RAVENSBURG STATE PARK

This 78 acre park lies in a steep-walled gorge carved by the Rauchtown Run stream through the side of Nippenose Mountain. The spring-fed stream is blanketed by a northern hardwood forest, possesses extraordinarily cold water and a wild trout fishery. Talus (rock) covered slopes and interesting rock formations are interspersed among a stunted oak forest that grows on the steep mountainsides and ridges. This pretty valley is especially picturesque when the mountain laurel blooms in late June and during the fall foliage of early October. In addition the 215,000-acre Tiadaghton State Forest nearly surrounds Ravensburg State Park.