Alan Seeger Natural Area is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately nine miles south of Boalsburg, within Rothrock State Forest in the Appalachian Mountains. It is traversed by the long-distance Standing Stone Trail, and includes other short trails.
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My family would go to Alan Seeger for picnics in my youth and to fish for Brook trout. In the 1970's we took my maternal grandparents, uncle and his family from the U.K. for a picnic there and my aunt wouldn't get out of the car because we saw a nice sized Rattlesnake on the way there and then a few miles after that my father saw a Black snake, stoped the car and caught it. She said "The entire bloody country is covered in snakes"!😁😂 Fifty years ago there was still lots of old growth forest alive but sadly an invasive beatle has killed many of the huge Hemlock trees that would amaze me as a child. The rhododendron was so thick that I could go through parts of the forest and never touch the ground for what felt like miles as a child. Sadly another area losing it's beauty...
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A place where time stands still. Alan Seeger Natural Area is where you want to be on a hot summer day when you would rather breath in fresh mountain air instead of air conditioning. The natural area is filled with old growth hemlock trees and rhododendrons. There is a very easy hiking trail along a stream and a few pavilions with fireplaces. One of the best ways to explore this area is to purchase the Purple Lizard Rothrock State Forest Map. There are endless outdoor recreational opportunities...
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Allen Seeger Natural Area is a great place to picnic, hike, play in the stream. There is a nice walk through an old hemlock forest, which if you time right around the 4th of July you will walk through a tunnel of Rhododendron flowers, there are wooden bridges crossing small streams and places for kids to play along the stream. You can park here and take longer trails around Rothrock...
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