Park [3D] | Pike | 1,300 | 2,934 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Prompton State Park [3C] | Wayne | 1,400 | 1,356 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Pymatuning State Park [1A] | Crawford | 10,300 | 16,188 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Raccoon Creek State Park [2A] | Beaver | 7,000 | 7,432 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Raymond B. Winter State Park [4D] | Union | 487 | 669 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Reeds Gap State Park [4D] | Mifflin | 100 | 224 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Ricketts Glen State Park [3B, 4E] | Luzerne, Sullivan | 10,287 | 12,994 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Ridley Creek State Park [5D] | Delaware | 1,200 | 2,619 | Deer Only | See page | Yes | No |
| Ryerson Station State Park [2A] | Greene | 900 | 1,136 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Salt Springs State Park [3C] | Susquehanna | 800 | 397 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Shawnee State Park [2C] | Bedford | 3,000 | 3,750 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Simon B. Elliott State Park [2G] | Clearfield | 230 | 329 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Sinnemahoning State Park [2G] | Cameron, Potter | 1,400 | 1,887 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | Yes |
| Sizerville State Park [2G] | Potter, Cameron | 200 | 370 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | Yes |
| Susquehanna Riverlands State Park [5B] | York | 900 | 1,064 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Swatara State Park [4C] | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 3,500 | 3,522 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Tobyhanna State Park [3D] | Monroe, Wayne | 5,200 | 5,564 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | Yes | No |
| Trough Creek State Park [4A] | Huntingdon | 100 | 536 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Tuscarora State Park [4C] | Schuylkill | 1,100 | 1,705 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | See page | No | No |
| Tyler State Park [5D] | Bucks | 1,500 | 1,674 | Permit-Only Deer Hunting, Special Regulation Hunts | See page | Yes | Yes |
| Varden Conservation Area [3D] | Wayne | 256 | 430 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Vosburg Neck State Park [3C] | Wyoming | 575 | 669 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Warriors Path State Park [4A] | Bedford | 349 | 304 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Whipple Dam State Park [4D] | Huntingdon | 114 | 250 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| White Clay Creek Preserve [5C] | Chester | 1,800 | 1,388 | — | See page | No | No |
| Worlds End State Park [3B] | Sullivan | 265 | 731 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
| Yellow Creek State Park [2E] | Indiana | 2,300 | 2,829 | Big Game, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird, Trapping | No extra limits | No | No |
Each park’s DCNR hunting page and the DCNR park boundary layer, retrieved 2026-10-12.
31 parks closed to hunting
DCNR does not allow hunting in these parks; several point hunters to an adjoining game land or forest instead.
- Bendigo State ParkElk County, no hunting
- Big Spring State ParkPerry County, no hunting
- Buchanan’s Birthplace State ParkFranklin County, no hunting
- Bucktail State Park Natural AreaClinton County, no hunting
- Cherry Springs State ParkPotter County, no hunting
- Fort Washington State ParkMontgomery County, no hunting
- Fowlers Hollow State ParkPerry County, no hunting
- Hills Creek State ParkTioga County, no hunting
- Hyner View State ParkClinton County, no hunting
- Kooser State ParkSomerset County, no hunting
- Laurel Caverns State Park County, no hunting
- Laurel Mountain State ParkWestmoreland County, no hunting
- McCalls Dam State ParkUnion County, no hunting
- Memorial Lake State ParkLebanon County, no hunting
- Milton State ParkNorthumberland County, no hunting
- Mont Alto State ParkFranklin County, no hunting
- Nolde Forest Environmental Education CenterBerks County, no hunting
- Norristown Farm ParkMontgomery County, no hunting
- Patterson State ParkPotter County, no hunting
- Penn-Roosevelt State ParkCentre County, no hunting
- Poe Paddy State ParkCentre County, no hunting
- Point State ParkAllegheny County, no hunting
- Prouty Place State ParkPotter County, no hunting
- Ralph Stover State ParkBucks County, no hunting
- Ravensburg State ParkClinton County, no hunting
- Samuel S. Lewis State ParkYork County, no hunting
- Sand Bridge State ParkUnion County, no hunting
- Susquehanna State ParkLycoming County, no hunting
- Susquehannock State ParkLancaster County, no hunting
- Upper Pine Bottom State ParkLycoming County, no hunting
- Washington Crossing Historic ParkBucks County, no hunting
From the DCNR list of parks that do not allow hunting (DCNR hunting page).