Public Access Projects & Transfers - Central Pennsylvania Conservancy

The enhanced parking area and new barn trail are now open at our Letort Spring Garden Preserve! 1110 S. Spring Garden Road, Carlisle, PA 17013

Central Pennsylvania Conservancy works closely with conservation partners and state agencies to protect and connect land for public recreation, including parks, forests, and state game lands. Check out these popular additions to public land in Pennsylvania:

Cumberland County

State Game Land 170
- Millers Gap, 215 Millers Gap Rd, Enola, PA 17025 (78 acres in 2001) – directions to SGL 170
State Game Land 230
- Windemaker Tract (78 acres in 2022) – this project closes a gap between two sections located in Cumberland and Perry Counties – directions to SGL 230 parking
Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch
- 107 acres protected in 2007 – directions

Dauphin County

Boyd Big Tree Conservation Area
- Schreckengaust Tract (80 acres in 2006)
- Spangler Tracts (32 acres in 2023) – map not yet updated, access via Hocker Park, Lower Paxton Township

Perry County

State Game Land 170
- Lightners Tract, Millers Gap Road, Rye Township (79 acres in 2001) – directions