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List Of Nature Centers In Pennsylvania ...
This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Pennsylvania. To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. External links Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Pennsylvania {{Nature centers in the United States Nature centers Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. The county seat and the largest city is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth largest city. The county was created ("erected") on March 4, 1785, from part of Lancaster County and was named after Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, the first son of King Louis XVI. Dauphin County is included in the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located within the county is Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, site of the 1979 nuclear core meltdown. The nuclear power plant closed in 2019. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (5.9%) is water. The county is bound to its western border by the Susquehanna River (with the exception of a small peninsula next to Duncannon). The area code is 717 with an overlay of 223. Adjacent counties * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elk County, Pennsylvania
Elk County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 30,990. Its county seat is Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Ridgway. The county was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Jefferson, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Clearfield, and McKean County, Pennsylvania, McKean Counties, and is named for the eastern elk (''Cervus canadensis canadensis'') that historically inhabited the region. The county is notable for having one of the highest concentrations of Catholic Church, Roman Catholics in the United States, with 69% of the county's residents identifying as Catholic. Geography Elk County consists of low rolling hills, carved by frequent drainages and heavily wooded. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. Elk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benezette Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
Benezette Township is a township in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census, up from 207 in 2010. The township has its own post office, with zip code 15821. Geography Benezette Township occupies the eastern end of Elk County, and is bordered by Cameron County to the north and east, and by Clearfield County to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.46%, is water. The township contains the unincorporated communities of Medix Run, Benezette, Summerson, Grant, and Dents Run, all in the valley of the Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek, which flows northeasterly across the center of the township. Pennsylvania Route 555 follows the creek valley, leading east to Driftwood and west to Weedville. Ridgway, the Elk County seat, is to the northwest. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 227 people, 104 households, and 66 families residing in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenape
The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory included present-day northeastern Delaware, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River watershed, New York City, western Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley. Today, Lenape people belong to the Delaware Nation and Delaware Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma; the Stockbridge–Munsee Community in Wisconsin; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation, Moravian of the Thames First Nation, and Delaware of Six Nations in Ontario. The Lenape have a matrilineal clan system and historically were matrilocal. During the last decades of the 18th century, most Lenape were removed from their homeland by expanding European colonies. The divisions and troubles of the American Revolutionary War and United States' independence pushed them farther west. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. The county is named after the English county of Buckinghamshire. Bucks County is part of the northern boundary of the Philadelphia– Camden– Wilmington, PA– NJ– DE– MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, more commonly known as the Delaware Valley. It is located immediately northeast of Philadelphia and forms part of the southern tip of the eastern state border with New Jersey. History Founding Bucks County is one of the three original counties created by colonial proprietor William Penn in 1682. Penn named the county after Buckinghamshire, the county in which he lived in England. He built a country estate, Pennsbury Manor, in Falls Township, Bucks County. Some places in Bucks County were named after locations in Buckinghamshire, including Buckingham and Buckingham T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchville, Pennsylvania
Churchville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 4,128 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Churchville has a total area of , of which , or 0.98%, is water. Demographics As of the 2010 census, Churchville was 95.3% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 2.1% Asian, and 0.8% were two or more races. 1.2% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino ancestr As of the census of 2000, there were 4,469 people, 1,370 households, and 1,257 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,215.2 people per square mile (854.2/km). There were 1,375 housing units at an average density of 681.6/sq mi (262.8/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.99% White, 0.40% African American, 1.19% Asian, 0.04% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.51% of the population. There were 1,370 households, out of which 42.8% had children under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchville Nature Center
Churchville Nature Center is a facility of the Bucks County, Pennsylvania Department of Parks and Recreation and is located in Churchville, Pennsylvania. The center focuses on environmental education, public outreach and the preservation of native wildlife through its wide range of programs, projects and surveys. The nature center offers educational programing year round through its Environmental Education and Lenape Village departments. The center features a native butterfly house and covers 55 acres of wildlife preserve. While the facility and property are owned by the County of Bucks, much of the public and environmental outreach of the center is supported by the non-profit Friends of Churchville Nature Center. History In 1942 Mill Creek, a tributary of the larger Neshaminy Creek, was dammed up by the Philadelphia Suburban Water Company creating Springfield Lake (now called Churchville Reservoir) as a reserve source for the local municipal water supply. In 1964 after years of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauch Chunk Lake Park
Mauch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Billy and Bobby Mauch, (1921 – 2006 and 1921 – 2007), American child actors * Christof Mauch (born 1960), German historian * Corine Mauch (born 1960), Swiss politician *Daniel Mauch (c. 1477 – 1540), German sculptor * Fritz C. Mauch (1905-1940), German film editor *Gene Mauch (1925–2005), American baseball player and manager *Hans Mauch (1906–1984), German aerospace engineer *Hans-Rudi Mauch (1919–1979), of the figure-skating duo Frick and Frack *Karl Mauch (1837–1875), German explorer and geographer *Loy Mauch, (born 1952), American politician *Monika Mauch, German opera singer * Paul Mauch (1897–1924), German footballer * Richard Mauch (1874 –1921) was an Austrian painter and illustrator *Thomas Mauch Thomas Mauch (born 4 April 1937) is a German cinematographer and film producer. With a career that spans over fifty years in both film and television, Mauch is well known for his numerous coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Carbon County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,749. The county is also part of Pennsylvania's Coal Region and Northeastern Pennsylvania. The county seat of Carbon County is Jim Thorpe, which was founded in 1818 as Mauch Chunk and served as a company town of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company. The Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Carbon County. History Moravian settlement In 1745, the first settlement in Carbon County was established by a Moravian mission in Gnadenhutten, which is present day Lehighton. Deeply moved by the deplorable state of the Leni Lenape Indians in America, twelve Moravian missionaries left their home in Herrnhut, Germany and traveled by sea to the wilderness of Pennsylvania, a place known for religious tolerance under the auspices of Count Zinzendorf. Located where Lehighton now stands, Gnadenhutten exemplified com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
Summit Hill is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 3,034 at the 2010 census. Summit Hill has a storied history as the western terminus of the United States' second operational railway, the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, and some of the earliest coal mining, coal mines developed in North America, where the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company began mining in 1792, establishing the town initially as little more than a mining camp with stables and paddocks. History Anthracite, Anthracite coal was discovered on the ridgeline of Sharpe Mountain (now known as Pisgah Mountain) in 1791 by a hunter. News of the find led to the founding of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, Lehigh Coal Mining Company, which in 1792 began exploring the area in earnest and buying up promising land. Coal was found in 1794 by Phillip Ginter [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 73rd-most populous county in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553, representing a 7.1% increase from the 799,884 residents enumerated in the 2010 census. Montgomery County is located adjacent to and northwest of Philadelphia. The county seat and largest city is Norristown. Montgomery County is geographically diverse, ranging from farms and open land in the extreme north of the county to densely populated suburban neighborhoods in the southern and central portions of the county. Montgomery County is included in the Philadelphia- Camden- Wilmington PA- NJ- DE- MD metropolitan statistical area, sometimes expansively known as the Delaware Valley. The county marks part of the Delaware Valley's northern border with the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. In 2010, Montgomery County was the 66th-wealthiest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
