Prouty Place State Park

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name = Prouty Place State Park
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state = Pennsylvania
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region = Potter
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district = Summit
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location_note = cite web | url=Gnis3|1196536 | title=Prouty Place State Park | date = August 30 1990 | work=Geographic Names Information System | publisher=United States Geological Survey | accessdate=2007-12-23]
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map_caption = Location of Prouty Place State Park in Pennsylvania
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website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/proutyplace.aspx Prouty Place State Park]

Prouty Place State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on convert|5|acre|km2|2 in Summit Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is convert|5|mi|km|0 southwest of Pennsylvania Route 44, along Long Tree Road, near Sweden Valley. The park provides access points for hiking, hunting and fishing in the Susquehannock State Forest. It is a small rest area for hikers and other travellers to the wilds of Potter County.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/Parks/proutyplace.aspx
title = Prouty Place State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-01
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ]

Prouty Place was designated a Class "B" campground by the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry from 1922 to 1925. During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps built the current picnic area and campsites between 1935 and 1938. Prouty Place State Park officially became part of the Pennsylvania State Parks system in 1957.

As of 2007, Prouty Place State Park is tied for second smallest state park in Pennsylvania (Upper Pine Bottom State Park, a picnic area to the southeast in Lycoming County, is also only convert|5|acre|km2|2). Only Sand Bridge State Park (another picnic area) is smaller.

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|km|0 of Prouty Place State Park: [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/potter_GHSN.pdf| title= 2007 General Highway Map Potter County Pennsylvania | accessdate= 2007-07-27 "Note: shows Prouty Place 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]
*Bucktail State Park Natural Area (Cameron and Clinton Counties)
*Cherry Springs State Park (Potter County)
*Colton Point State Park (Tioga County)
*Denton Hill State Park (Potter 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)
*Lyman Run State Park (Potter County)
*Ole Bull State Park (Potter County)
*Patterson State Park (Potter County)
*Sinnemahoning State Park (Cameron and Potter Counties)
*Sizerville State Park (Cameron and Potter Counties)

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