PURPLE LIZARD MAPS Dark Skies / Susquehannock State Forest, Pennsylvania

Product Description

Overview: One of the darkest skies in the eastern United States finally has its own Purple Lizard Map!

This new map covers Cherry Springs State Park, the entire 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, portions of Sproul and Elk State Forests, Hammersley and Square Timber Wild Areas, the Susquehannock Trail System, and nearby gateway communities including Coudersport, Galeton, Emporium, Renovo, Smethport, and Port Allegany. Produced in partnership with our friends at the PA Wilds Center, this map unlocks truly special outdoor recreation landscape.

Why Purple Lizard Maps over Map Apps? 

• Lack of cellular service
• Won't run out of battery power–doesn't need recharged
• Tangible Maps are cooler
• Waterproof
• Makes Great Wall Art
• More detailed and more vetted trail systems than most map apps
• Small Business Support - Local PA
• keeps you disconnected from your screen and more connected with your surroundings
• The Excitement of "Chasing Lizards" (IYKYK)!
• True Adventure without GPS
• Explore with the confidence of highly detailed, accurate AF trail and road systems for all recreation types

Designed especially for outdoor enthusiasts: for hikers, backpackers, campers, cyclists, gravel riders, overlanders, equestrians, ATV riders, and anyone who loves the outdoors, this map is literally packed with places to go and ways to explore this extraordinary landscape.

Learn more about what you'll find on the Dark Skies Lizard Map on our Adventure Blog

This new map covers the entire 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, portions of Sproul and Elk State Forests, Hammersley and Square Timber Wild Areas, the Susquehannock Trail System, and nearby gateway communities including Coudersport, Galeton, Emporium, Renovo, Smethport, and Port Allegany. Produced in partnership with our friends at the PA Wilds Center, this map unlocks a truly special outdoor recreation landscape. 

As one of our team noted, there may be more green (for public land) on this map than any Purple Lizard Map so far!

Features & Benefits:

• 12 State Parks including Sinnemahoning, Denton Hill, Kettle Creek, Lyman Run and of course, Cherry Springs (a nationally designated Dark Skies park).
  
• Long-distance hiking trails including the 85-mile Susquehannock Trail System, the 38-mile Bucktail Path, and sections of the Donut Hole Trail
  
• Scenic gravel roads and remote backcountry routes
  
• Wild Areas including Hammersley and Square Timber
  
• Dark Skies viewing areas including Cherry Springs State Park Astronomy Field and the May Hollow Skyway
  
• Equestrian destinations including the Kettle Creek Equestrian Trail System and Dyer Horsey Hilton Equestrian Campground
  
• ATV trail systems including Whiskey Springs and Susquehannock
  
• Cross-country ski opportunities
  
• Scenic overlooks, waterfalls, mountain streams, campsites and more unique natural features throughout the region

This landscape is extraordinary in every direction: vast swaths of remote public land, winding backroads, quiet trails, mountain streams, and so much more.

With remoteness comes - you guessed it, Dark Skies! Cherry Springs State Park, which is included on the Dark Skies Purple Lizard Map, is one of the most recognized dark-sky destinations in the country. But the dark sky magic on this map doesn’t stop there. The May Hollow Syway near Emporium is the regions newest Dark Skies viewing area. Exceptional night-sky viewing opportunities extend throughout the surrounding state forests, public lands, overlooks, and mountain vistas across the broader region. 

As with all Purple Lizard Maps, this map combines the exceptionally detailed, ground-truthed information you have come to expect from Purple Lizard with beautiful, easy-to-read, award-winning cartographic design.

This map pairs well with the Pine Creek Lizard Map - they both have Route 6 across the northern tier. Dark Skies picks up where Pine Creek ends on the western side and continues to Smethport and Emporium. 

This map meets all of your outdoor adventure planning needs: detailed trail information, topographic and hydrographic detail, and that exceptional Purple Lizard outdoor recreation legend that helps you quickly spot trails, backroads, parks, campsites, overlooks, water access, and explore all the best recreation opportunities across this exceptional landscape.

And of course, those little purple lizards are tucked throughout the map, highlighting special places and adding an extra layer of exploration and discovery as you make your own adventure along the way.

PA WILDS CENTER PARTNER
This map is part of a broader effort led by the PA Wilds Center to strengthen connections between conservation, outdoor recreation, local communities, and regional economic development across the Pennsylvania Wilds and is the first in a planned series of forthcoming Pennsylvania Wilds Purple Lizard Maps. 

Learn More about the Pennsylvania Wilds at pawilds.com and the PA Wilds Center at pawildscenter.org

Map Sepcs:

• Scale: 1:63,153  1 inch = 1 mile
  
• Waterproof and tear-resistant
  
• Detailed outdoor recreation legend
  
• Clearly marked trails, roads, campsites, and recreation features
  
• Detailed topography and hydrography
  
• Field-verified cartography
  
• 24 x 36 inches, two sided, folded to 8 x 4

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