Pennsylvania Gazetteer
Asylum Run is a physical feature (stream) in Dauphin County. The primary coordinates for Asylum Run places it within the PA 17103 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Asylum Run |
| Category: | Pennsylvania physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | Heads in Lower Paxton Township, flows west into Susquehanna Township south of the site of the former Harrisburg State Hospital and into Paxton Creek. |
| History: | In January 2008, the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) rejected a proposal to change the name of this stream to Recovery Run. |
| County: | Dauphin County |
| Latitude: | 40.2806446 |
| Longitude: | -76.883029 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Asylum Run: Asylum Run.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Asylum Run does not include property ownership information.
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Harrisburg, PA
(< 0.1 mile) Penbrook, PA (1.9 miles E) West Fairview, PA (1.9 miles WSW) Wormleysburg, PA (1.9 miles SW) Enola, PA (2.7 miles WNW) |
Lemoyne, PA
(2.7 miles SSW) Progress, PA (2.7 miles E) Paxtang, PA (3.1 miles ESE) Camp Hill, PA (3.4 miles SW) New Cumberland, PA (3.4 miles S) |
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Hillside Village, PA
(< 0.1 mile) Jackson Lick, PA (< 0.1 mile) Fox Ridge Court, PA (< 0.1 mile) Edgemont, PA (1.9 miles E) Glenwood, PA (1.9 miles ENE) |
Montrose Park, PA
(1.9 miles NNW) Susquehanna Manor, PA (1.9 miles ENE) Washington Heights, PA (2.4 miles SSW) Coventry Close, PA (2.4 miles WSW) West Creek Hills, PA (2.4 miles WSW) |
