Pennsylvania · Warren / Forest / Venango Co.
Allegheny River
★ Wild & Scenic🌿 Wilderness
Warren / Forest / Venango Co. · 325 mi · Class I
Optimal: 1500–8000 CFS · USGS #03025500
28,800CFS
8.87 ft gauge height
Flood↑Rising (+300 cfs/hr)(+900 in 3h)
Avg flow: 4,800 cfsHist. median: 4,320 cfsUSGS #03025500
National Wild & Scenic River (1992) · Allegheny National Forest · Allegheny Islands Wilderness
Pennsylvania's largest free-flowing river — 325 miles from the New York border to Pittsburgh, where it meets the Monongahela to form the Ohio. The 86 miles between Kinzua Dam and Emlenton are designated National Wild & Scenic, flowing through the Allegheny National Forest with seven primitive island campsites in the Allegheny Islands Wilderness — the only wilderness islands in the eastern U.S. Class I water, big-river smallmouth bass, and old-growth hemlock corridors.
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Allegheny River canoe and kayak rentals, Warren PA
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Allegheny National Forest river trips
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