{{Short description|State park in Union County, Pennsylvania}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = Sand Bridge State Park | image = SBSP Rapid Run 1.JPG | image_caption = Rapid Run | image_alt = Creek | image_size = 280 | location = [[Lewis Township, Union County, Pennsylvania]], United States | coordinates = {{coord|40.9872|-77.12665|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = <ref name="sbsp"/> | area = {{convert|3|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name="forrey"/> | elevation = {{convert|1572|ft}} | established = 1978 | administrator = [[Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]] | free_label = | free_data = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | website = {{Official website}} | module = {{Infobox protected area | map = USA Pennsylvania#USA | label = Sand Bridge State Park | label_position = bottom | map_caption = Location in Pennsylvania | relief = 1 | module = [[List of Pennsylvania state parks|Pennsylvania State Parks]] }} }} '''Sand Bridge State Park''' is a [[List of Pennsylvania state parks|Pennsylvania state park]] on {{convert|3|acre|km2|2}} in [[Lewis Township, Union County, Pennsylvania|Lewis Township]], [[Union County, Pennsylvania|Union County]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the United States. The park is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania and consists of a [[picnic]] area just off [[Pennsylvania Route 192]]. It has three picnic [[pavilions]] that were built by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] during the [[Great Depression]]. [[Rapid Run (Buffalo Creek)|Rapid Run]], a [[trout]] stream that is [[fish stocking|stocked]] by the [[Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission]], flows through Sand Bridge State Park. The park attracted 17,000 visitors in 2008.<ref name="laepple">{{cite web | url = http://dailyitem.com/0100_news/x691321090/States-budget-idea-baffles-Valley-anglers-campers | title = State's budget idea baffles Valley anglers, campers | author = Laeplle, Wayne | date = May 30, 2009 | access-date = September 14, 2010 | publisher = [[The Daily Item (Sunbury)|The Daily Item]]}}</ref> The name Sand Bridge remains a mystery. No one, according to the parks official website knows why the area is known as Sand Bridge. The park is surrounded by [[Bald Eagle State Forest]] and became a Pennsylvania State park in 1978.<ref name="sbsp">{{cite web |url=https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/where-to-go/state-parks/find-a-park/sand-bridge-state-park |title=Sand Bridge State Park |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date= 2026-01-18}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="forrey">{{cite web |url=http://paconservationheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2015-history-of-state-parks-forrey.pdf |title=History of Pennsylvania’s State Parks 1984 to 2015 |first=William C. |last=Forrey |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |page=73 |date=2017 |access-date=2026-01-18}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{commons category|Sand Bridge State Park}} {{portal|Pennsylvania}} *[https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/where-to-go/state-parks/find-a-park/sand-bridge-state-park Sand Bridge State Park] Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources * {{cite web|url= http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ucmprd2/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_003115.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121115054253/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ucmprd2/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_003115.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 15, 2012 |title=Sand Bridge State Park official map }} {{small|(123.6 KB)}}
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[[Category:State parks of Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1978]] [[Category:Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Parks in Union County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Protected areas of Union County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:1978 establishments in Pennsylvania]]