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Cabin Amenities

Kitchens are fully equipped with all cooking and eating utensils, microwaves, toasters and coffee pots (with filters) as well as gas ranges and refrigerators.

The bathrooms have toilets (with toilet paper), sinks, and showers and/or bath tubs.

Each cabin has gas heat as well as a fireplace or wood burner. Firewood is provided and there are charcoal facilities.

Outside there is a picnic table, porch or deck furniture, charcoal grill, fire ring with wood benches and covered firewood bins.

The water is pure spring-fed and is tested regularly. Excellent for drinking.

Each cabin has a coat rack, hat rack and luggage racks.

Because of our remote location, we do not have television or cell phone reception.  Each cabin does have a TV and DVD player.

We offer bicycles for a nominal rental fee and canoes, kayaks and innertubes at discount rates to our cabin guests.

 

Cabin #5 is a one bedroom log cabin

Cabin #5 is a one bedroom cabin with 1 double bed, living room with a double sleeper sofa and stone wood burning fireplace and knotty pine kitchen and bath.

Cabin #5 is situated towards the back of our property in the woods which means it's a little more secluded. Part hand hewn log and part redwood. The kitchen and bathroom are knotty pine with cathedral ceilings. The living room and bedroom is log. The bedroom has a two person whirlpool bath tub, a gas log fireplace and a double bed. The living room has a stone fireplace and a double sleeper sofa. A cozy warm cabin for a honeymoon, anniversary or a small family stay.

Maximum occupancy:  4 people.  Cabin occupancy includes babies, children, and adults.

Rates:  $215.00/night or $840/week

~ Testimonial ~  “Thank you all for doing all the hard work you do so stressed out city folks like us can get away to your peaceful resort. My family has been coming here for over 50 yrs. (me just 32). A lot of changes have happened over the years since then, but it still has the rustic feel with just enough modernization”. JU-  OH

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Items You Must Bring

• Bath towels, wash cloths, bath soap, shampoo
• Dish towels, dish soap
• Paper towels

Items You May Want To Bring

• Hatchet or axe, fire starters, matches
• Hot dog forks, Mountain Pie makers
• Flashlights
• Outdoor identification guides
• Hiking boots, slippers, sandals, river shoes
• DVD’s, Video Games
• Frisbees, baseballs, bocce

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Clarion River History, Part II

The earliest use of the Clarion River through the Cooks Forest Cabins area was a main transportation link. The lumber industry used the river to build 100 foot rafts of harvested logs to float to the market in Pittsburgh. The river was a sink for sediment from reckless logging jobs, discharge from tanneries and paper mills and acidic drainage from coal mines. Extensive erosion and sedimentation resulted from clear-cutting the river valley. In 1909 it was believed the river in the Cook Forest area was the most polluted in Pennsylvania.

The logging and coal industries have been cleaned by numerous regulations. The tanneries are all now gone and the paper mills take care of their waste products. A testament to the amazing recovery of the Clarion River was in 1998, the awarding of the “Wild and Scenic” designation by Congress. The river has now transformed into one of the cleanest in the East. Numerous species of fish now thrive in the Clarion River as it flows thru Cook Forest State Park.

Special thanks to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.