Hyner View State Park

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name = Hyner View State Park
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image_caption = View of the West Branch Susquehanna River valley, looking east from Hyner View State Park
etymology_type = Named for
etymology = nearby Hyner Run and the view
country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
region_type = County
region = Clinton
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district = Chapman
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url=Gnis3|1201670
title=Hyner View State Park
date = November 1 1990
work=Geographic Names Information System
publisher=United States Geological Survey
accessdate=2008-03-08]
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map_caption = Location of Hyner View State Park in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania
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website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/Parks/hynerview.aspx Hyner View State Park]

Hyner View State Park is a convert|6|acre|km2|2|adj=on Pennsylvania State Park in Chapman Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is convert|6|mi|0 east of Renovo and convert|3|mi|0 north of Hyner on Pennsylvania Route 120 (Route 120 here is also known as Bucktail State Park Natural Area). Hyner View State Park is surrounded by Sproul State Forest.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/Parks/hynerview.aspx
title = Hyner View State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-09
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ]

Hyner View State Park is 5 miles (8 km) from Hyner Run State Park and is administered from there. The lookout area is bordered by a large stone wall that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/history/historycccyears.aspx
title = Pennsylvania State Parks: The CCC Years
accessdate = 2006-11-28
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ] The current access road from Hyner Run State park was built in 1949 (it also connects to a dirt road that leads to Pennsylvania Route 44). After the new access road opened, the first Flaming Fall Foliage Festival was held at the park. It has since outgrown the park and is currently held in nearby Renovo. The park was officially transferred to the Bureau of State Parks in 1965.

The park overlook is at an elevation of convert|1940|ft|0 above sea level. The West Branch Susquehanna River here is at an elevation of convert|640|ft|0, so the overlook is convert|1300|ft|0 above the river. Hyner View State Park is one of twenty-one chosen by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Parks for its "Twenty Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks" list. [cite web| url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/twenty/20parks.aspx | title = Twenty Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks | accessdate = 2007-08-08| publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources "Note: Despite the title, there are twenty-one parks in the list, with Colton Point and Leonard Harrison State Parks treated as one."]

Facilities

The park is the location of a scenic lookout and a contains a launching point for hang gliding. Visitors to Hyner View State Park can see the West Branch Susquehanna River for many miles both up and downstream. Hang gliders can be launched from a ramp just below the lookout wall and glide over the river valley. The park has a small picnic area, a parking area, and restrooms.

Forest Fire Wardens Monument

Hyner View State Park is the location of a monument to the state's forest fire wardens, erected in 1965 by the Forest Inspectors Association. The monument consists of a large monolith with a plaque reading "1915 - 1965 Dedicated to the Forest Fire Wardens of Pennsylvania in recognition of their faithful service to the Commonwealth during the past fifty years".

The monolith is at the head of a low, keystone-shaped concrete wall. On each of the two long sides of the keystone are ten stones, one for each of the twenty state forests in Pennsylvania. Each stone is a rough cube in shape and each was taken from its respective state forest.

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|0 of Hyner View State Park: [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/clinton_GHSN.PDF | title= 2007 General Highway Map Clinton County Pennsylvania | accessdate= 2007-07-27 "Note: shows Hyner View 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]
*Bald Eagle State Park (Centre County)
*Bucktail State Park Natural Area (Cameron and Clinton Counties)
*Cherry Springs State Park (Potter County)
*Colton Point State Park (Tioga County)
*Hyner Run State Park (Clinton County)
*Kettle Creek State Park (Clinton County)
*Leonard Harrison State Park (Tioga County)
*Little Pine State Park (Lycoming County)
*Lyman Run State Park (Potter County)
*Ole Bull State Park (Potter County)
*Patterson State Park (Potter County)
*Prouty Place State Park (Potter County)
*Ravensburg State Park (Clinton County)
*Sinnemahoning State Park (Cameron and Potter Counties)
*Upper Pine Bottom State Park (Lycoming County)

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