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Speedwell Forge County Park
In response to COVID-19, the Speedwell Forge Park Advisory Council Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 16 at 7 PM at the Penn Township Building has been cancelled.
Much of the Hammer Creek Valley is in public ownership, and this park adds 415 acres to that end. It is located between the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Speedwell Forge Lake and the wooded State Game Lands of the nearby Furnace Hills.
Though undeveloped, this park has a hiking trail through its scenic woods and a small parking area along Speedwell Forge Road.
Plants & Wildlife
In the park you will find a diversity of habitats, including upland woods, a maturing forest, a wooded wetland, cultivated fields, and an overgrown, wet meadow along the Hammer Creek.
Beautiful patches of native woodland wildflowers, of many common and not-so-common species, are the pride of Speedwell's forests. Most of these flowers are in bloom from mid-April until mid-May. Nodding trillium, perfoliate bellwort, showy orchids, dwarf ginseng, rattlesnake plantain, wood anemone, and birdsfoot violet are species of note that flourish in this woodland. A variety of tall plants, such as Joe-pye weed, goldenrod, and spotted jewelweed, blossom in August and September in the wet meadow.
Deer, ruffed grouse, wood thrushes, veeries, and several kinds of woodpeckers live in Speedwell's forest. Hunting and fishing are allowed in the park during authorized seasons.
Park Trails ADA Accessibility Policy
Chickies Rock County Park
Conestoga Greenway Trail
Conewago Recreation Trail
D.F. Buchmiller County Park
Lancaster County Central Park
Lancaster Junction Recreation Trail
Money Rocks County Park
Theodore A. Parker III Natural Area
Northwest Lancaster County River Trail
Main County Contact Information
Lancaster County Government Center
150 N Queen St.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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