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Riverbend Environmental Education Center: Gladwyne: Montgomery: Delaware Valley: website, 30 acres Shaver's Creek Environmental Center: Petersburg: Huntingdon: Central PA: Located in the 700-acre Stone Valley Recreation Area: Silver Lake Nature Center: Bristol: Bucks: Delaware Valley: website, 235 acres with over 4 miles of trails, operated by ...
The logo of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR) is the municipal department responsible for managing parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, trails, community gardens, and historic properties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its inventory includes more than 150 parks and 170 recreation centers and playgrounds. [1]
Established in 1940, [1] including a city swimming pool, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, and a picnic and recreation area. Ithaca Playlot; Ithaca and 31st Street Southwest Map location: Neighborhood playground, picnic and recreation area. Jordan Meadows
All facilities are administered by the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation department since a merger of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation in 2010. [5] The new Parks & Recreation department also administers six older adult centers, three environmental education centers, 40 historic sites and 25 KEYSPOT computer labs.
In addition to preserving historic sites, Pennsylvania also sought to preserve natural beauty and offer opportunities for recreation in its state parks. In 1902 Mont Alto State Forest Park was the second park established, a year after the state "Bureau of Forestry" was set up to purchase, preserve, and restore Pennsylvania's forests, which had ...
James Ellis (born 1947) is an American swim coach who founded the PDR (Philadelphia Department of Recreation, or Pride, Determination, Resilience) swim team just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as one of the few predominantly Black swim teams largely for intercity youth.
The Stone Valley Recreation Area is a multi-use park that is shared by the Penn State Forestry department, Shaver's Creek Environmental Center and Stone Valley Vertical Adventures. The 700-acre (2.8 km 2) property is located over the mountain from the village of Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania, along Shaver's Creek. Hiking and fishing are among ...
Moon Lake State Forest Recreation Area is a 942-acre (381 ha), recreation area within Pinchot State Forest in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. [2] It is open for mountain biking, hiking, fishing, bird watching, and nature study.