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Attractions near Franklin Township

The nearest draw to Franklin Township: Lake Wallenpaupack, 34 mi away

Visits to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area run to about 4M a year. There is no place to visit inside Franklin Township; there are 19 within 40 miles. The commonest are 5 museums, 3 state parks and 3 ski areas. Beyond the town, the best known is Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, 59 mi off.

Attractions nearby
52
within 60 miles
The big one
12 mi
Steamtown National Historic Site
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Ski areas
5
Camelback Mountain Resort
National Historic Site · 12 mi east

Steamtown National Historic Site

Railroad museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Places on the map

The list reaches out to Asa Packer Mansion, 37 mi away.

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Orange: Franklin Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

Its 52 places all lie within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Franklin Township → · Franklin Township’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bushkill Falls: Snagglepuss at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Asa Packer Mansion: Chris18240 (talk), Public domain · Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Worlds End State Park: Nicholas, CC BY 2.0 · Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena: Bmoore2009 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Bushkill Park: Mr6507, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Montage Mountain Ski Area: Montage Mountain Resorts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · French Azilum: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Nay Aug Park: The Mebane Greeting Card Co., Wilkes-Barre, PA., Public domain · Allentown Art Museum: Alphageekpa (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Augusta: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Scranton Cultural Center: Tomdobb, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carbon County Jail: Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), GFDL 1.2 · Electric City Trolley Museum: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Everhart Museum: Jeffrey from Dunmore, PA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lehigh Valley Zoo: Hshuvaeva, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Liberty Bell Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · National Museum of Industrial History: Glenn Koehler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River: Jet Lowe (edited by Mitchazenia), Public domain · Zane Grey Museum: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Da Vinci Science Center: Dennisze, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Van Campen's Inn: StillRiverside, CC BY 2.0 · America On Wheels: Alphageekpa (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Burnside Plantation: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Central Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Civic Theatre of Allentown: Bwmoll3, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Indian Culture: BobertCockney, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cutler Botanic Garden: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Easton House: KForce, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foster-Armstrong House: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Haines Mill: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lee and Virginia Graver Arboretum: Daderot, Public domain · McDade Park: Billy Hathorn (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0

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