Gifford Pinchot State Park
| Gifford Pinchot State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
 The picnic area in Gifford Pinchot State Park
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| Named for: Gifford Pinchot | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | York |
| Township | Warrington |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 492 ft (150.0 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°04′18″N 76°53′18″W / 40.07167°N 76.88833°WCoordinates: 40°04′18″N 76°53′18″W / 40.07167°N 76.88833°W |
| Area | 2,238 acres (906 ha) |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Gifford Pinchot State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Gifford Pinchot State Park | |
Gifford Pinchot State Park is a 2,238-acre (906 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park contains wooded hillsides, reverting farm fields, and 340-acre (140 ha) Pinchot Lake. It is near York and Harrisburg in the south-central part of the state.
The park is named after former Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot was governor from 1923-1927 and 1931-1935. Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state bears his name as well. The park was dedicated in 1961 by Governor David L. Lawrence.
There are more than 18 miles (29 km) of marked, maintained trails within the Gifford Pinchot State Park. Most of them interconnect. The trails are classified in one of three categories, easy, moderate, and difficult.
Easy trails
Moderate trails
Difficult trails
The 340-acre (140 ha) Pinchot Lake provides opportunities for boating. It has 24-hour launch areas and 286 shore moorings and canoe racks that can be rented from April 1 to November 1, the boat rental also rents electric motors and trolling engines for boats. Boats using the lake, with a motor must display a boat registration from any state. Non-powered boats must display one of the following: boat registration from any state,launching permit or mooring permit from Pennsylvania State Parks that are available at most state park offices, launch use permit from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
Pinchot Lake holds largemouth bass, hybrid striped bass, muskellunge, catfish, carp, walleye, crappie and sunfish. It is a Pennsylvania Big Bass Lake and thus, special regulations cover minimum size and creel limits for all species of bass. During the winter months, when conditions permit, ice fishing is allowed on the lake. Ice fishermen mostly catch largemouth bass and the occasional walleye, muskellunge, crappie or sunfish.
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