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How to get there: From State College take I-80 East toward PA Route 64 then exit onto Route 254 to get there in just more than 1 hour, 30 minutes. Show comments Advertisement
85001004 [1] Star Gazers' Stone located on Star Gazers' Farm near Embreeville, Pennsylvania, USA, marks the site of a temporary observatory established in January 1764 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon which they used in their survey of the Mason-Dixon line. The stone was placed by Mason and Dixon about 700 feet (213 m) north of the Harlan ...
Gifford Pinchot State Park is a 2,338-acre (946 ha) Pennsylvania state park in northern York County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was named in honor of noted conservationist and former Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot. [2] The fourth chief of the United States Division of Forestry, Pinchot was susbsequently appointed as the first ...
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a 43-foot (13 m) tall Gothic Revival memorial which stands in Penn Square in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was dedicated on July 4, 1874, at its present site on the Northeast intersection of King and Queen Streets. The monument's original intention was to pay tribute to Lancastrian Union soldiers ...
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park. Best stargazing events of 2023 How to see green comet, meteor showers and an eclipse this year. ... Pennsylvania. Cherry Springs State Park.
Park named for its donor, a Secretary of the Department of Forests and Waters; now popular for star gazing. Sand Bridge State Park: Union County: 3 acres (1 ha) 1978: Rapid Run: This is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania, a day use picnic area on PA 192. Shawnee State Park: Bedford County: 3,983 acres (1,612 ha) 1951: Lake Shawnee
Optical Telescope Element. Spacecraft ( Bus and Sunshield) James Webb Space Telescope mission logo. The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [10]
Moon Lake State Forest Recreation Area. / 41.25333°N 76.04778°W / 41.25333; -76.04778. Moon Lake State Forest Recreation Area is a 942-acre (381 ha), recreation area within Pinchot State Forest in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. [2] It is open for mountain biking, hiking, fishing, bird watching, and nature study.