Splash Dam

Splash Dam is a dam in Ross Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. Splash Dam is situated nearby to the nature reserve Ricketts Glen State Park.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Also known as: “Ice Dam Number 1”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ricketts Glen State Park.

Ricketts Glen State Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Msitler, Public domain.

Ricketts Glen State Park is a 13,193-acre state park situated primarily within Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, with its remaining territory extending into neighboring Columbia and Sullivan counties. Ricketts Glen State Park is situated 2½ miles southwest of Splash Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ricketts and Sweet Valley.

Ricketts

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ricketts is a ghost town that was established as a lumber mill company town in Sullivan and Wyoming counties, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ricketts was built in 1890 along Mehoopany Creek in both Colley Township in Sullivan County and Forkston Township in Wyoming County for sawmills of the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company. Ricketts is situated 4½ miles northwest of Splash Dam.

Sweet Valley

Hamlet

Sweet Valley is an unincorporated community in Ross Township, Luzerne County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Sweet Valley is situated 6 miles southeast of Splash Dam.

Splash Dam

Location: Ross Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.34622° or 41° 20′ 46″ north

Longitude

-76.20932° or 76° 12′ 34″ west

Elevation

1,804 feet (550 metres)

Open location code

87H58QWR+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357366705

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

5213265

Wikidata ID

Q49000024

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Splash Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Splash Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Luzerne County)”
Cebuano: “Splash Dam”

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