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McConnells Mill State Park Climbing
| Elevation: | 1,155 ft | 352 m |
| GPS: |
40.9578, -80.1688 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Page Views: | 134,901 total · 585/month | |
| Shared By: | Eric Sorenson on Nov 5, 2007 | |
| Admins: | Justin Johnsen, SCPC, SWPACC, EPAC |
Description
A small state park in western PA that is more famous for its old buildings and covered bridges than the rock climbing. The climbing is mostly top-roped or bouldered. Some cliffs have bolt anchors other times trees are slung for anchors. The rock is typical sandstone found in the region, similar to T-Wall, but shorter and without as many cracks. Apparently people like to go "sport rappelling" there too.
Rock climbing or rappelling is prohibited on rocks along any road inside the park.
Getting There
From Pittsburgh take I-279 north and merge onto I-79 north. Take the PA-488 exit (exit 96) toward Portersville/Prospect. Turn left over the freeway and follow signs to the park. You can get a handy trail map that has the climbing areas marked at the park Maintenance Office.
Bat Conservation | How You Can Help
See a Bat on a Route, Give Us a Shout!
Hey McConnells Mills climbers, Ken Hull here with South Central PA Climbers (SCPC). I’m working with Rob Schorr at Colorado State University to help him spread the word about his bat research here in PA. Here’s a message from him about this important work and how, we as climbers, can help.
"Climbers for Bat Conservation is working with climbers to understand bat ecology and why bats choose certain cracks and flakes. We’re a collaboration between climbers, bat biologists, and land managers to understand where bats roost and where large populations may reside. We are interested in finding bats because of a new disease called white-nose syndrome (whitenosesyndrome.org) which has killed millions of bats in North America. This collaboration has identified bat roosts throughout the U.S., and as far away as Norway and Bulgaria. CBC was developed by biologists who climb and they are advocates for climbing access and bat conservation.
So, if you see bats while climbing, please let us know by emailing us at climbersforbats@colostate.edu, or visiting our website to learn more. climbersforbats.colostate.edu."
Thank You!
Rob Schorr
Zoologist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program (warnercnr.colostate.edu/rschorr/)
Director, Climbers for Bat Conservation
Robert.schorr@colostate.edu
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