Fort Washington State Park

Fort Washington State Park

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / Pennsylvania

Location: Between the towns of Fort Washington and Flourtown along the Bethlehem Pike, 2 miles from PA Turnpike Exit 26.
Facilities: Group tent camp, pit toilets, picnic areas, picnic pavilions (é), hiking trails (3 miles), playfields, playground (é), wildlife observation deck (é), sledding slope, cross-country skiing trail, butterfly garden.
Activities: Fishing, camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, sledding, tobogganing, bird watching, nature programs.
Special Features: Park and the community of Fort Washington take their name from the fort built here by American revolutionary soldiers in the fall of 1777. All 16 species of raptors that migrate on the east coast can be seen here. The "watch" begins September 1 and lasts through the end of October.
Address: 500 Bethlehem Pike
Fort Washington, PA 19034
Phone: 215-591-5250;
Web: www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/fortwashington.aspx
Size: 493 acres.

---

See other parks in Pennsylvania.