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State Parks

IN SOUTH CENTRAL PA

COWANS GAP STATE PARK Cowans Gap State Park is a 1,085-acre state park in Franklin County and has 10 miles of trails open year-round to hiking.

MONT ALTO STATE PARK Mont Alto State Park 24-acre park features a unique pavilion, picnicking, and trout fishing. Mont Alto is the oldest park still in the Pennsylvania state park system.

CALEDONIA STATE PARK The 1,125-acre Caledonia State Park is in Adams and Franklin Counties, midway between Chambersburg and Gettysburg along the Lincoln Highway, US 30. GIFFORD PINCHOT STATE PARK Gifford Pinchot State Park is a 2,338-acre full service park with a 340-acre Pinchot Lake. It is in northern York County along PA 177.

CODORUS STATE PARK Codorus State Park is a 3,500-acre state park in Heidelberg, Manheim, Penn, and West Manheim Townships in southwestern York County. The park was created around Lake Marburg, an artificial lake covering 1,275 acres, and is named for Codorus Creek, which forms the lake.

SAMUEL S. LEWIS STATE PARK Samuel S. Lewis State Park is an 85-acre state park in Lower Windsor Township, York County. Mt. Pisgah is an 885-foothigh ridge that is the focus of recreation for the park.

COWANS GAP STATE PARK

MONT ALTO STATE PARK CALEDONIA STATE PARK GIFFORD PINCHOT STATE PARK

SAMUEL S. LEWIS STATE PARK

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