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AMERICA’S 55TH NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

Susquehanna National Heritage Area is a non-profit organization and Congressionally-designated coordinating entity for America’s 55th National Heritage Area. We collaborate with local, state and national partners to advance our vision for the Susquehanna National Heritage Area as a national destination for outdoor fun and cultural discovery. Our work focuses on placemaking that enhances the quality and appeal of our area’s special places and landscapes and tourism development that increases the visibility and readiness of our area as a visitor destination. We are part of the Alliance of National Heritage Areas and HeritagePA, Pennsylvania’s statewide Heritage Area network.

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Partners Seek to Protect Cuffs Run in Federal Court

Partners File Arguments in Case Challenging FERC’s Decision on Cuffs Run Pumped Storage Facility On Dec. 18, 2025, a coalition of conservation, recreation, and environmental organizations filed its opening brief […]

2025 Year in Review at the Historic Mifflin Farm

2025 Year in Review In 2025, the Susquehanna Discovery Center & Heritage Park at the Historic Mifflin Farm crossed a historic threshold. What began more than seven years ago as […]

Mifflin Project Update
October 2025

Two weeks ago, the Susquehanna Discovery Center & Heritage Park Task Force, a group of local volunteers, met to celebrate the last year’s accomplishments. Almost exactly one year earlier, this […]

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Your annual donation in any amount makes you an official Friend of the Susquehanna National Heritage Area and gives you bragging rights for your support of outdoor recreation and heritage education, public access to the river, and tourism development and services in the riverlands of Lancaster and York.