Fowlers Hollow State Park

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name = Fowlers Hollow State Park
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category_local = Pennsylvania State Park
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etymology_type = Named for
etymology = Fowler Hollow Run
country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
region_type = County
region = Perry
district_type = Township
district = Toboyne
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lat_d = 40
lat_m = 16
lat_s = 21
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long_d = 77
long_m = 34
long_s = 47
long_EW = W
location_note = cite web
url=Gnis3|1175084
title=Fowlers Hollow State Park
date = August 30 1990
work=Geographic Names Information System
publisher=United States Geological Survey
accessdate=2008-03-04]
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established = 1936
management_body = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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free_type = Nearest city
free = Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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map_caption = Location of Fowlers Hollow State Park in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania
map_first = yes
website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/fowlershollow.aspx Fowlers Hollow State Park]

Fowlers Hollow State Park is a convert|104|acre|km2|2|adj=on Pennsylvania State Park in Toboyne Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is convert|0.25|mi|2 from Blain just off Pennsylvania Route 274. Fowlers Hollow State Park is on the site of a former sawmill, and was developed as a park by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

Recreation

Fowlers Hollow State Park is used by families on picnics and outdoorsman seeking to hunt, fish, snowmobile, and ski within the park and in the nearby Tuscarora State Forest. The picnic facilities at the park have stone fireplaces that were built by the CCC. Fowler Hollow Run passes through the park and is a brown trout fishery. There are 18 campsites at the park: twelve are for trailers, and six for tents. It also serves as a trailhead for the trail system of the Tuscarora State Forest. Hunters, snow mobilers, and cross-country skiers also use the park to gain access to the surrounding state forest.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/Parks/fowlershollow.aspx
title = Fowlers Hollow State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-08
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ]

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|0 of Fowlers Hollow State Park: [cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/region_dutch.aspx
title = Find a Park Dutch Country Roads
accessdate = 2006-11-08
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ] [cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division
url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/perry_GHSN.PDF
title= 2007 General Highway Map Perry County Pennsylvania
accessdate= 2007-07-28 "Note: shows Fowlers Hollow State Park"] cite web
last = Michels
first = Chris
year = 1997
url = http://www2.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html
title = Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation
publisher = Northern Arizona University
accessdate = 2008-04-20]
*Big Spring State Park (Perry County)
*Caledonia State Park (Adams and Franklin Counties)
*Colonel Denning State Park (Cumberland County)
*Cowans Gap State Park (Fulton County)
*Greenwood Furnace State Park (Huntingdon County)
*Kings Gap Environmental Education and Training Center (Cumberland County)
*Little Buffalo State Park (Perry County)
*Mont Alto State Park (Franklin County)
*Pine Grove Furnace State Park (Cumberland County)

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