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Known as the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania", a deep gorge carved by glacial meltwater. The maximum depth of the canyon is 1,450 feet (442 m) at Waterville, near the southern end. At Leonard Harrison and Colton Point State Parks, the depth is more than 800 feet and from rim to rim is approximately 4,000 feet (1200 m). Protects 160,000 acres ...
National Natural Landmarks of Pennsylvania as designated by the National Park Service The main article for this category is National Natural Landmark . See also: List of National Natural Landmarks
As of 2015, there are over 3,000 listed sites in Pennsylvania. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have listings on the National Register. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025. [1]
Hopewell Furnace stove, 10-plate cooking model, with a lower firebox and upper oven for baking. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural iron plantation, whose operations were based around a charcoal-fired cold-blast iron blast furnace.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Pennsylvania .
Three of these sites are shared with other states and are credited by the National Park Service as being located in those other states: the Delaware and Hudson Canal (centered in New York but extending into Pennsylvania); the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey (on the Ohio–Pennsylvania border); and the Minisink Archeological Site ...
Totaling 3,785 acres (1,532 ha) of area, it is mostly located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, [5] where it takes up almost 20% of the municipality's area. [6] Portions of the park extend into the Gettysburg borough limits, [ 7 ] including the Soldiers' National Cemetery, [ 8 ] and an exclave is in Mount Pleasant Township .
(affiliated area) Pennsylvania: 3.7 acres (0.015 km 2) Swedish immigrants were an important part of early Pennsylvanian history, with New Sweden existing in current-day Philadelphia from 1638 to 1655. This church, known locally as Old Swedes', is the oldest church in Pennsylvania and the second-oldest Swedish church in the United States.