Colton Point State Park
Colton Point State Park
Pennsylvania State Park
National Register of Historic Places
Natural Monument (IUCN III)
CCC-built overlook looking south into the Pine Creek
Gorge in Colton Point State Park
Named for: Henry Colton
Country
United States
State
Pennsylvania
County
Tioga
Township
Shippen
Location
[1]
- coordinates 41°41′59″N 77°27′53″W / 41.69972°N
77.46472°W / 41.69972;
-77.46472Coordinates: 41°41′59″N
77°27′53″W / 41.69972°N 77.46472°W /
41.69972; -77.46472
- elevation
1,637 ft (499 m) [1]
Area
368 acres (149 ha)
Founded
1936
Managed by Pennsylvania Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources
Visitation
87,423 (in 2003) [2]
Nearest city Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
Added to
NRHP
February 12, 1987
NRHP Ref#
87000112
Location of Colton Point State Park in Pennsylvania
Colton Point (ivory area left of Pine Creek) and Leonard
Harrison (right) State Parks in Tioga County, PA
Website : Colton Point State Park
Colton Point State Park
is a 368-acre
(149 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Tioga
County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It
is on the west side of the Pine Creek Gorge,
also known as
the Grand Canyon of
Pennsylvania, which is 800 feet (240 m) deep
and nearly 4,000 feet (1,200 m) across at this
location. The park extends from the creek in
the bottom of the gorge up to the rim and
across part of the plateau to the west. Colton
Point State Park is known for its views of the
Pine Creek Gorge, and offers opportunities
for picnicking, hiking, fishing and hunting,
whitewater boating, and camping. Colton
Point is surrounded by Tioga State Forest
and its sister park, Leonard Harrison State
Park, on the east rim. The park is on a state
forest road in Shippen Township 5 miles
(8.0 km) south of U.S. Route 6.
Pine Creek flows through the park and has
carved the gorge through five major rock
formations from the Devonian and Carbon-
iferous periods. Native Americans once used
the Pine Creek Path along the creek. The
path was later used by lumbermen, and then
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