Sand Bridge State Park | |
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IUCN category III (natural monument or feature) | |
Rapid Run passes through Sand Bridge State Park | |
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Location | Lewis, Union, Pennsylvania, United States |
Coordinates | 40°59′54″N 77°06′54″W / 40.99833°N 77.11500°W / 40.99833; -77.11500 |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Elevation | 1,572 ft (479 m) |
Established | 1978 |
Visitors | 17,000 |
Governing body | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Website | Sand Bridge State Park |
Sand Bridge State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 3 acres (0.01 km) in Lewis Township, Union County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania and consists of a picnic area just off Pennsylvania Route 192. It has three picnic pavilions that were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Rapid Run, a trout stream that is stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, flows through Sand Bridge State Park. The park attracted 17,000 visitors in 2008. The name Sand Bridge remains a mystery. No one, according to the parks official website knows why the area is known as Sand Bridge. The park is surrounded by Bald Eagle State Forest and became a Pennsylvania State park in 1978.
References
- ^ "Sand Bridge State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on November 6, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2006.
- "Sand Bridge State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 30, 1990. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
- ^ Laeplle, Wayne (May 30, 2009). "State's budget idea baffles Valley anglers, campers". The Daily Item. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
External links
[REDACTED] Media related to Sand Bridge State Park at Wikimedia Commons
- "Sand Bridge State Park official map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2012. (123.6 KB)