== former Colerain State Park == 

 I called the district office in Huntingdon (Rothrock State Forest) asking when (and why) Colerain Picnic Area was removed, and if you go there now, you will see a complete removal, no tables, no signs, no facilities, really nothing left but some small spots where parking used to be available now grown up in high grass and weeds. Even the signage for "Colerain Road" out on State Rte. 45 is gone! No one at the district office knew exactly when all this happened but thought it was around 10 years back; the persons working at that time have retired. All along Spruce Creek there are "no trespassing" signs on the trees a few feet before the actual stream bank; this was a criticism when it was open, that one heard from users: in all those years the state failed to acquire the actual stream bank, also it is tiny, there is very little level ground, except across the stream under private ownership; and because all of it is out of sight of the highway (PA 45) and nearby homes it had long since become a favorite spot for "beer parties" and illegal activities in the Tyrone/State College region, and subject to extensive littering and vandalism. DCNR headquarters might know more but the latter situation may have led to the decision to close, as was the case with the former Licking Creek Picnic Area in the Tuscarora State Forest. 

   Steve Kemp