It was named after Alan Seeger, a noteworthy American poet who died in action while serving with the French Foreign Legion during World War I in 1916.

The name was bestowed as a tribute by Colonel Henry Shoemaker, an early Pennsylvania forestry commissioner, though Seeger is not known to have ever visited the region.

[3] A loop trail of about three-quarters of a mile in length visits most of the natural area, with several footbridges over upper tributaries of Standing Stone Creek.

[1] The eastern portion of the natural area features several groves of large old growth hemlock and white pine trees of a stature once seen throughout Pennsylvania.

[6] Regardless, the natural area now hosts one of the few remaining groves of old-growth trees in Pennsylvania.