Pennsylvania Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
Pennsylvania DCNR sets the campfire rule for Pennsylvania's state parks and forests. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Pennsylvania load on the page.
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Burn bans and restrictions: Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry.
The campfire rule in Pennsylvania
Campfires in state parks and forests
Fires are permitted only in provided fire rings or grills. Gas and propane camp stoves are permitted. Please be careful with fire. Fires must be attended at all times and extinguished before leaving the campsite.Pennsylvania DCNR, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Where fire restrictions are posted
Campfires are not permitted when the fire danger is high, very high, or extreme; and from March 1 through May 25, unless authorized by Elk State Forest.Pennsylvania DCNR, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry.
Quoted from pages read October 18, 2026. A county, a national forest or a single park can order a stricter ban than the state, so ask the local fire department or ranger district before you light a fire.
Camping in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
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Where this page’s facts come from
- State park, forestry and federal land pages (read October 18, 2026). Booking windows, reservation systems, campfire rules, fire restriction sources and rules for camping outside a campground, each quoted word for word with a link to the page it came from.
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 (read October 18, 2026). Average monthly high, low and nights at or below 32 F at 150 reference stations, the same stations the heat season and heating season pages use.
- National Weather Service alerts (live, read in your browser when the page loads). Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Fire Warnings, Freeze Warnings and High Wind Warnings, read live from api.weather.gov.
- National Weather Service 7 day forecast (live, read in your browser when the page loads). The weekend forecast for the ZIP code a visitor enters, read live from api.weather.gov.