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Environment of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is a northeastern commonwealth located in the United States of America. It was originally one of the 13 original colonies. Pennsylvania is home to a population of 12,802,503 individuals and various different types of enviornments[1]. Pennsylvania is known for its many hills, plateaus, mountains, and valleys. In fact, Pennsylvania is 50% forest land with the only lowlands located in the southeast[2].

Mountains
Blue Knob Mountain in the Quaker Valley of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has many different mountain ranges with the highest point being at 3,213ft on Mt. Davis[3]. The main mountain ranges include the Appalachian, Allegheny, and Pocono Mountains[4]. The Appalachian Mountain Range runs throughout Pennsylvania and seventeen other states, creating the largest mountain range in Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Mountain Range connects to the Appalachian mountains in west and central Pennsylvania. The Pocano Mountain Range runs throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. The Allegheny and Pocono mountains are the two largest subranges in Pennsylvania. Other mountain ranges in Pennsylvania include the Bear Pond Mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Conewago Mountains, music Mountains, Town Hill Mountain Range, and the Endless Mountains[5]. To find a full list of mountains in Pennsylvania look at Category:Mountain ranges of Pennsylvania.

Susquehanna River  
Rivers

Pennsylvania also has more significant waterways than any other US state [6]. In fact, Pennsylvania has more than 83,000 miles of rivers, creeks, and streams. [7] The main waterways are the Delaware River, Allegheny River, Ohio River, Monongahela River, and the Susquehanna River. Every Pennsylvania river is categorized into five classifications by the Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers[8]. The classifications are wild, scenic, pastoral, recreational, or modified recreational. Any individual river can have more then one classification, but they all have at least one. For a full list of river go to List of rivers of Pennsylvania.

EcoTourism in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's beautiful landscapes can be seen through its many national parks. In fact, Pennsylvania has 19 National Parks throughout the state. However, Pennsylvania has an additional 9 park sites that are either affiliated or managed by the National Park Service[9] . This allows for a number of different avenues to bring in revenue throughout the parks within Pennsylvania that receive 9,935,361 individuals visiting them each year. These visitors create an overall economic benefit of $453,100,000 from tourism at these sites[10]. This economic benefit can be the result of entrance fees, food purchases, and souveniors. Below is a table of the 19 National State Parks in Pennsylvania and their yearly operation costs and personal costs from the 2017 fiscal year. These operating costs are what are deducted from the parks revenue to find the total profit of each park. These operations costs include things such as maintenance of the parks and wages for park workers. The yearly personal costs are the costs of entrance for the parks. In addition, the table includes the yearly visitation of the parks to show the number of visitors that went through during the 2014 year. To begin to see a portion of the revenue made by these parks is the revenue made by entrance fees. To find this portion of the revenue, multiply the yearly visitation and the yearly personal costs. This will result in only one small portion of the yearly revenue that these parks produce.

National Parks in PA Location in PA Yearly Operation Costs (Hundreds)[11] Yearly Visitation[12] Yearly Personal Costs[13]
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site Gallitzin, PA 2,115 148,280 Free to Public
Appalachian National Scenic Trail(Appalachian Trail) Pen Mar, PA to Delaware Water Gap 1,586 N/A Free to Public
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network 9,577 4,925,582 Free to Public
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Bushkill, PA * 9,832 4,314,085 Cars: $7.00

Bikes: $1.00

Walking:$1.00

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site Philadelphia, PA 397 13,128 Free to Public
Eisenhower National Historic Site Gettysburg, PA 1,123 54,668 Kids: $5.00 Adults: $7.50
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First State National Historical Park Chaddsford, PA 717 N/A Free to Public
Flight 93 National Memorial Schanksville, PA 1,588 262,441 Free to Public
Fort Necessity National Battlefield Farmington, PA 1,615 199,837 Free to Public
Friendship Hill National Historic Site Point Marion, PA 579 32,864 Free to Public
Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg, PA 7,004 1,003,581 Free to Public
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Elverson, PA 1,437 44,929 Free to Public
Independence National Historical Park Philadelphia, PA 23, 876 3,552,672 Free to Public
Johnstown Flood National Memorial South Fork, PA 821 139,603 Free to Public
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Dunbar, PA 406 N/A Free to Public
Steamtown National Historic Site Scranton, PA 5,709 81,802 Entrance Fee: $7.00

Train Ride:$5.00

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial Philadelphia, PA 166 1,608 Free to Public
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Pike and Wayne, PA N/A 228,284 Free to Public
Valley Forge National Historic Park Valley Forge, PA 6,396 1,897,029 Free to Public


Affiliated or Managed by National Parks Location in PA Yearly Costs Yearly Revenue
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail row 2, cell 3 Free to Public
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Easton, PA
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site Philadelphia, PA
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
North Country National Scenic Trail Baker, PA
Oil Region National Heritage Area Oil City, PA
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area Homestead, PA
Schuylkill River Valley Pottstown, PA
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

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