State park · Milton, Northumberland County
Milton State Park
Half picnic grounds and boat launch, half wild woods for birders and walkers, this river island sits in the middle of the West Branch of the Susquehanna.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Boat launch
- Canoe and kayak launch
- Fishing
- Picnic areas
- Wildlife and bird watching
- Accessible trails
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Lewisburg
A Susquehanna river town and home of Bucknell University, with a handsome Victorian Market Street, an Art Deco movie house and a riverside park.
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Clyde Peeling's Reptiland
Cobras, alligators, giant tortoises and Komodo dragons star at this accredited zoo devoted to reptiles and amphibians, along with live presentations by keepers.
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Joseph Priestley House
The riverside home and laboratory of Joseph Priestley, the English chemist credited with discovering oxygen, who settled here after emigrating in 1794.
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Shikellamy State Park
From a high clifftop overlook, the Susquehanna's West and North branches can be seen joining below, with a marina section on the island at the confluence where boaters launch onto the river.
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Montour Preserve
Fields, woods and a lake in the farm country north of Danville, with walking trails and good birding through the seasons.
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Mifflinburg Buggy Museum
Preserved almost as its workers left it around 1920, this buggy factory still holds its tools, belts, machinery and parts, recalling the town's days as 'Buggy Town.'
