Sand Bridge State Park | |
Pennsylvania State Park | |
Rapid Run passes through Sand Bridge State Park
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Country | United States |
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State | Pennsylvania |
County | Union |
Township | Lewis |
Location | |
- elevation | 1,572 ft (479.1 m) |
- coordinates | 40°59′54″N 77°06′54″W / 40.99833°N 77.11500°WCoordinates: 40°59′54″N 77°06′54″W / 40.99833°N 77.11500°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Founded | 1978 |
Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Visitation | 17,000 |
IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
Website: Sand Bridge State Park | |
Sand Bridge State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 3 acres (0.01 km2) 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 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.