Halfway Run Natural Area

Halfway Run Natural Area is a protected area in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Bald Eagle State Forest, and is a short distance from R.B. Winter State Park.

Description

The area protects a glaciated landscape of a type uncommon for Central Pennsylvania, along both banks of Halfway Run, which has been designated as a stream of unimpaired quality. The area is known for numerous pingo scars from the age of glaciation, in the form of ponds filling pits that formed when small ice-covered hills collapsed. Wild trout naturally reproduce in Halfway Run, and in springtime various branches of the stream contribute to vernal pools that are breeding spots for amphibians.