Upper Pine Bottom State Park

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name = Upper Pine Bottom State Park
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category_local = Pennsylvania State Park
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image_caption = Picnic table and Upper Pine Bottom Run at Upper Pine Bottom State Park
etymology_type = Named for
etymology = Upper Pine Bottom Run
country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
region_type = County
region = Lycoming
district_type = Township
district = Cummings
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long_m = 25
long_s = 17
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url=Gnis3|1196519
title="Upper Pine Bottom State Park"
date = August 30 1990
work=Geographic Names Information System
publisher=United States Geological Survey
accessdate=2007-12-13]
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established = 1924
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management_body = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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free_type = Nearest city
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map_caption = Location of Upper Pine Bottom State Park in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania
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website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/upperpinebottom.aspx Upper Pine Bottom State Park]

Upper Pine Bottom State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on convert|5|acre|km2|2 in Cummings Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Upper Pine Bottom State Park is a roadside park for day use only.cite web| url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/upperpinebottom.aspx | title = Upper Pine Bottom State Park| accessdate = 2006-07-28| publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ]

The park is on Pennsylvania Route 44 and Upper Pine Bottom Run, a tributary of Pine Creek, and is in the midst of Tiadaghton State Forest.cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division | url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/lycoming_GHSN.PDF | title= 2007 General Highway Map Lycoming County Pennsylvania | accessdate= 2007-07-28 "Note: shows Upper Pine Bottom State Park"] Staff from nearby Little Pine State Park maintain Upper Pine Bottom State Park. In addition to picnics, its chief use is as a parking area for local hunters, anglers, hikers, cross country skiers, and snowmobilers.

As of 2007, there were three picnic tables and perhaps a dozen parking spaces in the developed portion of the park. Upper Pine Bottom State park is tied for second smallest state park in Pennsylvania (Prouty Place State Park, a picnic area to the northwest in Potter County, is also only convert|5|acre|km2|2). Only Sand Bridge State Park (another picnic area) is smaller.

History

Tiadaghton State Forest lands were acquired by the state by the early 1900s. The site which became the park was "Upper Pine Bottom Class B Public Campground" by 1924 (Class B Public Campgrounds were on secondary highways and had a lean-to shelter for camping). During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps built a pavilion at the site in 1936, but it is no longer extant. The park was not officially transferred from the Bureau of Forests to State Parks until 1962.cite book |last= Cupper |first= Dan |title= Our Priceless Heritage: Pennsylvania’s State Parks 1893-1993 |year= 1993 |publisher= Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks |location= Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |isbn= 0-89271-056-X]

Location

Upper Pine Bottom State Park is on Pennsylvania Route 44 west of Pine Creek and the unincorporated village of Waterville. The nearest borough is Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, about convert|15|mi|km south at the mouth of Pine Creek on the West Branch Susquehanna River.

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|km|0 of Upper Pine Bottom State Park:cite web
last = Michels
first = Chris
year = 1997
url = http://www2.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html
title = "Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation"
publisher = Northern Arizona University
accessdate = 2008-04-23]
*Bald Eagle State Park (Centre County)
*Bucktail State Park Natural Area (Cameron and Clinton Counties)
*Colton Point State Park (Tioga County)
*Hyner Run State Park (Clinton County)
*Hyner View State Park (Clinton County)
*Kettle Creek State Park (Clinton County)
*Leonard Harrison State Park (Tioga County)
*Little Pine State Park (Lycoming County)
*McCalls Dam State Park (Centre County)
*Ole Bull State Park (Potter County)
*Ravensburg State Park ( Clinton County)
*R. B. Winter State Park (Union County)
*Sand Bridge State Park (Union County)
*Susquehanna State Park (Lycoming County)

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