Sand Bridge State Park Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1198424}} Sand Bridge State Park ]. August 30, 1990 . . . 2007-12-18.
  2. Web site: State's budget idea baffles Valley anglers, campers . Laeplle, Wayne . May 30, 2009 . September 14, 2010 . The Daily Item.
  3. Web site: Sand Bridge State Park . https://web.archive.org/web/20111106212159/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/sandbridge/index.htm. dead. November 6, 2011. 2006-11-15 . .