Sand Bridge State Park
State park in Union County, Pennsylvania
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Sand Bridge State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 3 acres (0.01 km2) in Lewis Township, Union County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania and consists of a picnic area just off Pennsylvania Route 192. It has three picnic pavilions that were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Rapid Run, a trout stream that is stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, flows through Sand Bridge State Park. The park attracted 17,000 visitors in 2008.[3] The name Sand Bridge remains a mystery. No one, according to the parks official website knows why the area is known as Sand Bridge. The park is surrounded by Bald Eagle State Forest and became a Pennsylvania State park in 1978.[1]
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Rapid Run | |||||||
 Interactive map of Sand Bridge State Park | |||||||
| Location | Lewis Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°59′14″N 77°07′36″W[1] | ||||||
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha)[2] | ||||||
| Elevation | 1,572 feet (479 m) | ||||||
| Established | 1978 | ||||||
| Administered by | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | ||||||
| Website | Official website  | ||||||
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