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Gettysburg National Military Park © Wayne Blottenberger
Ricketts Glen State Park Gorge Falls © Marty Straub
Marsh Creek State Park Horse With Marsh Creek Background West Launch Side © Todd Eagle
Horse With Marsh Creek State Park In Background, West Launch Of The Park As The Lake Is 535 Acres And In All IS Around 1,727 Acre Park.
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center © Mario Acerra
Raymond B Winter State Park Sitting by the Fire © Julie Shumaker
Shawnee State Park Fall Day at the Lake © Jim Baker
This photo was taken October 2011.
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center © Mario Acerra
Marsh Creek State Park © Todd Eagle
sunrise photo over marsh creek state park lake 532 AM
Sinnemahoning State Park © Kay Bear
Tyler State Park Tyler State Park Reflections © Fred Backhaus
Tyler State Park Reflections from the covered bridge.
Canoe Creek State Park Spring Sunset © Jason Hann
A spring sunset enjoyed from my kayak
Moraine State Park Poison Mushrooms © Jeff Hudak
Picture taken on 08/17/10 view along the bike trail.
Hickory Run State Park Winter Waterfalls © Dave Martin
Waterfalls across from the ranger station at Hickory Run State Park. Late winter of 2015.
Gettysburg National Military Park © Wayne Blottenberger
Moraine State Park Regatta 2012 © Jeff Hudak
Some of this years Puddle Duck entries
Prince Gallitzin State Park Sunset Glendale Lake © Jeffrey Spinneweber
from shoreline near cabin 1 looking across sunset just after all day rain.
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Pennsylvania's South-Central Region Parks

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National Historic Sites
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State Parks
Parks in this region are near these Pennsylvania Cities (click city name to see parks within 25 miles)
LANCASTER
HANOVER
LITITZ
YORK
LEBANON
CAMP HILL
CARLISLE
READING
MECHANICSBURG
HARRISBURG
EPHRATA
CHAMBERSBURG
ELIZABETHTOWN
WAYNESBORO
SHIPPENSBURG
GETTYSBURG
Buchanan's Birthplace State Park
Buchanan's Birthplace State Park is an 18.5-acre park nestled in a gap of Tuscarora Mountain in Franklin County. The park and the surrounding forested mountains offer an abundance of beauty throughout the year. In addition to the presidents memorial, there are Two picnic pavilions, Picnic tables, ........more >
Caledonia State Park
The 1,125-acre Caledonia State Park is in Adams and Franklin counties, midway between Chambersburg and Gettysburg on US 30. Caledonia is in the northernmost section of the Blue Ridge Mountains known locally as South Mountain. Blue Mountain, the easternmost ridge of the Allegheny Mountains, is to the ........more >
Codorus State Park
The 3,329-acre Codorus State Park is in the southwest corner of York County, about three miles southeast of Hanover, Pennsylvania, along PA 216. A prime attraction of the park is the 1,275-acre Lake Marburg, which has 26 miles of shoreline.........more >
Colonel Denning State Park
Colonel Denning State Park, in north central Cumberland County, is in Doubling Gap, so named by the S turn where Blue Mountain doubles back on itself. This feature may be seen from the Doubling Gap Vista in adjacent Tuscarora State Forest. The park has 273 acres of woodland and a 3.5-acre lake.........more >
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the farm of General and 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Adjacent to the Gettysburg battlefield, the farm served the president and first lady as a weekend retreat and as a meeting place for world leaders. With its peaceful setting and view of South Mountain, ........more >
Fowler Hollow State Park
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French Creek State Park
Set amidst the old, quaint and picturesque farmland of southeast Pennsylvania, French Creek offers two lakes--Hopewell and Scotts Run, extensive forests and almost 40 miles of hiking trails. Adjacent to the park lies Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site that features a cold-blast furnace restored ........more >
Gettysburg National Military Park
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the High Water Mark of the Rebellion, Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration ........more >
Gifford Pinchot State Park
Gifford Pinchot State Park, a 2,338-acre full service park, is in northern York County along PA 177 between the towns of Rossville and Lewisberry. The park consists of reverting farm fields and wooded hillsides with the 340-acre Pinchot Lake serving as a prime attraction.........more >
Hopewell Village National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is one of the finest examples of a rural American 19th century iron plantation. The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster's mansion, and auxiliary structures. Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by Ironmaster Mark Bird. The furnace operated until ........more >
Kings Gap State Park
Sitting astride South Mountain, Kings Gap offers a panaramic view of the Cumberland Valley. Sixteen miles of hiking trails interconnect three main areas and are open year-round. Kings Gap offers environmental education programs from the pre-school environmental awareness program to environmental problem ........more >
Little Buffalo State Park
Little Buffalo State Park is a place where people have met for centuries. Besides having extensive picnic areas, hiking trails and a lake for fishing and boating, the park is steeped in history. Historical features include a covered bridge, a restored, operating grist mill, an old farm house built on ........more >
Memorial Lake State Park
Memorial Lake State Park is surrounded by Fort Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in East Hanover Township. The park consists of 230 acres in scenic Lebanon County near the southern base of Blue Mountain.........more >
Michaux State Forest
The Michaux State Forest is located in Adams, Cumberland and Franklin counties. It is named in honor of Andre Michaux, a French botanist, dispatched by the King and Queen of France in 1785 to gather plants for the Royal Gardens. He and his son Francois Andre Michaux are noted for discovering and identifying ........more >
Mont Alto State Park
The 23-acre Mont Alto State Park is in Franklin County. It can be reached from Caledonia State Park on US 30, the Lincoln Highway, by traveling seven miles south on PA 233 or, from the south, travel north on PA 233, one mile from the town of Mont Alto.........more >
Nolde Forest State Park
The Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center offers environmental education programs. Contact the center office for a listing of upcoming educational programs. The center covers more than 665 acres of beautiful deciduous woodlands and coniferous plantations. The office and mansion parking lot ........more >
Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Steeped in natural and historical features, the 696-acre Pine Grove Furnace State Park is in a beautiful mountain setting in southern Cumberland County. The two lakes in the park are the 25-acre Laurel Lake and the smaller Fuller Lake, which is 1.7-acre.........more >
Samuel S Lewis State Park
This 85-acre state park is dominated by Mt. Pisgah, an 885-foot high ridge separating Kreutz Creek Valley and East Prospect Valley. The overlook offers a spectacular view of the Susquehanna River Valley. The park landscape consists of mowed grass fields on the northern and eastern park slopes, pine ........more >
Susquehannock State Park
The 224-acre Susquehannock State Park is on a wooded plateau overlooking the Susquehanna River in southern Lancaster County. Besides the awesome view, the park offers a variety of recreational opportunities for year-round fun.........more >
Tuscarora State Forest
Tuscarora State Forest derives its name from Tuscarora Mountain. The mountain, in turn, was named for the Tuscarora Indians, a tribe adopted by the Iroquois Nation and allowed to migrate to this region about 1714. Comprised of 91,165 acres, the Tuscarora State Forest is located in Cumberland, Franklin, ........more >
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