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The Capital Area Greenbelt is a looping trail located in the area of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.This 20-mile loop around Pennsylvania's capital city provides visitors and tourists with opportunities to hike, ride bicycles, skate, jog, fish, walk their dogs, spot rare birds, learn about history, enjoy native flora and fauna, and appreciate nature.
Paxtang Park is a hiking and mountain biking park in East Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Paxtang, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Capital Area Greenbelt. It was formerly a 40-acre (160,000 m 2) trolley park. It existed as a trolley park from 1823 to 1929, and reopened as a hiking park in 2020.
Park named for its donor, a Secretary of the Department of Forests and Waters; now popular for star gazing. Sand Bridge State Park: Union County: 3 acres (1 ha) 1978: Rapid Run: This is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania, a day use picnic area on PA 192. Shawnee State Park: Bedford County: 3,983 acres (1,612 ha) 1951: Lake Shawnee
Pennsylvania Rail Trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, or light motorized traffic. Rail trails are multi-use paths offering, at a minimum, a combination of pedestrian and cycle recreation.
The boundary of Harrisburg's Downtown is considered Forster Street to the north, I-83 to the south, the railroad tracks to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west. Bull Run [ 5 ] (antiquated) Capitol District
North of Harrisburg, Route J oftentimes utilizes area freeways such as US 11/US 15 and US 22/US 322. The route utilizes the York County Heritage Rail Trail between York and the Maryland border, where it connects to the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail, which heads south towards the Baltimore, Maryland area. [5]
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The park is located within the city limits of Harrisburg; however, it is administered and maintained by the Dauphin County Parks and Recreation Department. Wildwood Park runs in line with Paxton Creek , a tributary of the Susquehanna River , on the northern side of Harrisburg and adjacent to the main campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's ...