Paxtang Park
Paxtang Park is a hiking and mountain biking park in East Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Paxtang, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Capital Area Greenbelt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: Trailhead area and former trolley park in Pennsylvania, US
- Address: 147 City Park Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harrisburg 19th Street Armory and National Civil War Museum.
Harrisburg 19th Street Armory
Historic building
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Harrisburg 19th Street Armory is an historic, United States National Guard armory that is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Harrisburg 19th Street Armory is situated 1¼ miles west of Paxtang Park.
National Civil War Museum
Museum
The National Civil War Museum, located at One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a private 501c nonprofit promoting the preservation of material culture and sources of information that are directly relevant to the American Civil… National Civil War Museum is situated 1½ miles northwest of Paxtang Park.
Reservoir Park
Park
Reservoir Park is the oldest and largest municipal public park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and occupies approximately 85 acres in the Allison Hill neighborhood of the city. Reservoir Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Paxtang Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paxtang and Oakleigh.
Paxtang
Village
Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paxtang is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,640. The borough is a suburb of Harrisburg and is one of the earliest colonial settlements in South Central Pennsylvania.
Oakleigh
Neighborhood
Oakleigh is an unincorporated community in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. Oakleigh is located on the intersection of Fortieth Street and Derry Street in Swatara Township.
Oberlin Gardens
Neighborhood
Oberlin Gardens is an unincorporated community in Swatara Township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.
Paxtang Park
- Categories: trailhead and recreation area
- Location: Borough of Paxtang, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.25604° or 40° 15′ 22″ northLongitude
-76.83135° or 76° 49′ 53″ westOpen location code
87G57549+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1009732353OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q16919785
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In Other Languages
“Paxtang Park” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “پاكستانج پارك”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rutherford Spring House and Paxtang Municipal Building.
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