Pennsylvania · The Keystone State
Pennsylvania Local Guide
A neighbor's guide to Pennsylvania — from Philadelphia's historic streets and Pittsburgh's rivers to the farmland of Lancaster County, the Lehigh Valley's cities, the state capital at Harrisburg, and the mountains of the Poconos and the Pennsylvania Wilds. Explore the communities, counties, parks and places that make the Keystone State home.
Explore Pennsylvania by Region
Practical groupings for navigating the state. Regions overlap, and every county belongs to more than one travel itinerary.
Philadelphia & Southeastern Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware counties.
Pittsburgh & Southwestern Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland and Fayette counties.
Lehigh Valley
Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Lehigh and Northampton counties.
South Central Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Hershey, Carlisle and Gettysburg.
Northeastern Pennsylvania & the Poconos
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Stroudsburg and the Pocono Mountains.
Central Pennsylvania
State College, Altoona, Williamsport, Lewisburg and Lock Haven.
Northwestern Pennsylvania
Erie, Meadville, Warren, Franklin and Oil City.
Pennsylvania Wilds & Northern Tier
Wellsboro, Coudersport, Bradford, St. Marys and Emporium.
Philadelphia & Southeastern Pennsylvania
24 community guides
Abington
TownshipMontgomery County
An inner-ring township with a historic main street
Learn MoreArdmore
CommunityMontgomery County
A Main Line town built around its train station
Learn MoreBensalem
TownshipBucks County
A lower Bucks township on the Delaware
Learn MoreBristol
BoroughBucks County
A historic Delaware River borough with a reborn waterfront
Learn MoreBryn Mawr
CommunityMontgomery County
A Main Line college town
Learn MoreChester
CityDelaware County
A river city with deep colonial roots
Learn MoreCoatesville
CityChester County
A steel town reinventing its riverfront
Learn MoreDowningtown
BoroughChester County
A rail borough in the Brandywine Valley
Learn MoreDoylestown
BoroughBucks County
Bucks County's historic seat and cultural center
Learn MoreKennett Square
BoroughChester County
The mushroom capital of the world
Learn MoreKing of Prussia
CommunityMontgomery County
Montgomery County's retail and corporate hub
Learn MoreLansdale
BoroughMontgomery County
A rail-anchored borough in the North Penn Valley
Learn MoreLevittown
CommunityBucks County
America's postwar planned suburb
Learn MoreMedia
BoroughDelaware County
A walkable county seat known as Everybody's Hometown
Learn MoreNew Hope
BoroughBucks County
A riverfront arts town on the Delaware
Learn MoreNewtown
BoroughBucks County
A colonial borough in central Bucks County
Learn MoreNorristown
MunicipalityMontgomery County
Montgomery County's seat on the Schuylkill River
Learn MorePhiladelphia
CityPhiladelphia County
Pennsylvania's largest city and the birthplace of American independence
Learn MorePhoenixville
BoroughChester County
A river borough with a growing food scene
Learn MorePottstown
BoroughMontgomery County
A Schuylkill River borough with a rebounding downtown
Learn MoreSpringfield
TownshipDelaware County
A leafy inner-ring township on Baltimore Pike
Learn MoreUpper Darby
TownshipDelaware County
A dense, diverse township bordering West Philadelphia
Learn MoreWayne
CommunityDelaware County
A Main Line village centered on Lancaster Avenue
Learn MoreWest Chester
BoroughChester County
A lively college town and county seat
Learn MorePittsburgh & Southwestern Pennsylvania
21 community guides
Aliquippa
CityBeaver County
A former steel city on the Ohio River
Learn MoreBeaver
BoroughBeaver County
A river town at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio
Learn MoreBethel Park
MunicipalityAllegheny County
A settled South Hills suburb with light-rail access
Learn MoreButler
CityButler County
A county seat with an industrial past and a walkable core
Learn MoreCanonsburg
BoroughWashington County
A small town with an outsized music legacy
Learn MoreCarnegie
BoroughAllegheny County
A small borough with a growing main street
Learn MoreCoraopolis
BoroughAllegheny County
A river borough near the airport corridor
Learn MoreCranberry Township
TownshipButler County
A fast-growing interchange township north of Pittsburgh
Learn MoreGreensburg
CityWestmoreland County
Westmoreland County's courthouse city
Learn MoreLatrobe
CityWestmoreland County
The birthplace of the banana split and Rolling Rock
Learn MoreMcKeesport
CityAllegheny County
A Mon Valley river city with industrial heritage
Learn MoreMonroeville
MunicipalityAllegheny County
An eastern suburb built around the turnpike interchange
Learn MoreMoon Township
TownshipAllegheny County
An airport-area township with business parks and trails
Learn MoreMt. Lebanon
MunicipalityAllegheny County
A walkable South Hills community with a village center
Learn MoreMurrysville
MunicipalityWestmoreland County
A wooded suburban municipality east of Pittsburgh
Learn MoreNew Castle
CityLawrence County
A Shenango Valley city with industrial heritage
Learn MorePenn Hills
MunicipalityAllegheny County
A large eastern suburb with deep residential roots
Learn MorePittsburgh
CityAllegheny County
Southwestern Pennsylvania's river city and technology hub
Learn MoreSewickley
BoroughAllegheny County
A river village with historic homes
Learn MoreUniontown
CityFayette County
A Laurel Highlands gateway city
Learn MoreWashington
CityWashington County
A college city in the heart of the energy region
Learn MoreLehigh Valley
14 community guides
Allentown
CityLehigh County
The Lehigh Valley's largest city
Learn MoreBethlehem
CityNorthampton County
A steel city reborn as an arts and events destination
Learn MoreBoyertown
BoroughBerks County
A small borough with a railroad heritage
Learn MoreEaston
CityNorthampton County
A three-river city at the Lehigh Valley's eastern edge
Learn MoreEmmaus
BoroughLehigh County
A Moravian borough south of Allentown
Learn MoreHamburg
BoroughBerks County
A northern Berks borough near Hawk Mountain
Learn MoreHellertown
BoroughNorthampton County
A small borough beside Lost River Caverns
Learn MoreKutztown
BoroughBerks County
A college borough with Pennsylvania Dutch roots
Learn MoreNazareth
BoroughNorthampton County
A Moravian borough known for speedway racing
Learn MoreNorthampton
BoroughNorthampton County
A historic cement-town borough
Learn MoreQuakertown
BoroughBucks County
An Upper Bucks borough at the Lehigh Valley's edge
Learn MoreReading
CityBerks County
Berks County's city of factories and festivals
Learn MoreWhitehall Township
TownshipLehigh County
A retail and residential township north of Allentown
Learn MoreWyomissing
BoroughBerks County
A planned borough with parks and parkways
Learn MoreSouth Central Pennsylvania
13 community guides
Camp Hill
BoroughCumberland County
A small borough across the river from Harrisburg
Learn MoreCarlisle
BoroughCumberland County
A historic borough with a military heritage
Learn MoreElizabethtown
BoroughLancaster County
A college borough between Lancaster and Harrisburg
Learn MoreEphrata
BoroughLancaster County
A borough with a monastic heritage
Learn MoreGettysburg
BoroughAdams County
A borough at the center of Civil War history
Learn MoreHanover
BoroughYork County
A south-central borough with an industrial base
Learn MoreHarrisburg
City,Dauphin County
Pennsylvania's capital city on the Susquehanna
Learn MoreHershey
CommunityDauphin County
A company town built on chocolate
Learn MoreLancaster
CityLancaster County
A historic city at the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country
Learn MoreLebanon
CityLebanon County
A bologna-loving county seat
Learn MoreLititz
BoroughLancaster County
A Moravian borough with a small-town feel
Learn MoreMechanicsburg
BoroughCumberland County
A West Shore borough with a classic main street
Learn MoreYork
CityYork County
A manufacturing city with revolutionary history
Learn MoreNortheastern Pennsylvania & the Poconos
21 community guides
Berwick
BoroughColumbia County
A Susquehanna borough with a manufacturing base
Learn MoreBloomsburg
TownColumbia County
A Susquehanna town with a university
Learn MoreCarbondale
CityLackawanna County
A pioneer anthracite city
Learn MoreClarks Summit
BoroughLackawanna County
An Abingtons borough north of Scranton
Learn MoreDunmore
BoroughLackawanna County
A borough adjoining Scranton
Learn MoreEast Stroudsburg
BoroughMonroe County
A university borough across from Stroudsburg
Learn MoreHazleton
CityLuzerne County
A coal-era city at the edge of the Poconos
Learn MoreHonesdale
BoroughWayne County
The birthplace of the American railroad
Learn MoreJim Thorpe
BoroughCarbon County
The Switzerland of America
Learn MoreKingston
BoroughLuzerne County
A Wyoming Valley borough across from Wilkes-Barre
Learn MoreLehighton
BoroughCarbon County
A Lehigh River borough near the gorge
Learn MoreMilford
BoroughPike County
A Delaware River borough in the Poconos
Learn MoreMount Pocono
BoroughMonroe County
A small mountain borough on the Pocono plateau
Learn MorePittston
CityLuzerne County
A river city with a revitalized main street
Learn MorePottsville
CitySchuylkill County
Home of Yuengling and anthracite history
Learn MoreScranton
CityLackawanna County
The Electric City of northeastern Pennsylvania
Learn MoreStroudsburg
BoroughMonroe County
The Poconos' county-seat gateway
Learn MoreTamaqua
BoroughSchuylkill County
A Victorian coal borough on the Schuylkill
Learn MoreTannersville
CommunityMonroe County
A Pocono retail crossroads
Learn MoreTunkhannock
BoroughWyoming County
A Susquehanna borough with a river trail
Learn MoreWilkes-Barre
CityLuzerne County
A river city in the Wyoming Valley
Learn MoreCentral Pennsylvania
10 community guides
Altoona
CityBlair County
A railroad city at the base of the Alleghenies
Learn MoreBellefonte
BoroughCentre County
A Victorian county seat in the Nittany Valley
Learn MoreDanville
BoroughMontour County
A Susquehanna borough with a medical anchor
Learn MoreHuntingdon
BoroughHuntingdon County
A Juniata River borough near Raystown Lake
Learn MoreLewisburg
BoroughUnion County
A historic Susquehanna borough north of Harrisburg
Learn MoreLewistown
BoroughMifflin County
A Juniata Valley county seat
Learn MoreLock Haven
CityClinton County
A river city at the Pennsylvania Wilds' edge
Learn MoreSelinsgrove
BoroughSnyder County
A Susquehanna River borough with a university
Learn MoreState College
BoroughCentre County
A university borough in the Nittany Valley
Learn MoreWilliamsport
CityLycoming County
Home of the Little League World Series
Learn MoreNorthwestern Pennsylvania
6 community guides
Erie
CityErie County
Pennsylvania's Lake Erie city
Learn MoreFranklin
CityVenango County
An oil heritage city at the Allegheny and French Creek
Learn MoreMeadville
CityCrawford County
A college city in the French Creek valley
Learn MoreOil City
CityVenango County
A birthplace of the petroleum industry
Learn MoreTitusville
CityCrawford County
Where the modern oil industry began
Learn MoreWarren
CityWarren County
A river city at the edge of the Allegheny National Forest
Learn MorePennsylvania Wilds & Northern Tier
9 community guides
Bradford
CityMcKean County
A former oil city in the northern tier
Learn MoreClearfield
BoroughClearfield County
A county seat on the West Branch
Learn MoreCoudersport
BoroughPotter County
A Wilds borough near Cherry Springs
Learn MoreDuBois
CityClearfield County
A crossroads city in the Clearfield County highlands
Learn MoreEmporium
BoroughCameron County
A small Wilds borough on the Sinnemahoning
Learn MorePunxsutawney
BoroughJefferson County
Home of Punxsutawney Phil
Learn MoreRidgway
BoroughElk County
A Victorian borough on the Clarion River
Learn MoreSt. Marys
CityElk County
A German Catholic city in the Elk County highlands
Learn MoreWellsboro
BoroughTioga County
A gaslit Main Street at the gateway to the Pine Creek Gorge
Learn MorePhiladelphia & Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
Neighborhood-level guides for the state's two largest cities.
Philadelphia
29 neighborhood guides
Pittsburgh
25 neighborhood guides
Things to Do
From the Delaware to Lake Erie, here's where Pennsylvanians spend their time.
History & Culture
- Visit Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
- Explore Gettysburg National Military Park
- Tour the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg
- See the Andy Warhol Museum and Carnegie museums in Pittsburgh
Outdoors & Scenery
- Hike the Falls Trail at Ricketts Glen State Park
- Spend a day at Presque Isle on Lake Erie
- Raft or bike at Ohiopyle State Park
- Drive the Pine Creek Gorge, the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon
Food & Local Life
- Shop Reading Terminal Market and the Italian Market in Philadelphia
- Try a Primanti-style sandwich in Pittsburgh's Strip District
- Browse Lancaster Central Market
- Explore the Lehigh Valley's breweries and bakeries
Getting Around Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Turnpike and the interstate system — I-76, I-78, I-80, I-81, I-83, I-84, I-95 and I-476 — connect every region of the state. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are roughly five hours apart by car.
SEPTA provides subway, trolley, bus and regional rail service across Philadelphia and its suburbs. Pittsburgh's Port Authority runs buses, light rail and the inclines. Amtrak's Keystone Service links Harrisburg, Lancaster and Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvanian crosses the state between New York and Pittsburgh. Erie and Johnstown also have Amtrak stops.
Major airports include Philadelphia International, Pittsburgh International, Harrisburg International, Lehigh Valley International, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Erie International.
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