R. B. Winter State Park
| R. B. Winter State Park | |||||||
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Interactive map of R. B. Winter State Park | |||||||
| Location | Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°59′27″N 77°11′37″W / 40.99088°N 77.1937°W | ||||||
| Area | 695 acres (281 ha) | ||||||
| Elevation | 1,565 feet (477 m) | ||||||
| Established | 1933 | ||||||
| Administered by | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
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R. B. Winter State Park (also known as Raymond B. Winter State Park) is a Pennsylvania state park on 695 acres (281 ha) in Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is in the ridge and valley region of Pennsylvania and is surrounded by Bald Eagle State Forest. R. B. Winter State Park is in a shallow basin that is surrounded by ridges. Halfway Lake is the central recreational focus of the park. The park is 18 miles (29 km) west of Lewisburg on Pennsylvania Route 192.
The park was originally called "Halfway Dam State Park", but was renamed "R.B. Winter State Park" on May 23, 1957, to honor state forester Raymond Burrows Winter, who was instrumental in establishing the park and had worked there and the surrounding state forest for 45 years.