Varden Conservation Area

Geobox Protected Area
name = Varden Conservation Area
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category_local = Pennsylvania State Park
category_iucn = III


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etymology_type = Named for
etymology = the village of Varden
country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
region_type = County
region = Wayne
district_type = Townships
district = Lake
district1 = South Canaan
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lat_d = 41
lat_m = 29
lat_s = 12
lat_NS = N
long_d = 75
long_m = 23
long_s = 21
long_EW = W
location_note = cite web
url=Gnis3|2351709
title="Varden Conservation Area"
date = August 30 2007
work=Geographic Names Information System
publisher=United States Geological Survey
accessdate=2007-12-13]
elevation_imperial = 1253
elevation_round = 1
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area_imperial = 343
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established = 2001
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management_body = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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free_type = Nearest city
free = Scranton, Pennsylvania
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map_caption = Location of Varden Conservation Area in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania
map_first = yes
website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/varden.aspx Varden Conservation Area]

Varden Conservation Area is a Pennsylvania state park on convert|343|acre|km2|1 in Lake and South Canaan Townships, Wayne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The conservation area is currently under development. The land was donated to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in December 2001 by Dr. Mead Shaffer a veterinarian and resident of Boothwyn, Pennsylvania in Delaware County. Dr. Shaffer stated his reason for donating the land, "Environmental education always has been a primary concern of mine. I trust this land will allow present and future generations to observe and study the diverse ecology found in the Varden Conservation Area." [cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/polycomm/res2002/vardenca0102.htm
title = Varden Conservation Area announcement
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ] Varden Conservation Area is near the unincorporated village of Varden on Pennsylvania Route 296, east of the Lackawanna County line.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/Parks/varden.aspx
title = Varden Conservation Area
accessdate = 2006-10-25
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ]

A conservation area is different from a state park. Conservation areas have much less development on the lands than a state park. They are large tracts of land with few improvements, a lack of through roads and the recreational facilities are minimal. There is an effort to manage the resources with minimal development of the park. Other conservation areas in Pennsylvania are the Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation Area and the Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area both of which are in Dauphin County.

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|km|0 of Varden Conservation Area: [cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/region_northeast.aspx
title = Map reference for Varden Conservation Area
accessdate = 2006-11-25
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ] [cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division
url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/wayne_GHSN.pdf
title= 2007 General Highway Map Wayne County Pennsylvania
accessdate= 2007-07-27 "Note: shows Varden Conservation Area"] cite web
last = Michels
first = Chris
year = 1997
url = http://www2.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html
title = "Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation"
publisher = Northern Arizona University
accessdate = 2008-04-23]
*Archbald Pothole State Park (Lackawanna County)
*Frances Slocum State Park (Luzerne County)
*Gouldsboro State Park (Monroe and Wayne Counties)
*Lackawanna State Park (Lackawanna County)
*Promised Land State Park (Pike County)
*Prompton State Park (Wayne County)
*Tobyhanna State Park (Monroe and Wayne Counties)

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