The forest is found in Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Snyder, and Union Counties.

They clear cut the forests and left behind nothing but dried tree tops and rotting stumps.

The sparks of passing steam locomotives ignited wildfires that prevented the formation of second growth forests.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed a piece of legislation in 1897 that authorized the purchase of "unseated lands for forest reservations."

[3] Various events are held in Bald Eagle each year including the Wilderness 101, a 101-mile (163 km) mountain bike race.