Worlds End State Park is a 780-acre (316 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. The park, nearly surrounded by Loyalsock State Forest, is in the Loyalsock Creek valley on Pennsylvania Route 154 in Forks and Shrewsbury Townships southeast of the borough of Forksville. The name Worlds End has been used since at least 1872, but its origins are uncertain. Although it was founded as Worlds End State Forest Park by Governor Gifford Pinchot in 1932, the park was officially known as Whirls End State Forest Park from 1936 to 1943.
Worlds End State Park and Loyalsock Creek from the Canyon Vista on Cold Run Road
Loyalsock Creek's name comes from the Lenape (Delaware) word Lawi-saquick or "middle creek".
The forests in and around the park are second-growth, since the area was clearcut in the early 20th century.
The swimming area in the creek was built by the CCC.
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Sullivan County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,840, making it the second-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Laporte. The county was created on March 15, 1847, from part of Lycoming County and named for Major General John Sullivan. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
Sullivan County Courthouse in Sullivan County, September 2006
Worlds End State Park
The Haystacks in Loyalsock Creek
Ticklish Rock, at ground level
