Reeds Gap State Park
| Reeds Gap State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
 A picnic area at Reeds Gap State Park
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Mifflin |
| Township | Armagh |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 820 ft (250 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°43′18″N 77°28′31″W / 40.72167°N 77.47528°WCoordinates: 40°43′18″N 77°28′31″W / 40.72167°N 77.47528°W |
| Area | 220 acres (89 ha) |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Reeds Gap State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Reeds Gap State Park | |
Reeds Gap State Park is a 220 acres (89 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Armagh Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is largely a wilderness area with large white pine and hemlock trees. Honey Creek flows through the park, providing a habitat for trout. Reeds Gap State Park is 7 miles (11 km) from U.S. Route 322 near Milroy in New Lancaster Valley and Bald Eagle State Forest.
Reeds Gap is a natural water gap, a geologic formation caused by Honey Creek in a ridge, Hightop. This water gap was a natural gathering location for wild animals and it became a hunting ground for Native Americans and later the European settlers. These settlers named the area New Lancaster Valley. The gap became a gathering area for the homesteaders in the Mifflin County area. They gathered at the gap for bush meetings to listen to traveling evangelists and enjoy community fellowship. These meetings lasted until the 1920s.
Edward and Nancy Reed built a sawmill along Honey Creek in the mid-19th century. At this time the area was part of the lumber boom that swept through the wooded mountains of Pennsylvania from the mid-to-late 19th century and early 20th century. The Reeds operated the sawmill on Honey Creek for many years, until it was torn down and moved to Virginia by their son John. The trees were soon gone and the land was purchased by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 15, 1905. Parts of the land purchased by the state became Reeds Gap State Park and Poe Valley State Park.
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