Greenwood Furnace State Park
| Greenwood Furnace State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
 Stone stack no. 2 of Greenwood Iron Furnace
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| Named for: Greenwood Iron Furnace | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Huntingdon |
| Township | Jackson |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 1,020 ft (311 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°38′46″N 77°45′44″W / 40.64611°N 77.76222°WCoordinates: 40°38′46″N 77°45′44″W / 40.64611°N 77.76222°W |
| Area | 423 acres (171 ha) |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Greenwood Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Greenwood Furnace State Park | |
| Designated | April 30, 1947 |
Greenwood Furnace State Park is a 423-acre (171 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Jackson Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is near the historic iron making center of Greenwood Furnace. The park includes the ghost town of Greenwood that grew up around the ironworks, old roads and charcoal hearths. Greenwood Furnace State Park is adjacent to Rothrock State Forest and on the western edge of an area of Central Pennsylvania known as the Seven Mountains. The park is on Pennsylvania Route 305, 20 miles (32 km) south of State College.
Within the park is Greenwood Lake, a 6-acre (2.4 ha) lake that is stocked with trout and which allows ice fishing during the winter. The dam that forms the lake is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Greenwood Furnace State Park was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".
The northern Huntingdon County area was once inhabited by the Ona Jutta Hage or Juniata tribe. Their name meant "The People of the Standing Stone", an obelisk that once stood in their village near present-day Huntingdon. The Juniata had moved away by the time that Pennsylvania was colonized by William Penn. Penn bought the land from the Iroquois and the Tuscarora and Shawnee that had resettled throughout central Pennsylvania were soon forced to move on once again. Many different groups of European settlers migrated to the area by the late 18th century. They were mostly farmers of Scots-Irish descent with large numbers of Amish and Mennonite Germans who had fled religious persecution in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Later settlers built a tavern and a sawmill in the present location of Greenwood Furnace State Park.
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