LEONARD HARRISON STATE PARK

Leonard Harrison State Park is a 585-acre park in Tioga County. Located 10 miles west of Wellsboro, on the east rim of the Pine Creek Gorge otherwise known as the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, it offers spectacular views. The gorge is 800 feet deep and spans across nearly 4,000 feet. The gorge was carved by Pine Creek which flows through the park & was formed through five major rock formations during the Devonian (415-360 million years ago) & Carboniferous 359.2-299 million years ago) periods. Carboniferous translates to coal bearing. Pine Creek Gorge was clearcut in the 19th and early 20th centuries but is now covered by second growth forest, due to the efforts of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s.