Swatara State Park

We’ll be back with the kids.

Enjoyed our hike along the Swatara Rail Trail to Bordner’s Cabin. Nice bridges, shaded river beds, and a well kept cabin. Even a clean porter john for when nature calls. I like how TripAdvisor describ...

Multiple Trailheads

Swatara State Park consists of multiple trailheads. Some of the parking lots are tighter than others. Some are paved. Others are unpaved. The trails, paved and unpaved, go on for miles. Be aware of ti...

Middle section of park

We accessed the trails from Sand Siding Road (which has a very steep descent from Rt 443). Nice gravel lot (maybe 16+ cars?) to trails on both sides of the river. There was a kiosk with trail maps, wh...

Beautiful park overall, but no lookouts or places to stop and take pictures of the mountain views.

I've been to this park many times and always wonder why there are no lookouts or places to stop to really see the mountains and gap. There's so much to see at the lakes, etc.

A nice place walk and enjoy nature!

My wife and I did spent an afternoon walking with her parents, partly on the Swatara Rail Trail and partly on Bear Hole Trail. My father-in-law and I really enjoyed looking at the old Union Canal lock...