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Pennsylvania’s Best Kept Secret: Ricketts Glen
Pennsylvania’s Best Kept Secret: Ricketts Glen

Pennsylvania’s Best Kept Secret: Ricketts Glen

Gently nestled between the Allegheny Plateau and the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of northeastern Pennsylvania lies a national treasure of unimaginable splendor—Ricketts Glen. Once the proud home of Native Americans in ages past, this 13,000-acre state park is known for its magnificent, old-growth forest, spectacular flora and fauna, mesmerizingly winding and canopied hiking trails, and 24 cascading and breathtakingly beautiful waterfalls.