To Franklin, 30 Mi. To I-80 & Er ie 1200 ENLARGEMENT OF LAKEVIEW AREA ENLARGEMENT OF PLEASANT VALLEY 1200 1200 1200 1300 To FIVE POINTS Jacksville Group Tenting LAKE Dickey Big 1200 Road Tamarack Lake 1200 1200 ARTHUR 173 1200 North Hogue 1300 1400 lley Tra 1200 (Kettle Hole) Run 1200 a il V N t #3 HISTORICAL SITE P an Esker 1200 l e as CRESCENT B AY Old Stone House 1300 Run WEST 1200 Slippery Rock 1200 LIBERTY Jennings Environmental Bait University of PA Shore Road 5 Points Tr. BEAR Education Center Office Weeks RUN Liberty Road 1300 1300 ENLARGEMENT OF McDANELS AREA #1 Turk Road 1200 1300 #4

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Spend the Day www.visitPAparks.com or call toll-free available to borrow Monday through Legacy of the Land who altered the landscape and depleted the acquainted many with the botanical 888-PA-PARKS, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday Saturday when there is adequate snow cover. resources through lumbering, agriculture treasures he encountered. Picnicking: Two picnic areas provide to Saturday, for state park information and Call ahead for snow conditions. The Paleo-Indian People were the first and hunting. Once the resources above the Dr. Jennings first discovered the tables and restrooms. The Woodland Picnic reservations. humans in the area. Arriving about 15,000 ground were exhausted, a new generation prairie in 1905. Thanks to a generous Area is behind the center office at the Enjoy the Winter years ago, these nomadic hunters followed looked below the surface. Coal mining donation from the Butler Garden Club, beginning of the Woodland System. the retreating face of the glacier in search of became a booming industry during this era. he initiated the purchase and protection The Prairie Picnic Pavilion Area overlooks Cross-country Skiing: All wooly mammoths and giant ground sloths. While mining provided a needed source of of the area by the Western the relict prairie. Its pavilion seats 50 people trails north of PA 528 (prairie side) are The constant pursuit of these giant animals energy, techniques of that day left significant Conservancy, a private conservation group. and may be reserved up to 11 months in recommended for cross-country skiing. is believed to have helped force the animals scars on the land. The Conservancy was instrumental in advance for a fee. If unreserved, the picnic to extinction. Little is known of the early At Jennings today, it is hard to see the establishing environmental education at pavilion is free on a first-come, first- Snowshoeing: Snowshoeing is cultures that inhabited the area after the scars from previous uses of the land. As Jennings. served basis. Make online reservations at: popular at Jennings. Snowshoes are Paleo-Indian People. educators, the Jennings staff strives to help By teaching others to appreciate By the end of the 16th century, the Seneca people understand that we continue to be Pennsylvania’s unique natural areas, Dr. HIKING: 5 MILES OF TRAILS Nation of the Iroquois Confederation a product of our environment and need to Jennings helped to ensure that this and controlled the area. Dependent on make informed decisions concerning the other special areas would be preserved for Jennings offers many hiking opportunities different types of habitat, including an area Woodwhisper Trail: 0.16 mile, agriculture, the Seneca used fire to open immediate and long-term effects of our future generations. Almost a century later, that traverse varying terrain and diverse recently influenced by beaver. It can be easiest hiking areas to plant crops, which may have helped actions. The decisions we make today about we continue to teach others in this tradition. habitats. Visitors may walk through over accessed from Deer Trail or Massasauga Popular with people with strollers, this sustain prairie openings. how to use the land will leave our legacy for 300 acres of forest and prairie. The trail Trail. Unique to this trail are several man- paved, flat loop travels through an upland, Trade and travel were an important part of future generations. Foltz School system is designed as a series of loops, with made pits. It is believed that the pits were mixed hardwood forest. American Indian culture. The Venango Trail trail signs at every intersection, making excavated in the 19th century for ore bearing Otto Emery Jennings This one room, township school was built North Country National lies beneath PA 528, a major road dividing it possible to choose a variety of hiking clay, which was taken to local iron furnaces. in 1880, on the site of a former log school. Scenic Trail: This national scenic the park. The trail connected Pittsburgh experiences. Trails are designed for foot The center is named in honor of one of After 83 years of classes, the school closed Old Elm Trail: 0.25 mile, easiest trail passes through Jennings and utilizes to Franklin and was traveled by a number traffic only. Bicycles and motorized vehicles Pennsylvania’s most renowned botanists, in 1963. Foltz school was one of the last hiking a number of the woodland trails, including of historic figures like Tecumseh, George are prohibited. Pets are permitted, but must Dr. Otto Emery Jennings. It is said that Dr. five public, one room schools to close in Starting west of the center office and Glacier Ridge, Ridge and Black Cherry. This Washington and Lafayette. remain on a leash at all times. Some trails Jennings explored western Pennsylvania Pennsylvania. The building is currently looping back to it, this trail passes through blue-blazed trail system links The 1800s brought an influx of settlers are appropriate for cross-country skiing. with the “energy of a pioneer” and being restored. an area of the park once dominated by large to New York, traveling through seven states Tell us about your hike at: elm trees. Most succumbed to Dutch elm for a distance of over 3,200 miles. More www.explorepatrails.com. disease in the 1930s, leaving nothing but information on the North Country National FOR YOUR INFORMATION Woodland Trails rotting logs behind. Scenic Trail is available at the center office. www.nps.gov/noco  Access for People with Disabilities Protect and Preserve our Parks Old Field Trail: 0.18 mile, easiest Black Cherry Trail: 0.5 mile, hiking text is available in alternative formats. Please make your visit safe and enjoyable. easiest hiking Prairie Trails This symbol indicates facilities A connecting trail which links Deer Trail and activities that are Americans with If you need an accommodation to participate Obey all posted rules and regulations and This loop trail travels through both upland The eastern prairie is a rare ecosystem that to Oakwoods Trail, Old Field Trail passes Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible for in park activities due to a disability, please respect fellow visitors and the resources of and bottomland and is good habitat for is home to the endangered massasauga through an area dominated by hawthorns people with disabilities. This publication contact the park you plan to visit. the park. spring wildflowers, ferns and birds. The trail rattlesnake. Although this small and reclusive and other small shrubs. This is evidence that follows Big Run, a small stream that flows snake is very timid, it is venomous and • Be prepared and bring the proper the area was a farm field many years ago. through the park for 0.12 mile. visitors should be careful when walking In an Emergency equipment. Natural areas may possess Old Mill Trail: 0.14 mile, easiest hazards. Your personal safety and that of Deer Trail: 0.35 mile, easiest hiking through its home. Staying on the mowed Contact a park employee or dial 911. hiking your family are your responsibility. Accessed by following Blazing Star Trail paths and keeping alert can reduce the Directions to the nearest hospital are posted Accessed by following Woodwhisper Trail for 0.22 mile, this short, flat, wide loop chances of an unexpected encounter. on bulletin boards and at the center office. • Alcoholic beverages are prohibited. for 0.04 mile, this trail connects the center trail travels through thick, brushy habitat. A Blazing Star Trail: 0.22 mile, Nearest Hospital office to Black Cherry Trail and passes by • Because uncontrolled pets may chase demonstration scale deer exclosure has been easiest hiking Butler Memorial Hospital the remains of a 19th century sawmill. wildlife or frighten visitors, pets must be erected along this trail. Named for the beautiful wildflower that 1 Hospital Way controlled and attended at all times and on a Ridge Trail: 0.68 mile, more difficult Glacier Ridge Trail: 0.31 mile, turns the prairie purple in late July and early Butler, PA 16001 leash, caged or crated. hiking easiest hiking August, this self-guiding interpretive trail 724-283-6666 This rough, wooded trail passes through the • Do your part to keep wildlife wild! Enjoy This trail is part of a 15-mile trail that links travels through the middle of the prairie. only area open to hunting in the park and wildlife from a safe distance and do not feed Jennings to Moraine State Park. It travels Follow the interpretive signs and discover i Information and Reservations can be an interesting extension to Black or approach wild animals. though some of the most scenic woodlands how the prairie was formed and why it is Cherry Trail. Large boulders and rocky Information and Reservations of Jennings. More information about this unique. For More Information Contact • Please park only in designated areas and terrain highlight this steep trail. Jennings Environmental Education Center Make online reservations at obey all traffic regulations. trail is available at the center office. Prairie Loop Trail: 0.28 mile, 2951 Prospect Road www.visitPAparks.com or call toll-free Wetlands Kiosk Trail: 0.04 mile, easiest hiking • Please recycle. Place trash accumulated Hepatica Trail: 0.26 mile, easiest Slippery Rock, PA 16057-5023 888-PA-PARKS (888-727-2757), 7 a.m. to easiest hiking The interpretive signs continue on this short during your stay in proper receptacles or hiking 724-794-6011 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday, for state park Accessed by following Woodwhisper Trail loop that can be accessed from Blazing Star take it home with you. Spring wildflowers, such as the fragile email: [email protected] information and reservations. for 0.08 mile, this short, extension trail Trail. This trail is recommended for viewing hepatica, can be seen along this connecting GPS: Lat. 41.00925 Long. -80.00359 Nearby Attractions leads to an interpretive kiosk overlooking a wildflowers in the summer and fall and for trail that links Oakwoods Trail to Glacier An Equal Opportunity Employer passive wetland treatment site. cross-country skiing in the winter. Ridge Trail. www.visitPAparks.com The geology, natural resources and cultural history that shaped Jennings can also be Massasauga Trail: 0.47 mile, seen in nearby attractions. easiest hiking Pocket Ranger™ App by Parks by Nature Starting in the prairie, this trail soon enters • Moraine State Park a mixed hardwood forest of predominately • McConnells Mill State Park oak and hickory. The dry forest soon drops into the damp, scenic Big Run valley, • Miller Esker providing an opportunity to observe barred • Wolf Creek Narrows Natural owls, before rising again to meet Deer Trail. Area Oakwoods Trail: 1.2 miles, easiest Information on nearby attractions is hiking available from the Butler Tourist Promotion This is the longest trail at Jennings Agency. www.visitbutlercounty.com and covers varying terrain and several

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