Black Moshannon State Park
| Black Moshannon State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
.jpg) View of bog and lake from the bog trail in the Black Moshannon Bog Natural Area at Black Moshannon State Park
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| Named for: Black Moshannon Creek | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Centre |
| Township | Rush |
| Elevation | 1,919 ft (584.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°53′54″N 78°03′23″W / 40.89833°N 78.05639°WCoordinates: 40°53′54″N 78°03′23″W / 40.89833°N 78.05639°W |
| Area | 3,481 acres (1,409 ha) |
| - water | 250 acres (101 ha) |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| Visitation | over 350,000 |
| IUCN category | V - Protected Landscape/Seascape |
 Location of Black Moshannon State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Black Moshannon State Park | |
Black Moshannon State Park is a 3,481-acre (1,409 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Rush Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It surrounds Black Moshannon Lake, formed by a dam on Black Moshannon Creek, which has given its name to the lake and park. The park is just west of the Allegheny Front, 9 miles (14 km) east of Philipsburg on Pennsylvania Route 504, and is largely surrounded by Moshannon State Forest. A bog in the park provides a habitat for diverse wildlife not common in other areas of the state, such as carnivorous plants, orchids, and species normally found farther north. As home to the "[l]argest reconstituted bog/wetland complex in Pennsylvania".
Humans have long used the Black Moshannon area for recreational, industrial, and subsistence purposes. The Seneca tribe used it as hunting and fishing grounds. European settlers cleared some land for farming, then clear-cut the vast stands of old-growth White Pine and Eastern Hemlock to meet the needs of a growing nation during the late 19th century. Black Moshannon State Park rose from the ashes of a depleted forest that was largely destroyed by wildfire in the years following the lumber era. The forests were rehabilitated by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many of the buildings built by the Civilian Conservation Corps stand in the park today and are protected on the list of National Register of Historic Places in three historic districts.
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