Buchanan State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #2. The main office is located in McConnellsburg in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is named for James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, the fifteenth President of the United States.
The forest is found in the Allegheny Mountains of south-central Pennsylvania and comprises 75,000 acres (30,350 ha) divided into several units located in Bedford, Fulton, and Franklin Counties.
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