{{Short description|Natural area in Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Bear Run Natural Area | alt_name = | iucn_category = | image = Flickr - Nicholas T - Bear Run Natural Area (1).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Bear Run in the natural area of the same name | image_size = | map = USA Pennsylvania | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Pennsylvania | map_width = | location = [[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre County]], [[Pennsylvania]] | nearest_town = [[Woodward, Pennsylvania|Woodward]] | coordinates = {{coord|40.8862|N|77.3237|W|region:US-PA|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | area = {{convert|32|acre}} | established = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | world_heritage_site = | url = }} '''Bear Run Natural Area''' is a {{convert|32|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[protected area]] in [[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. It is part of [[Bald Eagle State Forest]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Bald Eagle State Forest Wild and Natural Areas |url=https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/BaldEagle/Pages/Wild_NaturalAreas.aspx |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources |language=en-US}}</ref> The area protects a small stand of [[Old-growth forest|old-growth]] [[Tsuga canadensis|hemlock]] and [[Liriodendron|tulip trees]].<ref name="Fergus">{{Cite book |last=Fergus |first=Charles |title=Natural Pennsylvania: Exploring the State Forest Natural Areas |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2002 |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |pages=93}}</ref> These trees may have survived the Pennsylvania [[Logging|logging era]] of the late 1800s,<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 1997 |title=Tall Timbers: Old-Growth Forests Survive PA's Heavily Logged Past |url=https://www.mcall.com/1997/07/22/tall-timbers-old-growth-forests-survive-pas-heavily-logged-past/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=[[The Morning Call]]}}</ref> because loggers may have chosen to preserve the stand as a shady rest area for themselves and their draft animals.<ref name="Fergus" />
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{{Protected Areas of Pennsylvania}}
[[Category:Protected areas of Centre County, Pennsylvania]]