Leave West Falls for Lake Wallenpaupack, 32 mi away
Roughly 4M visitors a year make it to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Nothing is mapped inside West Falls, but 17 places to visit are within 40 miles. The commonest are 3 state parks, 3 ski areas and 3 museums. Knoebels Amusement Resort lies 52 mi out, the pick for a day trip.
Steamtown National Historic Site
Railroad museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Places on the map
Furthest out is Camelback Mountain Resort, at 39 mi.
Orange: West Falls. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Full list of places
All 36 on the list lie within 60 miles.
2Steamtown National Historic Site
Railroad museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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6Camelback Mountain Resort
Ski and snowboard resort near Tannersville, Pennsylvania.
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8Blue Mountain Resort
Ski area in Pennsylvania, United States.
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11Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Raptor conservation site, non-profit organization in Pennsylvania.
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Montage Mountain Ski Area
Ski resort in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Elk Mountain Ski Resort
Ski resort in Union Dale, Pennsylvania, USA.
Everhart Museum
Art and natural history museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S..
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
National Wild and Scenic River in Pennsylvania and New York.
Lee and Virginia Graver Arboretum
Botanical garden and arboretum in Bushkill Township, Pa..
McDade Park
Community park and arboretum in Scranton and Taylor, Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States.
Schisler Museum of Wildlife and Natural History
Natural history museum and Planetarium in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in West Falls → · West Falls’ history →
Photo credits
Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · 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 · 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 · 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 · Scranton Cultural Center: Tomdobb, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carbon County Jail: Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), GFDL 1.2 · Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River: Jet Lowe (edited by Mitchazenia), Public domain · Zane Grey Museum: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Van Campen's Inn: StillRiverside, CC BY 2.0 · Cutler Botanic Garden: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Foster-Armstrong House: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lee and Virginia Graver Arboretum: Daderot, Public domain · McDade Park: Billy Hathorn (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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