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Image:Hiawatha Paddlewheeler.JPG| Susquehanna State Park, "Hiawatha" Image:RickettsGlen.jpg|Ricketts Glen State Park, waterfall Image:Little Pine Creek Lake.JPG| Little Pine State Park,
lake from dam Image:Evansburg.jpg| Evansburg State Park,
hiking trail

Other names of current parks

The following are significantly different former or alternate names for nine current Pennsylvania state parks. Note that many parks were originally "State Forest Parks" or were state public camping or picnic areas in Pennsylvania state forests. In modern times, some "State Parks" have become "Environmental Education Centers", while other parks have dropped one word from their name ("Cherry Springs Drive" is now Cherry Springs, "Kooser Lake" is now Kooser, "Laurel Hill Summit" is now Laurel Summit, and "Promised Land Lake" is now Promised Land). Such minor name changes are not included in this table.

County or Counties	Date name changed	Current Park Name	Remarks
Union County	1957	R. B. Winter State Park	Named for Raymond B. Winter, a Forest Ranger who established park and worked there 45 years; also known as "Halfway Dam State Park"
Bucks County		Ralph Stover State Park	"High Rocks" refers to part of park added in 1956; this name is listed in the USGS GNIS, but was never an official DCNR name or separate park
Bucks and Northampton Counties	1989	Delaware Canal State Park	Originally named for Theodore Roosevelt, who had no connection to this park; renamed for its focus, the Delaware Canal
Bucks County	1965	Nockamixon State Park	Proposed in 1958 as "Tohickon" (on Tohickon Creek), but name changed before park officially opened in 1973
Sullivan County	1936 and 1943	Worlds End State Park	"Whirl's End" 1936-1943 (for whirlpool in Loyalsock Creek); "Worlds End" 1932-1936 and 1943 to present (for remote location); also known as "Whirl's Glen"
Now part of Clear Creek State Forest (Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry)
Park was completed, but without funds to operate it, so was given to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, now also partly a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site
Now a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission site
Now part of Rothrock State Forest (Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry), also known as "Colerain Forge"
Now a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site
Now a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers site, recreation area operated by Clearfield County
Now part of National Park Service site
Pike County	1983	Part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Now part of National Park Service site, donated to the state for a park in 1912 by the widow of Dr. Childs
Now part of Tuscarora State Forest (Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry)
Now a National Park Service site
Now part of Bald Eagle State Forest (Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry)
Now a National Park Service site, established 1893 as the first state park in Pennsylvania

Bucks County		Washington Crossing Historic Park	Now a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission site, established July 1917

Image:PresqueIsleLighthouse.jpg| Presque Isle State Park, lighthouse
Image:RalphStover.jpg| Ralph Stover State Park, High Rocks view Image:Upper Pine Bottom State Park.JPG| Upper Pine Bottom State Park, picnic table Image:Wildcat Hollow at LRSP.jpg|Lyman Run State Park, Wildcat Hollow

Other names of former parks

The following are significantly different former or alternate names for two former Pennsylvania state parks.

Former or Alternate Name	County or Counties	Date name changed	Former Park Name	Remarks
	Fayette County	1961	Part of Fort Necessity State Park	Now part of Fort Necessity National Battlefield (National Park Service)
	Centre County		Voneida State Forest Park	Named for "Hairy John" Voneida, a 19th century hermit who lived nearby; now a State Forest Picnic Area in Bald Eagle State Forest (Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry)

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