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Pennsylvania Route 35 runs northeast along the base of Shade Mountain 37 miles (60 km) to Mifflin, and Pennsylvania Route 641 leads southeast over Tuscarora Mountain 9 miles (14 km) to Spring Run. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough of Shade Gap has a total area of 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2), all land. [4]
State parks range in size from 3 acres (1.2 ha) to 21,122 acres (8,548 ha) and comprise one percent of Pennsylvania's total land area. [2] According to Dan Cupper (1993), "Pennsylvania is the thirty-third largest state, but only Alaska and California have more park land". [3] [4]
The camp has a total area of 242 acres covered by a variety of landforms and vegetation, ranging from heavily wooded ridges and cliffs, to wide open parade fields, to shady groves of ancient fir trees that provide a wide variety of camping opportunities year-round for every type of Scouting unit.
Shady Grove Park housed several rides and attractions, including a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel, a funhouse called "House of Mirth", a theater, a shooting gallery, a photo gallery, a restaurant, and two large dance halls. The roller coaster, Wildcat, opened in 1925, and was a large wooden coaster that spanned the entire length of the property.
Shady Grove, Pennsylvania. Unincorporated community. ... Shady Grove is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [2] History
Pymatuning State Park is the largest state park in Pennsylvania and contains the 17,088 acres (69.15 km 2) of Pymatuning Lake, three-quarters of which is in Pennsylvania and one-quarter of which is in Ohio. A 1.7-mile (2.7 km) causeway extends between Pennsylvania and Ohio near the center of the lake. The lake provides fishing and boating year ...
They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. A reorganization effective July 1, 2005 shifted territory among several state forests in eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in the elimination of Wyoming State Forest and the creation of Loyalsock State Forest.
Keystone State Park is a 1,200-acre (486 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located off U.S. Route 22 near New Alexandria, the park opened in 1945.