Sand Bridge State Park | |
Iucn Category: | III |
Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Location: | Lewis, Union, Pennsylvania, United States |
Coordinates: | 40.9983°N -77.115°W |
Area Acre: | 3 |
Elevation: | 1572feet[1] |
Established: | 1978 |
Visitation Num: | 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 3acres 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.[2] 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.[3]