Shawnee Park

Shawnee Park: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Shawnee Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Shawnee Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.32841, -78.40724. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shawnee Park

• State Game Lands Number 41 · sanctuary · Bedford · ~10 km · Must-see
• Pine Knob · viewpoint · Blair · ~11 km · Must-see
• Ritchey Knob · viewpoint · Blair · ~12 km · Must-see
• Dunning Mountain · viewpoint · Bedford · ~13 km · Must-see
• State Game Lands Number 147 · sanctuary · Blair · ~14 km · Must-see
• Schaefer Head · viewpoint · Blair · ~16 km · Must-see
• Blue Knob · viewpoint · Bedford · ~17 km · Must-see
• Herman Point · viewpoint · Bedford · ~18 km · Must-see
• Leap-The-Dips · park · Blair · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lakemont Park · park · Blair · ~20 km · Must-see
• Blue Knob State Park · park · Bedford · ~20 km · Must-see
• Temple Beth Israel · temple · Blair · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lake Altoona Dam · lake · Blair · ~23 km · Must-see
• Warriors Path State Park · park · Bedford · ~24 km · Must-see
• Horseshoe Curve · fort · Blair · ~25 km · Must-see
• Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark · sanctuary · Blair · ~25 km · Must-see
• Canoe Creek State Park · sanctuary · Blair · ~26 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament · church · Blair · ~26 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Shawnee Park

Other parks near Shawnee Park

• Leap-The-Dips · park · Blair · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lakemont Park · park · Blair · ~20 km · Must-see
• Blue Knob State Park · park · Bedford · ~20 km · Must-see
• Warriors Path State Park · park · Bedford · ~24 km · Must-see
• DelGrosso's Amusement Park · park · Blair · ~44 km · Must-see
• Shawnee State Park · park · Bedford · ~48 km · Must-see
• Stackhouse Park · park · Cambria · ~56 km · Must-see
• Flight 93 National Memorial · park · Somerset · ~63 km · Must-see
• Somerset Historical Center · park · Somerset · ~80 km · Must-see
• Greenwood Furnace State Park · park · Huntingdon · ~82 km · Must-see

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