Sullivan County Attractions
Back to Sullivan County Home

 

Sullivan County Fairgrounds & Forksville Area

    Historic/Scenic Sites, Rt. 154. Fairgrounds is between Worlds End State Park and Forksville. Hosts Eastern Delaware Nations Pow-wow, Forksville Folk Festival, County Fair, Bowhunter’s Festival, Fall Festival and other events.

    Walking tour brochures of Forksville Borough available locally. Town includes covered bridge, one room school house building, birthplace of football great "Red" Grange.
 
World’s End State Park
Office: 570-924-3287

    Rt. 154 near Forksville. Scenic overlooks, Canyon Vista and High Knob accessible by car, others by hiking. Activities include nature activities, campfire sing-alongs, nature films, swimming, hiking, picnicking (pavilions available), camping area, group camping, fishing, cross-country skiing trails, snowmobile trails, horseback riding trails. Hunting nearby. Cabin rentals available by reservation from Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Reservations for cabins can be made by calling 1-888-PA-PARKS or at www.visitPAparks.com

Worlds End State Park
PO Box 62
Forksville PA 18616
e-mail

Dushore

Restored Railroad Station and railroad car offer handcrafted items, artwork, gifts.

Kast’s Pond - fishing

Sullivan County Library - Books, art prints, videos.

Sense & Serendipity Coffeehouse

 

Ricketts Glen State Park
Office: 570-477-5675

   Located on Rt. 487 near Lopez, the park has 13,050 acres spread out over three counties with Lake Jean as the centerpiece. Lots of hiking trails, one with numerous waterfalls and virgin timber.
Nature activities, swimming, boating (rentals available), fishing, hiking, camping, cabin rentals, ice fishing. Hunting nearby.

Ricketts Glen State Park
RR1 Box 251
Benton PA 17814
e-mail

Laporte: County Seat

Sullivan County Museum Complex

Historic County Courthouse

Village Green with Gazebo

Lake Mokoma: Rental properties, Swimming, childrens’ playground, boating, fishing. Lake Mokoma Association: 717-946-4036

Wright’s View scenic overlook just off Rt. 220 South of Laporte

 

Loyalsock State Forest

Bureau of Forestry Forest District #20
274 Arbutus Park Rd Bloomsburg, PA 17815
570-387-4255

 

Loyalsock Trail
59.28 miles in length. Trail begins on Rt. 87, 9 miles north where Rt. 87 and Rt. 180 intersect in Montoursville. It ends on Rt. 220 approximately 3 miles north of Laporte. This trail follows mountain ridges and streams through the Loyalsock Creek watershed. It utilizes footpaths, abandoned railroad grades and old logging roads as it passes through Tiadaghton and Wyoming State forests and World’s End State Park. Elevations range from 665’ to 2140’. Parts of the trail are steep and rugged. Points of interest on the Loyalsock Trail: Allegehny Ridge, Smith’s Knob, Kettle Creek Vista, Dutter Run Falls, High Knob Vista, Loyalsock Canyon Vista, World’s End State Park, High Rock Vista, Alpine Falls, Sones Pond ( a mountaintop pond ), Beaver Dam, The Haystacks (bedrock stream eroded into haystack shapes making the stream into a maze), Dutchman’s Falls.
Trail maps available:

Alpine Club of Williamsport
PO Box 501
Williamsport PA 17701

Historic Covered Bridges - located in Forksville, Hillsgrove and Sonestown.


Bear Wallow Pond & Hunter’s Lake - Fishing, picnicking, boating


State Game Lands - hunting, hiking

 

  
Eagles Mere
A Victorian Era clock is the centerpiece of Eagles Mere Village. Much of the architecture throughout the village dates from the Victorian Era.
Art, Antique and Crafts shows grace the village green. Concerts and Performing Arts are featured in the DeWire Center.
    Cottage rentals are available on or near the lake. Waterboat taxi service available, swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, bicycling. Nature Conservancy hosts young people’s nature activities and adult hikes.
    Eagles Mere Country Club & Golf Course, tennis courts, ETC Theatre School, Toboggan Slide (Built in January weather permitting)
Back To
 

The url of this page is: http://www.questpublish.com/sullivancopa/attractions.html
© 1996 - 2008 Mollie Sheldon Eliot

Send questions or comments about this page to quest12@epix.net