WayfarrowBook's Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Perry County, Pennsylvania
Book's Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Perry County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 12 of them in Perry County.
It crosses Shermans Creek.
Status check, 2026-11: Originally built in 1884 (Burr truss over Shermans Creek). One source says it had collapsed into the creek by 2003 and was rebuilt by the community, so the date of the current structure is unclear. Sources give its length as 70, 81 or 87.9 ft. Book's Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.3244° N, 77.5247° W.
Key facts
| Crosses | Shermans Creek |
|---|---|
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.32444, -77.52472 |
Nearby places
- Mount Pleasant Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 1.3 mi
- New Germantown Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 2.6 mi
- Bistline Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 2.9 mi
- Adairs Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 5.6 mi
- Waggoner Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 8.4 mi
- Kochendefer Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 10 mi
- Saville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 10.4 mi
- Rice Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Perry County · 11.4 mi
- Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Juniata County · 12 mi
- Ramp Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cumberland County · 13 mi
- Lehman's, Port Royal Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Juniata County · 15.7 mi
- St. Mary's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Huntingdon County · 20.4 mi
Questions
Where is Book's Covered Bridge?
Book's Covered Bridge is in Perry County, Pennsylvania, at 40.3244, -77.5247.
How many covered bridges are in Perry County?
Perry County, Pennsylvania has 12 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.