Six state parks are included in Forbes State Forest. Kooser State Park, on state Highway 31 west of Somerset has 60 tent and trailer camping sites. Laurel Hill State Park, south of Route 31 east of Kooser, has 270 family campsites. Linn Run State Park, east of Ligonier on Route 30 to Route 381, has 10 rustic family cabins available for rental.

Ohiopyle State Park, the nearest state park to Quebec Wild Area north along Route 381, has tent and trailer camping. Kentuck Campground is open from the beginning of March to late December with 226 campsites, 27 of which are walk-ins that have more privacy but require a short hike from the vehicle. A few campsites have electric hookups. Advance reservations are required to ensure campsite availability.

To reserve a campsite, call (888) PA-PARKS from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Campsites may be reserved from 11 months up to noon of the day of arrival. There are also rustic camping cottages that sleep five that are equipped with electric lights and outlets, windows, a screened porch, a heater and a mini-refrigerator.

For more information about Forbes State Forest, contact the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Forest District No. 4, P.O. Box 519, Laughlintown, PA 15655; or call (724) 238-1200.

KITTANNING STATE FOREST
North of Pittsburgh, southeast of Erie, check out Kittanning State Forest. It is one of our smaller state forests but offers fine turkey hunting. It covers 13,266 acres in Jefferson, Forest and Venango counties.

The Allegheny River Area provides one of the more unusual spring gobbler hunting situations. It is quite remote except that it may be accessed by boat along the Allegheny River. This means climbing uphill in the morning, but that leaves an easy downhill walk at the end of the hunt.

Visiting hunters can spend their afternoons fishing. This section of the river holds smallmouth bass, walleyes, muskies and catfish. Moreover, the fishing is typically very good during the spring gobbler season.

The Allegheny River Area across the river from Kennerdell covers 3,165 acres and has six miles of river frontage. One tract of State Game Lands 39 borders the southwest end of the area. A private boat ramp in Kennerdell is the nearest boat access. Riffles will prevent motoring far upriver unless you have a jet boat. To float down into this area, launch at the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Franklin launch.

For maps and information about Kittanning State Forest, contact the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Forest District No. 8, 158 South Second Avenue, Clarion, PA 16214-1904; or call (814) 226-1901.

MOSHANNON STATE FOREST
Moshannon State Forest is composed of several tracts spread through Elk, Cameron, Clearfield and Centre counties. Black Moshannon State Park is a perfect base of operations for hunting gobblers on the southern tract of Moshannon State Forest, which has an area of more than 43,000 acres. It is a huge block of public-hunting land with State Game Lands 103 bordering on the east and State Game Lands 33 bordering on the west. The park has an area of 3,394 acres, with about 3,000 acres open to hunting. It is east of Philipsburg along state Route 504, which passes through the park and bisects this state forest tract.