Between Buckaloons Recreation Area and Tionesta, PA, a distance of approximately 56 miles, seven islands in the Allegheny River have been designated Wilderness. Alluvial in origin, the islands are deposits of sand, mud and clay carried down from the Allegheny Mountains.
Camping is permitted on any island unless otherwise posted.
From Buckaloons Recreation Area, six miles west of Warren, PA, take US 62 west and south following the Allegheny River which flows along the edge of the Allegheny National Forest. The first Wilderness island, Crull's Island, lies about one mile south of Buckaloons. Thompsons Island lies about one mile south of Crull's, and R. Thompson's about two miles south of Thompsons. Courson Island lies near Tidioute, about 29 miles south of Buckaloons. King Island lies near East Hickory, about seven miles north of Tionesta.