Ricketts Glen State Park is one of Pennsylvania’s most treasured natural areas and has earned the distinction of being a National Natural Landmark. The number one activity here is hiking the Falls Trails System, where you can explore the park’s 22 waterfalls, including 94-foot Ganoga Falls. You’ll be surrounded by old-growth trees in this 13,050-acre park.

Other activities include swimming, boating, and fishing on Lake Jean; rustic camping; and exploring the park’s abundant flora and fauna. Mountain laurel blooms are particularly striking on the Grand View Trail in early summer. During winter, visitors can rent cabins, snowmobile, cross-country ski, ice fish, and snowshoe.

695 State Route 487, Benton PA, Phone: 570-477-5675

Chanticleer Garden (40 minutes) Doylestown (1 hour) Baltimore (1 hour) Longwood Gardens (50 minutes) Ricketts Glen State Park (2 hours, 35 minutes) The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Lapp Valley Farm (1 hour, 20 minutes) Six Flags Great Adventure (1 hour) Gettysburg National Military Park (2 hours, 30 minutes) Knoebels Amusement Resort (2 hours, 35 mins) Atlantic City (1 hour, 10 minutes) Battleship New Jersey (20 minutes) Lambertville (50 minutes) New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (45 minutes) Winterthur Museum and Country Estate (50 minutes) Hershey's Chocolate World (2 hours) New York City (1 hour 30 minutes) Susquehanna River Valley (2 hours, 40 minutes) Cape May (1 hour 40 minutes) Tuckahoe-Corbin City Fish and Wildlife Management Area (1 hour, 15 minutes) Belleplain State Forest (1 hour, 10 minutes) Wharton State Forest (50 minutes) Long Beach Island (1 hour, 30 minutes)

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