Along the Greenbelt: Five Senses Garden
Located where the Greenbelt crosses Route 441, this treasure is designed to engage all your senses.
Along the Greenbelt: Susquehanna River
One of the world’s oldest rivers – 250 million years older than the Nile – is the longest river on the East Coast and America’s longest non-navigable river.
Winter 2026 Greenbelt News
From the Editor It has been many years since the Capital Area Greenbelt Association has published a newsletter. I recently volunteered to create a new quarterly publication in an effort…
Along the Greenbelt: The Cameron Homes
These homes were built in 1906 and some were occupied by workers at the Elliot Fisher Typewriter Company, just north of where the Greenbelt crosses Cameron St.
Along the Greenbelt: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Just east of 19 th Street, the Memorial is only reachable on the Greenbelt. The dominant feature is an eleven-foot, black granite obelisk.
Along the Greenbelt: Reservoir Park
Created on Harrisburg’s highest point in 1845, the three reservoirs there hold 42 million gallons of water that is still gravity fed to the City’s residents.
Along the Greenbelt: Walnut Street Bridge
The “People’s Bridge” was built in 1890. The iron came from a company that provided some of the PRR’s original rails and the iron for the Eiffel Tower.
Along the Greenbelt: Wildwood Park
There was once a zoo there with four lions, four bears, a mountain lion, wolves, raccoons, seals, and a monkey house.
Dauphin County Grant BTB
Dauphin County Approves $75,000 Grant To Help “Buckle the Belt” Among the gaming grants approved at their April 15 meeting, Dauphin CountyCommissioners approved a grant of $75,000 to the Capital…
The Greenbelt Newsletter is Back!
After many years, we are bringing back a quarterly newsletter called the Greenbelt News.