Looking to get lost, and still know exactly where you are?  Or where you’re headed, as you strike out into Pennsylvania’s rich wealth of state forestlands?

Details on all 20 state forests districts across the state, as well as information on 2.2 million acres of state forestland now are available on DCNR’s recently expanded interactive map. In mid-September, major enhancements were added to the primary DCNR interactive map—detailing state parks across the state—to include information invaluable to state forest visitors.

“The map can viewed online or linked from the DCNR home page and various other locations on the site,” said DCNR Chief Information Officer Stephen Aux. “The map, which was previously focused on state park information only, now includes various state forest information and search tools.”

“You can now use the map to quickly obtain a wide variety of state forest information, including major hiking trails, administrative offices, and wild/natural areas,” said Aux. “You can find this information by geographic region or text searches; get driving directions and weather forecasts; create and print maps, view state forest resources with a wide variety of maps types; obtain/share data; and much more.”

This is the second of many planned interactive map deployments that will encompass all DCNR business areas, according to Aux.

(Reprinted from the October 10 DCNR Resource online newsletter.)

10/15/2012