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Hyner View State Park is located in Pennsylvania along PA 120 and features a terrific overlook that is easily accessed by car.

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The park is in the mountains of central Pennsylvania and overlooks the West Branch of the Susquehanna River offering fine views for miles upstream and downstream over the river and the surrounding mountains. The Hyner View overlook is 1,940 feet high and over 1,300 feet above the West Branch of the Susquehanna River below.

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PA Highway 120 is actually a state park itself called Bucktail State Park so I guess technically Hyner View State Park is inside Bucktail State Park. PA Highway 120 follows alongside the West Branch of the Susquehanna River from Sinnemahoning Creek to Lock Haven as Bucktail State Park Trail and includes Hyner View State Park.

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The views from Hyner are great and the lookout area is bordered by a stone wall built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. The park is a favorite launching place for hang gliders and paragliders and the odds are good during the summer on nice days if you visit here you will see people gliding around the area. The gliders launch themselves right from the scenic vista and soar over the mountains and river.

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Hyner View State Park used to be where the local Flaming Fall Foliage Festival was held but the park is only 6 acres large and the festival had to be moved to the nearby town of Renovo as it grew in popularity.

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The park is also home to the Forest Fire Wardens Monument which honors Pennsylvania’s forest fire wardens for their service to the state.

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Hyner View State Park can be accessed off Interstate Route 80 by taking US 220 to PA 120 in Lock Haven.

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It’s well worth the trip for anybody traveling along I-80 who has the time, as is the 75 mile drive along PA 120 that is Bucktail Run State Park.  

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For another great Pennsylvania Park see Beautiful Waterfalls of Ricketts Glen State Park. Ricketts Glen has 22 named waterfalls!