Gifford Pinchot State Park is a 2,238-acre (906 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park contains wooded hillsides, reverting farm fields, and 340-acre (140 ha) Pinchot Lake. It is near York and Harrisburg in the south-central part of the state.
The park is named after former Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot. Pinchot was governor from 1923-1927 and 1931-1935. Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state bears his name as well. The park was dedicated in 1961 by Governor David L. Lawrence.
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