Friends of Cook Forest: Women’s Hiking Series

Enjoy an evening nurturing your mental and   physical health.  Moderate level hiking.  Approximately 2 hours long.  Open to all women (ages 14 & up).  Please meet at the Park Office.  For more information, please contact Meredith Reinhart at (814)319-4621.

Measuring the Giants: Seneca & Mohawk Trails

Please meet at the Park Office for a strenuous steep often off-trail hike through the finest known stand of old growth hemlock in the Northeast.  We will be visiting and remeasuring the two tallest known hemlocks in Pennsylvania, the Seneca and Mohawk hemlocks.  Many hemlocks commonly surpass 300 years old with the tallest approaching 150ft high!

Animal Calls

Please bring your chairs, blankets, and your best animal call imitation to the Ridge Camp park Amphitheater for an evening of animal calls.  Join the park naturalist as he demonstrates how and why animals of PA talk to each other.

Fire Tower/Seneca Point Historical Tour

Please bring your binoculars and meet at the Fire Tower Parking Lot for an historical interpretive tour of the Fire Tower and Seneca Point.  Learn about local logging history,  observe Indian sign, and take a breathtaking view from the top of the Fire Tower.