Local Attractions
Knoebels Amusement Resort Elysburg, PA
Knoebels is a free-admission amusement park for families, with rollercoasters, classic rides, award-winning food, campgrounds, a golf course & a pool!
http://www.knoebels.com/
Yuengling Brewery Pottsville, PA
Come tour the site of America’s Oldest Brewery. Discover the hand-dug fermentation caves that were used for storage before refrigeration. Wander through time and enjoy a taste of living history in a building that has produced fine beers through times of peace, prosperity, upheaval and world war. Begin and end your tour in our newly remodeled gift shop and soon-to-be museum across from the brewery in our former creamery, constructed in Pottsville during the onset of Prohibition in 1920.
https://www.yuengling.com/breweries/pottsville/
Museum of Anthracite Mining Ashland, PA
This museum focuses on the history of anthracite coal mining industries and technology.
Ashland Borough – Phone Number 570-875-2411
Winter Train Walk Ashland, PA
Six train displays, 50’s Room with Elvis & other 50’s memorabilia ,Great Amusement park, Ashland including mother’s memorial and the ABA parade, ,Old Fashioned Christmas, The Polar Express room, Circus display all with O gauge trains. Plus a gift and train shop with some of the display items on sale. O gauge trains Lionel and Thomas the Train for the little Engineer, plus a variety of gifts.
http://www.winterwalktraindisplayshop.com/
Lodging
County Inn & Suites (Frackville, PA)
Camp – A-While (Hegins, PA)
Earthday Campground (Shamokin, PA)
Holiday Inn Express & Suites (Frackville, PA)
MainStay Suites (Barnesville, PA)
Affiliations
Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau
Schuylkill County Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Montour Visitors Bureau
Pennsylvania’s Americana Region (Formerly Go Greater Reading!)