Sweet Root Natural Area
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Pennsylvania /
Rainsburg /
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Section of Buchanan State Forest protected as 'natural'. Contains stand of old growth hemlock (a rarity on the east coast) as well as an
abandoned saltpetre mine from the Revolutionary War era.
abandoned saltpetre mine from the Revolutionary War era.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°50'35"N 78°31'48"W
- Cumberland Valley 9 km
- Green Ridge State Forest 17 km
- Great Cacapon, West Virginia 31 km
- BSA Camp Potomac 32 km
- Paw Paw Bends and Sorrel Hill 33 km
- Clark Subdivision 34 km
- Little Mountain 39 km
- Roaring Run 40 km
- The Woods Resort 45 km
- Tomahawk MX Park 51 km
- Buchanan State Forest 4.4 km
- Hyndman, Pennsylvania 17 km
- Rocky Gap State Park 18 km
- Bedford County, Pennsylvania 21 km
- Green Ridge State Forest 26 km
- South End 30 km
- Allegany County, Maryland 32 km
- Morgan County, West Virginia 41 km
- Somerset County, Pennsylvania 47 km
- Mineral County, West Virginia 58 km