Eat and visit in Springfield

Green Heron Farm is an organic farm on Elliots Run Road in Springfield Township, with a Three Springs mailing address. A 2023 StateCollege.com directory entry says the farm has been growing and selling organic produce since 1984.

A StateCollege.com search excerpt of that 2023 listing also says the farm's first market, in Huntingdon, could not sustain the business, so the farm set up at the Tacoma Park Farmers' Market near Washington, D.C. The Visitors Bureau listing still says produce is available year-round by subscription or directly from the farm, but it names no stand or hours.

The same listing says the farm is home to Barn Door Artisans, a family art collaboration offering wood products and ceramic pieces. The farm also rents a cabin, Sassafras Hollow, through Airbnb from April through October. The listing prints no hours and directs readers to call or visit its website.

• Organic farming since 1984, per the Visitors Bureau listing source
• Produce by subscription or directly from the farm, per the Visitors Bureau listing source
• A 2023 StateCollege.com search excerpt says the Huntingdon market could not be sustained and the farm set up at Tacoma Park, near Washington, D.C. source

“We have been farming organically since 1984 and offer a wide variety of produce, available year-round through our subscription service or direct from the farm.”Sassafras Hollow at Green Heron Farm (listing text, no byline), Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau (raystown.org)

“Green Heron Farm has been growing and selling organic produce since 1984.”Green Heron Farm, StateCollege.com business directory entry, StateCollege.com, 16 March 2023

The Standing Stone Trail is a long footpath through the ridge and valley section of the Appalachians. The club says it links the Tuscarora Trail in the south with the Mid State Trail in the north. Heading north, it passes Cowans Gap State Park, Rocky Ridge Natural Area, Greenwood Furnace State Park, Alan Seeger Natural Area and Detweiler Run Natural Area.

The club's map index places Meadow Gap, the point on this record, between Little Aughwick Creek and Hoopers Gap. Farther north the trail climbs Jacks Mountain and passes the Thousand Steps, 1,037 rocky steps built into the mountainside by quarry workers in the 1930s. From Greenwood Furnace, the Greenwood Spur runs north to the Mid State Trail at Detweiler Run.

The club's PDF maps page describes nine maps. Its alerts page warns that many sections lie in active in-season hunting zones, says to wear blaze orange from November 15 to December 15, and notes that parts of sections 5 and 6 lie on private land that permits trail use and contains active hunting camps.

• The Thousand Steps climb 1,037 rocky steps from a trailhead on Route 22 between Mapleton and Mount Union. source
• The Greenwood Spur runs north from Greenwood Furnace State Park to the Mid State Trail at Detweiler Run. source
• The old Greenwood fire tower stands 2.9 miles north of Greenwood Furnace State Park on the trail. source
• The club's alerts page says to wear blaze orange from November 15 to December 15 on all trail sections. source
• The alerts page says no parking anytime on the Little Aughwick Creek side of Route 522 and points to a lot south of the Turnpike overpass. source

“The Standing Stone Trail runs through the heart of the ridge and valley section of the Appalachian Range.”Standing Stone Trail Club, standingstonetrail.org, 2022

“It is part of the Great Eastern Trail System, and it connects to the Mid State Trail in the north and to the Tuscarora Trail and Appalachian Trail to the south.”Vincent Corso, StateCollege.com, 24 October 2024

“As you continue from Hoopers gap and climb Jacks Mountain, be prepared to take in some stunning panoramas”Standing Stone Trail Club, standingstonetrail.org, 9 April 2023

State Game Lands No. 81 is one of the tracts the Pennsylvania Game Commission owns and manages. Its map, revised in June 2020, gives the land as 4,037 acres in Huntingdon and Fulton counties, north of Burnt Cabins.

The map describes the terrain as mountainous and heavily forested. It lists deer, turkey, squirrel and ruffed grouse as the primary game. The map says state game lands are purchased, managed and maintained primarily for outdoor recreation in the form of sport-hunting. The Commission's state game lands information page gives the primary purpose as managing wildlife habitat and providing opportunities for lawful hunting and trapping, with other recreation permitted as secondary uses.

The map also encourages boating, fishing, hiking, birdwatching and nature study on the land. It says state game lands are open for general use year round, with few exceptions. Across all state game lands, the Commission says more than 400 miles of roads open seasonally, and its Mapping Center shows where.

• 4,037 acres, in Huntingdon and Fulton counties north of Burnt Cabins, per the map text. source
• Primary game species listed on the map: deer, turkey, squirrel and ruffed grouse. source
• Terrain described as mountainous and heavily forested. source
• Across all state game lands, more than 400 miles of roads are open seasonally, per the Commission. source

“State Game Lands No. 81, comprising 4,037 acres, is located in Huntingdon and Fulton Counties north of Burnt Cabins.”Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2020

“The terrain is mountainous and heavily forested. The primary game species are deer, turkey, squirrel and ruffed grouse.”Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2020

“Recreation such as boating, fishing, hiking birdwatching, and nature study is encouraged.”Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2020