Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve
Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve is a nature reserve in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania. Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Colemanville, as well as near the village Pequea.Places of Interest
Highlights include Colemanville Covered Bridge and Safe Harbor Bridge.
Colemanville Covered Bridge
Bridge
The Colemanville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. After Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, it is Lancaster County's second-longest single-span covered bridge still being used.
Safe Harbor Bridge
Bridge
Safe Harbor Dam
Industrial building
The Safe Harbor Dam is a concrete gravity dam, with an associated hydroelectric power station, on the lower Susquehanna River. It is the most northerly and last of three Great Depression-era public electrification projects' hydroelectric dams, and was constructed between April 1, 1930, and December 7, 1931.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pequea and Safe Harbor.
Pequea
Village
Pequea is an unincorporated community that is located in Martic Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated where Route 324 ends at the Susquehanna River, twelve miles south of Lancaster.
Safe Harbor
Hamlet
Safe Harbor is an unincorporated community located within Conestoga Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The general location was an early staging area for Native American tribes traversing the Susquehanna River from the settlements surrounding Conestoga and present day Manor Township.
Martic Forge
Hamlet
Martic Forge is an unincorporated community in Martic Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Martic Forge is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 324 and River Road, just east of the Pequea Creek.
Shenks Ferry Wildflower Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.9038° or 39° 54′ 14″ north
Longitude
-76.363° or 76° 21′ 47″ west
Operator
Lancaster Conservancy
Open location code
87F5WJ3P+GQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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