Cove Gap
Cove Gap is an unincorporated community in Peters Township in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 16 in the western portion of the township, near Buchanan's Birthplace State Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Cove Gap, PA”, “Cove Gap, Pennsylvania”, and “Foltz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park.
Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park
Park
Photo: Clint, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buchanan's Birthplace State Park is an 18.5-acre Pennsylvania state park near Cove Gap in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The park was created from land donated to the state by Harriet Lane in honor of her uncle, the 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mercersburg and Markes.
Mercersburg
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Mercersburg is a small town in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country region of Pennsylvania, not far from the Appalachian mountain chain that separates Mercersburg from McConnellsburg.
Markes
Hamlet
Markes is an unincorporated community in Peters Township, Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Markes is situated 4 miles east of Cove Gap.
Fort Loudon
Hamlet
Fort Loudon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 895. Fort Loudon is situated 4 miles northeast of Cove Gap.
Cove Gap
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.86592° or 39° 51′ 57″ northLongitude
-77.9425° or 77° 56′ 33″ westElevation
778 feet (237 metres)Open location code
87F4V385+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 158530291OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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