page_title: Centre County, Pennsylvania
section_title: Recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Centre County, Pennsylvania / Recreation
caption_attribution_description: An apple tree and meadow at Bald Eagle State Park
context_page_description: Centre County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 153,990. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: There are six Pennsylvania state parks in Centre County.
  Bald Eagle State Park is the largest state park in Centre County with 5,900-acres (2,388 ha). It is on Pennsylvania Route 150 between Milesburg and Lock Haven.
  Black Moshannon State Park west of State College has a bog with three species of carnivorous plants and 17 orchid varieties.
  McCalls Dam State Park is a small park on a dirt road in the extreme eastern tip of the county.
  Penn-Roosevelt State Park is the site of a former segregated CCC camp for African American men.
  Poe Paddy State Park is at the confluence of Big Poe Creek and Penns Creek.
  Poe Valley State Park is in an isolated valley surrounding 25 acre Poe Lake.
caption: An apple tree and meadow at Bald Eagle State Park
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