The Bald Eagle Valley of central Pennsylvania, United States is the low lying area draining into the Bald Eagle Creek between the Allegheny Front and the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge, south of the West Branch Susquehanna River, in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians. It is southwest of the West Branch Susquehanna Valley that includes Williamsport and Northwest of the Nittany Valley that includes State College.
The Bald Eagle Valley lies in the central portion of Centre County and the southern portion of Clinton County. It runs from Port Matilda down to Lock Haven PA, It includes most of the Bald Eagle Area School District and Bald Eagle Township. The Bald Eagle State Park is also in the valley. The park includes the Joseph Foster Sayers Reservoir, around the town of Howard, a prominent topographic feature formed by damming Bald Eagle Creek.
Read more about Bald Eagle Valley: Principal Towns in The Bald Eagle Valley, Agriculture, Geology
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