| Raccoon Creek State Park | |
|---|---|
 A waterfall at Raccoon Creek State Park | |
| Location | Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Area | 7,572 acres (30.64 km2)[1] |
| Elevation | 932 ft (284 m)[2] |
| Established | 1945[1] |
| Named for | Raccoon Creek |
| Visitors | 530,000[3] |
| Governing body | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| Website | Raccoon Creek State Park |
Raccoon Creek RDA | |
 One of the cabins in the RDA | |
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| Location | Route 18 in Hanover Township |
| Coordinates | 40°30′42″N 80°26′34″W / 40.51167°N 80.44278°W |
| Area | 812 acres (329 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | CCC Camps SP-6 and SP-16 |
| Architectural style | National Park Service Rustic |
| MPS | Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Architecture in Pennsylvania State Parks: 1933-1942, TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000745[4] |
| Added to NRHP | May 18, 1987 |
Raccoon Creek State Park is a 7,572-acre (3,064 ha) Pennsylvania state park on Raccoon Creek in Hanover and Independence townships in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is about 30 miles (48 km) from the city of Pittsburgh, near Hookstown. Raccoon Creek State Park is easily accessed from Pennsylvania Route 18 and U.S Routes 30 and 22. The park offers numerous activities such as hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, camping, hunting, swimming, fishing, and boating, the last three at the 101-acre (41 ha) "Raccoon Lake."
Raccoon Creek State Park was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".[5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
rcspwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Raccoon Creek State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
- ^ Hopey, Dan. "Cutbacks put some state parks on shaky ground". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Find a Park: 25 Must-see Parks". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2015.