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Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry, PA

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Sports & Outdoors

Gifford Pinchot State Park

A large Pennsylvania state park in northern York County centered on a 340-acre lake, wooded hills, and former farmland.

2200 Rosstown Road, Lewisberry, PA 17339-9787 · Lewisberry, PA

About Gifford Pinchot State Park

Gifford Pinchot State Park covers about 2,338 acres in northern York County, Pennsylvania, near the towns of Rossville and Lewisberry. Its landscape mixes old farm fields that are returning to natural cover with forested slopes. Pinchot Lake, which spans 340 acres, is the park's main draw and hosts boating, swimming, and fishing. Visitors can also hike, bike, ride horses, hunt in season, picnic, and watch wildlife. The park runs year-round educational programs, and pontoon boat tours of the lake operate from spring through fall. Overnight stays are available, and a two-plug electric vehicle charging station sits near the beach concession.

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