Pennsylvania State Game Lands
The Pennsylvania State Game Lands are lands managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for hunting, trapping, and fishing. These lands, often not usable for farming or development, are donated to the PGC or purchased by the PGC with hunting license monies.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission runs a monthly publication called the Pennsylvania Game News. This publication features financial and legislative updates from the PGC, stories, and monthly Field Notes submitted by the Wildlife Conservation Officers of the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
History
Wild game animals have been hunted for thousands of years in what is now Pennsylvania, first by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, later by Europeans. By 1890 game had practically disappeared from Pennsylvania. That year, John M. Phillips and other sportsmen, recognizing the scarcity of game, formed the Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association so that they could press the state government for protection of wildlife. This resulted in the formation of the Pennsylvania Game Commission. New game laws were enacted by the General Assembly in 1897 to protect populations of deer, elk, waterfowl and game birds.The Commission appointed the first game protectors and empowered constables to enforce the new laws. Game Commissioner Joseph Kalbus remarked that Pennsylvania hunters, "appeared to think they had...an inherent right to destroy game and birds at pleasure." Pennsylvanians, like other Americans resisted efforts to limit hunting to protect the game. In 1906 alone, fourteen protectors were shot at and three were killed. In 1905 Governor Samuel Pennypacker authorized the Commission to establish 'game preserves' in state forests to protect deer, Wild turkey, Grouse, Woodcock, and other animals. The first was on in Clinton County.
In 1913, by act of the General Assembly, passing the Resident Hunter's License Law, the Commission began to charge one dollar for each hunting license, which provided funding to purchase additional lands for hunting.
The Commonwealth had twenty game preserves but the game population was still extremely low, so, Pennsylvania restocked the Game Lands with game from other states and Canada. Today, the Commission has set aside almost 1.5 million acres as State Game Lands.
List of State Game Lands
NOTE: For Game Lands containing more than one parcel, coordinate given is for a point central to the array of parcels.| Number | GNIS ID | County | Tracts | Area* | Coordinates | Elevation | Quad Map |
| 12 | 1193432 | Bradford Sullivan | 2 | Shunk | |||
| 13 | 1199594 | Sullivan | 1 | Sonestown | |||
| 14 | 1199597 | Cameron Elk | 1 | West Creek | |||
| 24 | 1210214 | Clarion Forest | 1 | Tylersburg | |||
| 25 | 1210215 | Elk | 2 | Glen Hazel | |||
| 26 | 1188508 | Bedford Blair Cambria Somerset | 2 | Beaverdale | |||
| 28 | 1199600 | Elk Forest | 1 | Hallton | |||
| 29 | 1210216 | Warren | 1 | Cobham | |||
| 30 | 1208051 | McKean | 1 | Norwich | |||
| 31 | 1188510 | Jefferson | 1 | Coolspring | |||
| 33 | 1193450 | Centre | 1 | Sandy Ridge | |||
| 34 | 1188511 | Clearfield | 5 | The Knobs | |||
| 35 | 1208052 | Susquehanna | 1 | Great Bend | |||
| 36 | 1188512 | Bradford | 3 | Powell | |||
| 37 | 1208053 | Tioga | 3 | Tioga | |||
| 38 | 1193451 | Monroe | 1 | - | Pocono Pines | ||
| 39 | 1208054 | Venango | 2 | Polk | |||
| 40 | 1188513 | Carbon | 1 | Hickory Run | |||
| 41 | 1188514 | Bedford | 2 | New Enterprise | |||
| 42 | 1209274 1193452 | Cambria Somerset Westmoreland | 4 | Boswell Vintondale | |||
| 43 | 1188515 | Berks Chester | 3 | Elverson | |||
| 44 | 1210008 | Elk | 7 | Carman | |||
| 45 | 1193453 | Clarion Venango | 2 | Cranberry | |||
| 46 | 1193454 | Lancaster Lebanon | 1 | Lititz | |||
| 47 | 1199601 | Venango | 1 | President | |||
| 48 | 1193455 | Bedford | 2 | Buffalo Mills | |||
| 49 | 1193456 | Bedford Fulton | 5 | Amaranth | |||
| 50 | 1193457 | Somerset | 1 | Murdock | |||
| 51 | 1193458 | Fayette | 1 | South Connellsville | |||
| 52 | 1193459 | Berks Lancaster | 2 | Morgantown | |||
| 53 | 1188516 | Fulton | 1 | Meadow Grounds | |||
| 54 | 1210009 | Jefferson | 1 | Munderf | |||
| 55 | 1208055 | Columbia | 1 | Mifflinville | |||
| 56 | 1188517 | Bucks | 7 | Riegelsville | |||
| 57 | 1199986 | Luzerne Wyoming | 2 | Lopez | |||
| 58 | 1208050 | Columbia | 2 | Shumans | |||
| 59 | 1188518 | McKean Potter | 2 | Roulette | |||
| 60 | 1188519 | Blair Cambria Centre | 2 | Tipton | |||
| 61 | 1188520 | McKean | 4 | Port Allegany | |||
| 62 | 1188521 1210468 | McKean | 1 | Hazel Hurst Lewis Run | |||
| 63 | 1188522 | Clarion | 2 | Clarion | |||
| 64 | 1188523 | Potter | 2 | West Pike | |||
| 65 | 1188524 | Fulton | 1 | Needmore | |||
| 66 | 1199602 | Sullivan Wyoming | 4 | Lopez | |||
| 67 | 1188525 | Huntingdon | 1 | Saxton | |||
| 68 | 1199603 | Lycoming | 1 | Cammal | |||
| 69 | 1188526 | Crawford | 2 | Townville | |||
| 70 | 1188527 | Susquehanna Wayne | 2 | Starrucca | |||
| 71 | 1188528 | Huntingdon | 2 | Butler Knob | |||
| 72 | 1188529 | Clarion | 1 | Clarion | |||
| 73 | 1188530 | Bedford Blair Huntingdon | 7 | Everett East | |||
| 74 | 1188531 | Clarion Jefferson | 3 | Strattanville | |||
| 75 | 1199604 | Lycoming | 2 | English Center | |||
| 76 | 1188532 | Franklin | 1 | Roxbury | |||
| 77 | 1188533 | Clearfield | 1 | Glenshaw | |||
| 78 | 1188534 | Clearfield | 1 | Philipsburg | |||
| 79 | 1188535 | Cambria Indiana | 8 | Vintondale | |||
| 80 | 1188536 1205691 | Berks Lebanon Schuylkill | 5 | Indiantown Gap | |||
| 81 | 1193460 | Fulton Huntingdon | 2 | Friedensburg | |||
| 82 | 1190994 | Somerset | 2 | Wittenberg | |||
| 83 | 1208049 | York | 1 | Airville | |||
| 84 | 1199605 | Northumberland Schuylkill | 2 | Valley View | |||
| 85 | 1188537 | Crawford | 1 | Millers Station | |||
| 86 | 1210010 | Warren | 1 | Cobham | |||
| 87 | 1188538 | Clearfield | 4 | Mahaffey | |||
| 88 | 1188539 | Juniata Perry | 1 | McCoysville | |||
| 89 | 1188540 | Clinton | 1 | Farrandsville | |||
| 90 | 1193461 | Clearfield | 1 | Clearfield | |||
| 91 | 1208048 | Carbon Lackawanna Luzerne | 4 | Pleasant View Summit | |||
| 92 | 1188541 | Centre | 1 | Bellefonte | |||
| 93 | 1190995 | Somerset | 3 | Penfield | |||
| 94 | 1188542 | Clearfield | 1 | Huntley | |||
| 95 | 1188543 | Butler | 5 | West Sunbury | |||
| 96 | 1193462 | Venango | 6 | Dempseytown | |||
| 97 | 1193463 | Bedford | 1 | Clearville | |||
| 98 | 1208047 | Clearfield | 1 | Wallaceton | |||
| 99 | 1188544 | Huntingdon | 1 | Orbisonia | |||
| 100 | 1188427 | Centre Clearfield | 2 | Karthaus | |||
| 101 | 1188428 | Crawford Erie | 2 | Beaver Center | |||
| 102 | 1188429 | Erie | 1 | Union City | |||
| 103 | 1193428 | Centre | 1 | Bear Knob | |||
| 104 | 1193429 | Bedford Somerset | 2 | New Baltimore | |||
| 105 | 1188430 | Armstrong | 3 | Chicora | |||
| 106 | 1190992 | Berks Schuylkill | 2 | New Ringgold | |||
| 107 | 1193430 | Juniata Mifflin | 1 | Alfarata | |||
| 108 | 1209259 1188431 | Blair Cambria | 4 | Coalport Hastings | - | ||
| 109 | 1188432 | Erie | 2 | Waterford | |||
| 110 | 1208081 | Berks Schuylkill | 1 | Auburn | |||
| 111 | 1188433 | Fayette Somerset | 2 | Ohiopyle | |||
| 112 | 1188434 | Huntingdon Mifflin | 4 | Donation | |||
| 113 | 1188435 | Mifflin | 2 | Belleville | |||
| 114 | 1199592 | Lycoming | 1 | Salladasburg | |||
| 115 | 1193431 | Northumberland Montour | 1 | Riverside | |||
| 116 | 1199593 | Pike | 1 | Shohola | |||
| 117 | 1208045 1990205 | Washington | 1 | Burgettstown Clinton | |||
| 118 | 1188436 | Blair Huntingdon | 3 | Williamsburg | |||
| 119 | 1208044 | Luzerne | 3 | Wilkes-Barre East | |||
| 120 | 1188437 | Cambria Clearfield | 2 | Coalport | |||
| 121 | 1193433 | Fulton Huntingdon | 1 | Saltillo | |||
| 122 | 1188438 | Crawford | 2 | Centerville | |||
| 123 | 1188439 | Bradford | 2 | Bentley Creek | |||
| 124 | 1193434 | Franklin Fulton | 1 | Big Cove Tannery | |||
| 126 | 1188548 | Lycoming | 1 | Williamsport | |||
| 127 | 1188440 | Monroe | 3 | Tobyhanna | |||
| 128 | 1188441 | Fulton | 1 | Needmore | |||
| 129 | 1208043 | Carbon Monroe | 1 | Blakeslee | |||
| 130 | 1188442 | Mercer Venango | 2 | Sandy Lake | |||
| 131 | 1193435 | Huntingdon | 1 | Tyrone | |||
| 132 | 1188443 | Schuylkill | 2 | Valley View | |||
| 133 | 1199595 | Lycoming | 1 | Trout Run | |||
| 134 | 1199596 | Lycoming Sullivan | 3 | Barbours | |||
| 135 | 1188444 | Lackawanna | 1 | Thornhurst | |||
| 136 | 1188445 | Lancaster | 1 | Kirkwood | |||
| 137 | 1188446 | Armstrong | 1 | Distant | |||
| 138 | 1188447 | Fayette | 3 | Brownfield | |||
| 139 | 1208042 | Bucks | 3 | Quakertown | |||
| 140 | 1208348 | Susquehanna | 3 | Friendsville | |||
| 141 | 1188448 | Carbon | 1 | Christmans | |||
| 142 | 1188449 | Bradford | 1 | Colley | |||
| 143 | 1188450 | Warren | 2 | Pittsfield | |||
| 144 | 1188545 | Crawford Erie | 2 | Spartansburg | |||
| 145 | 1193436 | Lebanon | 1 | Elizabethtown | |||
| 146 | 1208041 | Crawford | 1 | Townville | |||
| 147 | 1188451 | Blair | 4 | Martinsburg | |||
| 148 | 1188452 | Beaver Lawrence | 1 | Beaver Falls | |||
| 149 | 1208039 | Carbon Luzerne | 2 | Hickory Run | |||
| 150 | 1206192 | Lawrence | 2 | Edinburg | |||
| 151 | 1188453 | Lawrence Mercer | 2 | Harlansburg | |||
| 152 | 1188454 | Crawford | 1 | Edinboro South | |||
| 153 | 1188455 | Indiana Westmoreland | 1 | Bolivar | |||
| 154 | 1188456 | Erie | 1 | Corry | |||
| 155 | 1188457 | Erie | 1 | Wattsburg | |||
| 156 | 1199984 | Lancaster Lebanon | 2 | Manheim | |||
| 157 | 1188458 | Bucks | 1 | Bedminster | |||
| 158 | 1188459 | Blair Cambria Clearfield | 1 | Blandburg | |||
| 159 | 1188460 | Wayne | 2 | Lake Como | |||
| 160 | 1211829 | Schuylkill | 1 | Swatara Hill | |||
| 161 | 1188461 | Erie | 1 | Hammett | |||
| 162 | 1188462 | Erie | 1 | Union City | |||
| 163 | 1208003 | Erie | 1 | North East | |||
| 164 | 1188463 | Butler | 1 | East Butler | |||
| 165 | 1188464 | Northumberland | 1 | Trevorton | |||
| 166 | 1188465 | Blair Huntingdon | 3 | Spruce Creek | |||
| 167 | 1188466 | Erie | 1 | Union City | |||
| 168 | 1188467 | Carbon Monroe Northampton | 7 | Kunkletown | |||
| 169 | 1193437 | Cumberland Perry | 1 | Newville | |||
| 170 | 1188468 | Perry | 2 | Wertzville | |||
| 171 | 1193438 | Juniata Perry | 1 | Millerstown | |||
| 172 | 1188469 | Bradford | 1 | Colley | |||
| 173 | 1205937 | Beaver | 1 | Midland | |||
| 174 | 1193439 | Indiana | 1 | McGees Mills | |||
| 175 | 1188470 | Susquehanna | 1 | Great Bend | |||
| 176 | 1188471 | Centre | 1 | Julian | |||
| 178 | 1206198 | Lawrence | 1 | New Castle North | |||
| 179 | 1188472 | Greene | 3 | New Freeport | |||
| 180 | 1199985 | Pike | 1 | Pecks Pond | |||
| 181 | 1208002 | York | 2 | Holtwood | |||
| 182 | 1193440 | Berks | 1 | Kutztown | |||
| 183 | 1199598 | Pike | 1 | Hawley | |||
| 184 | 1188473 | Blair Cambria | 1 | Altoona | |||
| 185 | 1188474 | Indiana | 1 | Barnesboro | |||
| 186 | 1208001 | Monroe | 1 | Saylorsburg | |||
| 187 | 1208000 | Luzerne | 3 | White Haven | |||
| 188 | 1188475 | Snyder | 1 | Beavertown | |||
| 189 | 1212723 | Beaver | 2 | Aliquippa | |||
| 190 | 1188476 | Erie | 1 | Waterford | |||
| 191 | 1188477 | Erie | 1 | Wattsburg | |||
| 192 | 1188478 | Erie | 1 | Cambridge Springs NE | |||
| 193 | 1193441 | Union | 1 | Lewisburg | |||
| 194 | 1188479 | Snyder | 1 | Dalmatia | |||
| 195 | 1188480 | Jefferson | 2 | McGees Mills | |||
| 196 | 1188481 | Bucks | 2 | Telford | |||
| 197 | 1188482 | Warren | 2 | Columbus | |||
| 198 | 1188483 | Blair Cambria | 3 | Cresson | |||
| 199 | 1193442 | Crawford | 1 | Centerville | |||
| 200 | 1208040 | Crawford | 1 | Townville | |||
| 201 | 1188484 | Union | 1 | Mifflinburg | |||
| 202 | 1188546 | Crawford | 1 | Lake Canadohta | |||
| 203 | 1208078 | Allegheny | 2 | Mars | |||
| 204 | 1208077 | Potter | 1 | Coudersport | |||
| 205 | 1188485 | Lehigh | 1 | Slatedale | |||
| 206 | 1208076 | Luzerne | 2 | Sweet Valley | |||
| 207 | 1208075 | Luzerne | 6 | Wilkes-Barre West | |||
| 208 | 1188486 | Tioga | 2 | Sabinsville | |||
| 209 | 1208074 | Pike | 1 | Pond Eddy | |||
| 210 | 1188487 | Dauphin | 1 | Lykens | |||
| 211 | 1188488 | Dauphin Lebanon Schuylkill | 1 | Grantville | |||
| 212 | 1188489 | Snyder | 1 | Freeburg | |||
| 213 | 1188490 | Crawford | 3 | Geneva | |||
| 214 | 1193443 | Crawford | 2 | Conneaut Lake | |||
| 215 | 1188491 | Juniata | 1 | McVeytown | |||
| 216 | 1188492 | Lawrence | 1 | Harlansburg | |||
| 217 | 1199599 | Carbon Lehigh Schuylkill | 3 | Lehighton | |||
| 218 | 1188493 | Erie | 1 | Hammett | |||
| 219 | 1193444 | Bradford | 1 | Windham | |||
| 220 | 1208350 | Lancaster | 1 | Sinking Spring | |||
| 221 | 1188494 | Monroe | 2 | Buck Hill Falls | |||
| 222 | 1208073 | Schuylkill | 2 | Orwigsburg | |||
| 223 | 1188498 1193445 | Greene | 7 | Pillow Garards Fort | |||
| 224 | 1208067 | Luzerne | 1 | Nanticoke | |||
| 225 | 1205690 | Lebanon | 1 | Womelsdorf | |||
| 226 | 1188495 | Columbia | 1 | Lairdsville | |||
| 227 | 1208072 | Schuylkill | 1 | Tamaqua | |||
| 228 | 1188496 | Somerset | 1 | Central City | |||
| 229 | 1208070 | Schuylkill | 2 | Minersville | |||
| 230 | 1208065 | Cumberland Perry | 2 | Shermans Dale | |||
| 231 | 1193446 | Somerset | 1 | Meyersville | |||
| 232 | 1188497 | Washington | 4 | West Middletown | |||
| 233 | 1208349 | Northumberland | 5 | Sunbury | |||
| 234 | 1208347 | Montgomery | 2 | Phoenixville | |||
| 235 | 1208346 | Franklin | 2 | Saint Thomas | |||
| 236 | 1188499 | Susquehanna | 4 | Thompson | |||
| 237 | 1188500 | Bradford | 7 | Wyalusing | |||
| 238 | 1188501 | Fayette | 1 | Carmichaels | |||
| 239 | 1208333 | Bradford | 1 | Sayre | |||
| 240 | 1188502 | Bradford | 4 | Monroet | - | ||
| 242 | 1193447 | York | 1 | Wellsville | |||
| 243 | 1208345 | York | 2 | Dillsburg | |||
| 244 | 1188503 | Jefferson | 1 | Reynoldsville | |||
| 245 | 1190993 | Washington | 4 | Claysville | |||
| 246 | 1188504 | Dauphin | 1 | Harrisburg East | |||
| 247 | 1208344 | Armstrong | 1 | Kittanning | |||
| 248 | 1208590 | Indiana | 1 | Brush Valley | |||
| 249 | 1208343 | Adams | 3 | Biglerville | |||
| 250 | 1188505 | Bradford | 1 | Wyalusing | |||
| 251 | 1193448 | Huntingdon | 3 | Shade Gap | |||
| 252 | 1193449 | Lycoming Union | 1 | Montoursville South | |||
| 253 | 1208342 | Venango | 1 | President | |||
| 254 | 1188506 | Dauphin Perry | 7 | Halifax | |||
| 255 | 1208341 | Centre Clinton | 1 | Beech Creek | |||
| 256 | 1208337 | Perry | 1 | Newport | |||
| 257 | 1208071 | Schuylkill | 2 | Tamaqua | |||
| 258 | 1188507 | Dauphin Northumberland Perry | 20 | Millersburg | |||
| 259 | 1208336 | Armstrong | 1 | Chicora | |||
| 260 | 1208335 | Luzerne | 2 | Shickshinny | |||
| 261 | 1208334 | Bedford | 1 | Everett East | |||
| 262 | 1208332 | Indiana | 5 | Rochester Mills | |||
| 263 | 1208331 | Erie Warren | 1 | Columbus | |||
| 264 | 1188509 1208069 | Dauphin Schuylkill | 4 | Lykens | |||
| 265 | 1208329 | Fayette | 1 | Ohiopyle | |||
| 266 | - | Clarion Jefferson | 2 | Corsica Strattonville | |||
| 267 | 1208352 | Blair | 1 | Altoona | |||
| 268 | 1208087 | Tioga | 2 | Morris | |||
| 269 | 1208085 | Crawford | 3 | Edinboro South | |||
| 270 | 1208084 | Mercer | 2 | Hadley | |||
| 271 | 1208048 | Somerset | 1 | Confluence | |||
| 272 | 1208589 | Warren | 1 | Grand Valley | |||
| 273 | 1208407 | Indiana | 1 | Brush Valley | |||
| 274 | 1208593 | Berks Lancaster | 2 | Sinking Spring | |||
| 275 | 1208401 | Dauphin | 1 | Steelton | |||
| 276 | 1208400 | Indiana | 2 | Bolivar | |||
| 277 | 1208399 | Crawford | 1 | Cambridge Springs | |||
| 278 | 1208397 | Blair Huntingdon | 4 | Tyrone | |||
| 279 | 1208394 | Cambria | 1 | Cresson | |||
| 280 | 1208405 | Berks | 3 | Sinking Spring | |||
| 281 | 1208393 | Perry | 2 | Duncannon | |||
| 282 | 1208392 | Warren | 2 | Russell | |||
| 283 | 1208391 | Clarion Jefferson | 1 | Cooksburg | |||
| 284 | 1208390 | Lawrence Mercer | 1 | Harlansburg | |||
| 285 | - | Beaver | 3 | New Galilee Palestine | - | ||
| 286 | 1208068 | Schuylkill | 3 | Pottsville | |||
| 287 | 1208389 | Armstrong | 5 | Templeton | |||
| 288 | 1208388 | Lancaster | 1 | Conestoga | |||
| 289 | 1208386 | Bradford | 1 | East Troy | |||
| 290 | 1208591 | Dauphin Perry | 6 | Duncannon | |||
| 291 | 1208383 | Erie Warren | 1 | Columbus | |||
| 292 | 1208066 | Luzerne | 1 | Wilkes-Barre East | |||
| 293 | 1208382 | Elk | 2 | Rathburn | |||
| 294 | 1208381 | Mercer | 2 | Jackson Center | |||
| 295 | 1208380 | Centre Clinton | 1 | Millheim | |||
| 296 | 1208379 | Fayette | 4 | Dawson | |||
| 297 | 1208378 | Washington | 1 | Ellsworth | |||
| 298 | 1208377 | Lycoming | 1 | Montoursville North | |||
| 299 | 1208376 | Wayne | 1 | Starrucca | |||
| 300 | 1208375 | Lackawanna Wayne | 2 | Waymart | |||
| 301 | 1208056 | McKean | 11 | Smethport | |||
| 302 | 1208373 | Greene Washington | 4 | Wind Ridge | |||
| 303 | 1208371 | Washington | 2 | Avella | |||
| 304 | 1209264 | Butler | 1 | Chicora | |||
| 305 | 1208064 | Cumberland | 1 | Dillsburg | |||
| 306 | 1208369 | Warren | 1 | Columbus | |||
| 307 | 1208368 | Lackawanna | 1 | Carbondale | |||
| 309 | - | Warren | 1 | Tidioute | |||
| 310 | - | Wayne | 1 | Lake Ariel | |||
| 311 | - | Elk | 3 | Dents Run Weedville | |||
| 312 | - | Lackawanna Monroe Wayne | 1 | Strin | |||
| 313 | - | Tioge | 2 | Keeneyville | |||
| 314 | - | Erie | 1 | East Springfield | |||
| 315 | - | Berks | 4 | Manatawny | |||
| 316 | - | Pike | 1 | Narrowsburg | |||
| 317 | - | Union | 3 | Hartleton | |||
| 318 | - | Monroe | 1 | Pocono Pines | |||
| 319 | - | Dauphin | 1 | Harrisburg West | |||
| 320 | - | Jefferson | 1 | Dayton | |||
| 321 | - | Clinton | 1 | Franklinville | |||
| 322 | - | Huntingdon | 1 | Donation | |||
| 323 | - | Centre | 2 | Mingoville | |||
| 324 | 2488507 | Berks | 1 | Reading | |||
| 325 | - | Northumberland Lycoming | 1 | Muncy | |||
| 326 | - | Schuylkill | 3 | Pottsville Minersville | |||
| 327 | - | York | 1 | Airville | |||
| 328 | - | Indiana | 2 | Saltsburg | |||
| 329 | - | Columbia Schuylkill | 1 | Ashland | |||
| 330 | - | Clarion | 1 | Clarion | |||
| 331 | - | Clearfield | 1 | Pennfield | |||
| 332 | - | Indiana | 1 | McIntyre | |||
| 333 | - | Centre | 1 | State College | |||
| 335 | - | Tioga | 1 | Gleason |
- Some quantities shown are deeded acreage, some are calculated acreage.