Linn Run State Park

Linn Run is a national state park that was purchased in 1909. Although years ago, this park was considered a waste land it now stands as a flourished park located in the Pennsylvania mountains. This park has many commodities that include, camping, fishing, public trials, waterfalls, and scenic views that can be enjoyed any time of the year. The heart pf the Laurel Mountain is what is to be considered of this park. The park had land ranges that started from 1,300 feet to 2,800 feet above sea level. Some of the most profound historical aspects of this park are where some budlings that had been built in the 1920s still have some remaining standing structures. Within the land of Linn Run State Park there is an abandoned hunting lodge that still sits with some of its original structure. The McGinnis Rod & Gun Club Inc that was built in 1922, the club had existed for roughly 20 years before the building had a fire and only left the remained of the stone walls and the fireplace that is seen today when visiting the park. The park also offers multiple activities for all sorts of individuals wanting to experience the park and the recreations it offers. Some of the activities include, bicycling, camping, fishing, hiking, historical sites, horseback riding, hunting, picnicking, and water sports.

Linn Run is a national state park that was purchased in 1909. This land was originally bought and purchased from the Byers and Allen Lumber Company for $42,662. Although years ago, this park was considered a waste land it now stands as a flourished park located in the Pennsylvania mountains. This park has many commodities that include, camping, fishing, public trials, waterfalls, and scenic views that can be enjoyed any time of the year.

The heart pf the Laurel Mountain is what is to be considered of this park. The park had land ranges that started from 1,300 feet to 2,800 feet above sea level. When the land was purchased, the commonwealth had marked it as one of the first major public purchase of denuded forest land in the Ohio Rover Basin. That is where the common use of “wasteland” had come from when the land had been purchases because someone people had questions the wisdom of the purchases and how to imagine what and would end up looking like in the future. During the time of the original purchase the newly formed Pennsylvania Game Commission had cooperated with the former Department of Forestry to restock the deer population in the park. White- tailed deer were imported from New York and Michigan for release.

Some of the most profound historical aspects of this park are where some budlings that had been built in the 1920s still have some remaining standing structures. Within the land of Linn Run State Park there is an abandoned hunting lodge that still sits with some of its original structure. The stone constructed fireplace is one of the still standing structures within the lodge. During the 1920’s the state of Pennsylvania had encouraging city dwellers to building “weekend retreats”. One of the most famous structures known was the McGinnis Rod & Gun Club Inc that was built ion 1922, the club had existed for roughly 20 years before the building had a fire and only left the remained of the stone walls and the fireplace that is seen today when visiting the park. The land that the lodge had sat one was then absorbed by the Linn Run State Park.

The park offers multiple activities for all sorts of individuals wanting to experience the park and the recreations it offers. Some of the activities include, bicycling, camping, fishing, hiking, historical sites, horseback riding, hunting, picnicking, and water sports. There are nine rustic cabins and one modern cabin that are available for year-round rental. But during the summer months only weekly rentals are available.  The streams that run through this state park are very often used for fishing and man of them lead to scenic waterfalls. One of the most commonly known waterfalls is the Adams fall. This particular waterfall you have the ability to stand behind the falls in the recess of the rocks that surround the waterfall.

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Linn Run Topographical Map, Accessed December 8th, 2022. http://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=1737528&DocName=LIRU_ParkMap.pdf.