Forbes state forest

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Over the weekend did little back woods exploring with my 2 girls. Hit up forbes state forest. Laurel mountain area. Hit a lot of gates. But found a few roads. Seen some nice scenery and few headstones out in the middle of no where. Kind of cool but creepy lol. Met a lot of these no campimg signs also. That sucks. Heck seems they don't even want you to mountain bike here either. 20180520_144001.jpg20180520_145107.jpg20180520_144950.jpg20180520_150226.jpg20180520_145014.jpg20180520_144750.jpg

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Makrinos001

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Forbes state Forrest is a great place to hike/camp/slight overland. I went in August and found several trails that were medium difficulty offroading. There's a sweet trail that is roughly 2 miles long that takes you to an overlook that's just off of skyline drive. I also got a camping permit for a really unique camp site. It's the only campsite you can stay at in the forest in that area and it's free. 39.7906100, -79.6409950
 

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Forbes state Forrest is a great place to hike/camp/slight overland. I went in August and found several trails that were medium difficulty offroading. There's a sweet trail that is roughly 2 miles long that takes you to an overlook that's just off of skyline drive. I also got a camping permit for a really unique camp site. It's the only campsite you can stay at in the forest in that area and it's free. 39.7906100, -79.6409950
Great information. Did you just call the district office for the permit? Also if u guys are up that way, let me know. Happy to join you. I have a cabin in that area — good place for post exploring beer.
 

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Great information. Did you just call the district office for the permit? Also if u guys are up that way, let me know. Happy to join you. I have a cabin in that area — good place for post exploring beer.
Yeah I called the Forbes state Forrest office and they filled me in on the information. It's called Motorized camping on the website. The coordinates I gave you were for campsite #4 which they oddly have incorrect coordinates listed. 25 mins from Ohiopyle and 15 from Laurel caverns.
 

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I've been wondering if they had those roads open to the public or not. Grew up in Shanksville but now live near Mt. Pleasant and figured they would be a nice day trip from my wife, the dog, and I.
 
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If anyone is interested in driving/exploring more of Forbes and potentially having some winter fun keep in mind that DCNR opens gates for a short period of time every year. It’s typically 4-5 months from fall into winter but in the case of Forbes it’s a little less than a month. Last year they opened 8 roads from 11/17-12/08 so plan accordingly.

They haven’t updated it yet for 2019-2020 but here’s the link...