12 hills in Pennsylvania, most of them run by the state

Sledding Hills in Pennsylvania: Every One an Agency Names

Q: Can you sled after dark in Pennsylvania?

2 of the Pennsylvania hills are published as lit. 14 hills are lit nationally, which makes it the least common thing an agency publishes about a hill, and the hours the lights run are on each agency's own page.

Q: How do you know whether a hill in Pennsylvania is open?

12 of the 12 hills publish a conditions page of its own, linked below. The season runs on the agency posts snow depth per park and says the activity is not available when the snow is not thick enough.

Q: What does Pennsylvania say about sledding on its own hills?

3 of the 12 pages carry guidance from the agency that runs the hill. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks writes: This slope is steep and too much speed can be a problem, therefore, ramps are prohibited. Each of those sentences is reproduced whole on the hill it belongs to.

Q: Which state has the most designated sledding hills?

New York, with 14. Across the country 202 hills are named by the agency that runs them, spread over 35 states, and 15 states name none at all.

Every hill below was named for sledding by the Pennsylvania agency that runs it, on a page linked beside it. What it costs, whether it runs tubing, a tow or lights, and the agency's own words.

Hills a public agency names

in 12 towns

The state

Most of them named by

0 local, 12 state, 0 national forest

That print no charge

no state winter parking permit

0 / 0 / 2

Tubing, tow or lights

0 publish hours, 12 a conditions page

The answer

Whose website to open first in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 12 hills that a public agency has named for sledding in writing, and all of them are run by the state.

State park or forest: 12

Pennsylvania is one of the states where the park system itself does most of the naming, so the state park pages are the ones worth opening first.
No Pennsylvania hill below prints a charge for sledding on it.
The season runs on the agency posts snow depth per park and says the activity is not available when the snow is not thick enough.

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources publishes its own list

Many state parks block off an area during the winter for sledding, and some have warming huts or fire pits.

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Grouped by who named it

All 12 Pennsylvania hills

Each card opens with the agency’s own words, because that sentence is the reason the hill is on the page. Everything under it is an attribute the same agency published on the same page. Where an agency adds guidance of its own, it is quoted whole and nothing is added to it.

Named by the state12 hills

Sledding hill in the field loop area of the campground

State park

Laurel Hill State Park. Somerset. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

A sledding hill is located in the field loop area of the campground. Lighted on weekends until 9:00 P.M. as conditions permit, a large fire ring and wood are also provided for sledders.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Lit after darkthe agency lights it on weekends as conditions permit

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Groomed slope on the western side of the park

State park

Chapman State Park. Clarendon. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

A seven-acre groomed slope on the western side of the park is lighted until 10:00 P.M. daily.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Lit after dark

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Sledding slope at the upper end of Chapel Cove

State park

Codorus State Park. Hanover. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

A 500-foot sledding slope is at the upper end of Chapel Cove, just off of PA 216.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks publishes this with the hill: “This slope is steep and too much speed can be a problem, therefore, ramps are prohibited.”

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Mt. Pisgah

State park

Samuel S. Lewis State Park. York. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

The south and east faces of Mt. Pisgah are great for sledding, featuring a descent of 100 feet over a 600-foot long run.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Sledding run in the main day use area

State park

Little Pine State Park. Waterville. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

In the main day use area, two acres of slopes extend across the lake. Ample parking is by the bathhouse. Ice must be four inches thick before the run is opened.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

the run crosses the lake, so the agency opens it only once the ice reaches four inches

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Sledding and tobogganing area opposite the south boat launch

State park

Yellow Creek State Park. Penn Run. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

An area is maintained opposite the south boat launch for sledding and tobogganing.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks publishes this with the hill: “If you decide that another hill looks more inviting or challenging, please be alert for old fences that may still be in the area.”

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Slope above the marina

State park

Nockamixon State Park. Quakertown. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

The area above the Marina is used for sledding and tobogganing. Park in Lot #13.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks publishes this with the hill: “Do not block gates.”

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Slopes below the Upper Plantation Picnic Area

State park

Tyler State Park. Newtown. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

Slopes below the Upper Plantation Picnic Area parking lot and the slopes west of the covered bridge are great for sledding and tobogganing when conditions permit.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

open when conditions permit

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Slope near Lot #5, Militia Hill Day Use Area

State park

Fort Washington State Park. Fort Washington. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

Near Lot #5 in the Militia Hill Day Use Area is a 400-foot slope for sledding.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Cleared hillside off Skyline Drive

State park

Bald Eagle State Park. Howard. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

About five acres of cleared hillside allows for a 1,320-foot run. The slope faces the modern campground and is accessed from Skyline Drive near Pavilion #5.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Hill in the Sugarloaf Snowmobile and Mountain Bike Area

State park

Ohiopyle State Park. Ohiopyle. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

A hill is maintained for sledding in the Sugarloaf Snowmobile and Mountain Bike Area, adjacent to the parking area.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Sledding area near the Pleasant View Picnic Area, South Shore

State park

Moraine State Park. Portersville. Run by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks

A very popular sledding area is near the Pleasant View Picnic Area on the South Shore.

Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Conditions from the agency · Where to Sled in State Parks, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Cost and parking

What sledding costs in Pennsylvania

No Pennsylvania hill below prints a charge for sledding on it. Nationally 140 of the 202 hills print no charge at all, and the ones that do are nearly always the two things that cost an agency money to run: a tubing operation that rents the tube, and a tow that carries you back up.

Pennsylvania sells no winter parking permit. 19 states do, and on nearly every hill that needs one the money is for the plowed lot rather than for the slope.

Four people in winter coats seen from behind carrying large black inner tubes up a packed snow run through dark evergreen forest, with more figures at the top of the run — Tubes going back up a run under their own power. A tubing hill is the one kind on these pages that usually charges, because the agency is renting the tube or running a lift rather than opening a slope, and it is also the one most likely to publish fixed hours and a conditions line. Eighteen of the hills here run tubing; most of the rest are a slope and a car park. “Snow Tubing”, Iain Laurence, CC BY-SA 3.0

Pennsylvania sledding questions

Are there designated sledding hills in Pennsylvania?

Who runs the sledding hills in Pennsylvania?

Does sledding cost anything in Pennsylvania?

Can you sled after dark in Pennsylvania?

How do you know whether a hill in Pennsylvania is open?

What does Pennsylvania say about sledding on its own hills?

Which state has the most designated sledding hills?

Sledding hills in other states

Pennsylvania first snow datesWhen the first measurable snow has historically arrived, which is when a hill starts to be worth the drive.Pennsylvania snowpackHow much snow is actually on the ground right now, from the automated stations that measure it.Pennsylvania plow trackerWhether the road to the hill has been plowed, from the state that plows it.Pennsylvania cross country skiingThe groomed trail systems, which is what most state agencies publish instead of sledding.

Pennsylvania read September 23, 2026 from the agency pages linked beside each hill. Hours, fees and winter parking permit prices are set season by season and a hill opens on snow rather than on a date, so the agency page linked beside each one is the thing that governs on the day. Every state is on the sledding hills hub.