Clarion River, across from Cook Riverside

Cabin Locator Map & Driving Directions

Cabin Amenities

Kitchens are fully equipped with all cooking and eating utensils, microwaves, toasters and coffee pots (with filters) as well as gas ranges and refrigerators.

The bathrooms have toilets (with toilet paper), sinks, and showers and/or bath tubs.

Each cabin has gas heat as well as a fireplace or wood burner. Firewood is provided and there are charcoal facilities.

Outside there is a picnic table, porch or deck furniture, charcoal grill, fire ring with wood benches and covered firewood bins.

The water is pure spring-fed and is tested regularly. Excellent for drinking.

Each cabin has a coat rack, hat rack and luggage racks.

Because of our remote location, we do not have television or cell phone reception.  Each cabin does have a TV and DVD player.

We offer bicycles for a nominal rental fee and canoes, kayaks and innertubes at discount rates to our cabin guests.

 

Cooks Forest Cabins #14, is a Mid Size Log Cabin.

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Cabin #14 has two bedrooms with a double and a single bed in each bedroom; kitchen; bathroom and a living room with a stone fireplace.

Cabin #14 is a mid size cabin, constructed of log with hard wood floors and a field stone fireplace. Two bedrooms with one double and one twin in each room. All of our cabins have showers, but #14 is one of the rare ones with a tub and a shower. Bring your bubble bath! Cabin #14 has a great porch and a very nice yard area, not too far from the upper play ground.

Maximum occupancy:  6 people. Cabin occupancy includes babies, children, and adults.

Rates:  $195.00/night or $830/week

~ Testimonial ~   “It was a very beautiful cabin & met our needs. You provided all the amenities & then some. Thank you for the basket of goodies. We loved it”. C&D


Items You Must Bring

  • Bath towels, wash cloths, bath soap, shampoo
  • Dish towels, dish soap
  • Paper towels

Items You May Want To Bring

  • Hatchet or axe, fire starters, matches
  • Hot dog forks, Mountain Pie makers
  • Flashlights
  • Outdoor identification guides
  • Hiking boots, slippers, sandals, river shoes
  • DVD’s, Video Games
  • Frisbees, baseballs, bocce

Clarion River History - Part II

The earliest use of the Clarion River through the Cooks Forest Cabins area was a main transportation link. The lumber industry used the river to build 100 foot rafts of harvested logs to float to the market in Pittsburgh. The river was a sink for sediment from reckless logging jobs, discharge from tanneries and paper mills and acidic drainage from coal mines. Extensive erosion and sedimentation resulted from clear-cutting the river valley. In 1909 it was believed the river in the Cook Forest area was the most polluted in Pennsylvania. The logging and coal industries have been cleaned by numerous regulations. The tanneries are all now gone and the paper mills take care of there waste products. A testament to the amazing recovery of the Clarion River was in 1998, the awarding of the “Wild and Scenic” designation by Congress. The river has now transformed into one of the cleanest in the East. Numerous species of fish now thrive in the Clarion River as it flows thru Cook Forest State Park. Special thanks to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.