Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Travel Information

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Harrisburg and Hershey Getaway Harrisburg and Hershey offer you glimpses of two eras in the historic development of South-Central Pennsylvania. Harrisburg 17105 This chapter has everything you need to plan a travel experience in Ha... Harrisburg, PA

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Pennsylvania Dutch and Little League World Series: Harrisburg, Reading, Williamsport, Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Baseball Trip Pennsylvania is filled with historic baseball stadiums, unique family-run amusement parks, and picturesque farms. In Harrisburg baseball is played at RiverSide Stadium on City Island, in the middle of... Harrisburg, PA

Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Including Lancaster, Ephrata, and Hershey) Blending the old with the new, Lancaster County is a place with rolling fields of corn and wheat, green pastures full of horses and Holstein cattle, and horse-drawn buggies being driven down back road... Harrisburg, PA

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Harrisburg (Distance: 0.7 mi) Pennsylvania's capital city has many sights to see and offers a surprisingly nice city ride. Of course, it's best not to ride during morning or evening rush hour. The first few miles are through an in...

Harrisburg, PA - Road Biking - length:15.5 mi

Devils Race Course (Distance: 8.6 mi) The Devils Race Course is gnarly indeed! Local legend claims that anyone passing through the Devil’s course must wager their soul to race the Devil. If you should happen to lose, you might have a chan...

Dauphin, PA - Mountain Biking - length:16.8 mi

Stony Valley Rail -Trail (Distance: 8.7 mi) In addition to the historic Stony Valley Railroad, this ride also passes by the ruins of the old ghost town of Rausch Gap. Between 1828 and 1910, more than 1,000 people lived here. The town slowly dis...

Dauphin, PA - Mountain Biking - length:28.4 mi

Appalachian Trail: Peters Mountain Ridge to Clark Creek (Distance: 10.7 mi) Views of the wide, blue Susquehanna River from Shikellimy Rocks and Table Rock are the expected highlights on this rocky, if fairly level, ridgetop walk, but don't be surprised if your most memorable ...

Clarks Ferry, PA - Hiking - length:9.6 mi

Appalachian Trail: Cove Mountain to Duncannon (Distance: 11.2 mi) Cove Mountain is where Rocksylvania really begins. It is where hikers start to complain about seeing the Keystone State three feet at a time. Because of the rocks, they have to focus on their two fe...

Duncannon, PA - Hiking - length:8.7 mi

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West Shore West Shore Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6672 yards, par 72 3.0 miles from center of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Riverview Riverview Golf Club Public, 9 holes 5927 yards, par 70 3.7 miles from center of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Armitage Armitage Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 5698 yards, par 70 4.2 miles from center of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Dauphin Highlands Dauphin Highlands Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 7035 yards, par 72 4.4 miles from center of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Sportsmans Sportsmans Golf Course Public, 18 holes 6541 yards, par 71 5.3 miles from center of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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