Shaffer Park

Shaffer 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 Shaffer 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 Shaffer Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.22304, -77.18297. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shaffer Park

• Carlisle Baptist Church · church · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain · viewpoint · Perry · ~16 km · Must-see
• Dellville Covered Bridge · fort · Perry · ~21 km · Must-see
• Kings Gap Environmental Education Center · viewpoint · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Peace Church · church · Cumberland · ~24 km · Must-see
• Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area · sanctuary · Perry · ~25 km · Must-see
• Colonel Denning State Park · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~26 km · Must-see
• Laurel Lake · lake · Cumberland · ~27 km · Must-see
• Pine Grove Furnace State Park · park · Cumberland · ~28 km · Must-see
• Appalachian Trail Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~30 km · Must-see
• Fuller Lake · lake · Cumberland · ~30 km · Must-see
• McCormick Island · sanctuary · Dauphin · ~31 km · Must-see
• Italian Lake Park · lake · Dauphin · ~31 km · Must-see
• Riverfront Park · park · Dauphin · ~31 km · Must-see
• City Island · park · Dauphin · ~32 km · Must-see
• Pennsylvania National Fire Museum · museum · Dauphin · ~32 km · Must-see
• Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick · church · Dauphin · ~32 km · Must-see
• Little Buffalo State Park · park · Perry · ~32 km · Must-see

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Other parks near Shaffer Park

• Pine Grove Furnace State Park · park · Cumberland · ~28 km · Must-see
• Riverfront Park · park · Dauphin · ~31 km · Must-see
• City Island · park · Dauphin · ~32 km · Must-see
• Little Buffalo State Park · park · Perry · ~32 km · Must-see
• Wildwood Park · park · Dauphin · ~34 km · Must-see
• Paxtang Park · park · Dauphin · ~38 km · Must-see
• Hersheypark · park · Dauphin · ~56 km · Must-see
• Hershey Gardens · park · Dauphin · ~57 km · Must-see
• Codorus State Park · park · York · ~67 km · Must-see
• Samuel S. Lewis State Park · park · York · ~74 km · Must-see

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