Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park
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.Photo: Clint, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: State Park in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Buchanan State Park”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cove Gap and Mercersburg.
Cove Gap
Hamlet
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.
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.
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 Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park.
Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park
- Categories: Pennsylvania state park and recreation area
- Location: Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.87058° or 39° 52′ 14″ northLongitude
-77.95378° or 77° 57′ 14″ westElevation
912 feet (278 metres)Open location code
87F4V2CW+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 422527992OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park”
- Russian: “Месца нараджэння Джэймса Б’юкенена”
- Slovenian: “Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mercersburg Reservoir and Charlestown United Methodist Church.
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