Asylum Run
Asylum Run is a 4.2-mile-long tributary of Paxton Creek in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Asylum Run joins Paxton Creek at the north-easternmost border of Harrisburg at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center.Places of Interest
Highlights include Harrisburg State Hospital and Harrisburg Military Post.
Harrisburg State Hospital
Government office
Harrisburg State Hospital, formerly known from 1851 to 1937 as Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was Pennsylvania's first public facility to house the mentally ill and disabled.
Harrisburg Military Post
Fort
The Harrisburg Military Post is an historic National Guard armory complex and national historic district which is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Capitol
Town hall
The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg. The building was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with decorative Renaissance themes throughout.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Curtin and Capitol Heights.
Camp Curtin
Neighborhood
Camp Curtin is a historic neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's northern end, located in Uptown and named for the American Civil War camp of the same name.
Capitol Heights
Neighborhood
Capitol Heights is a community of over 300 townhouse and single-family duplexes in the Midtown neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Most of the new homes are located east of Third between Kelker and Reily and along Fulton, 4th and 5th street.
Midtown
Suburb
Midtown is a neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its zip code is 17102. The Midtown neighborhood is delineated by Forster Street to the south, Maclay Street to the north, 7th Street to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west.
Asylum Run
- Type: Stream
- Description: creek in Pennsylvania, United States
- Categories: tributary and body of water
- Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.28064° or 40° 16′ 50″ north
Longitude
-76.88303° or 76° 52′ 59″ west
Elevation
308 feet (94 metres)
Open location code
87G574J8+7Q
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Cebuano—“Asylum Run” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Asylum Run”
- Cebuano: “Asylum Run”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Braxton Playground and Harrisburg State Hospital.
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