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Backroads & Byways of Pennsylvania: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions
With natives as your guides, this series leads you down the road less traveled. Pack a lunch and take off on any of these 17 drives into all corners of PA. Visit the beaches of Lake Erie or the banks of the Delaware, the Endless Mountains of the northern tier or the Amish farms of Lancaster County. Explore old mining villages, lumber towns, battlefields, college campuses, and so much more. Each trip covers history and trivia, recreation, shopping, and what to see and do along the way.
About the series: Whether you need to get away for a weekend or longer, want to explore your home state or make plans for free time in an area you don’t know well, take to the road with a Backroads & Byways book. You’ll discover the most interesting places to visit on and off the beaten path. Destinations will appeal to foodies, history buffs, families with kids, couples, adventurers, hikers, bikers―in short, everyone .
With itineraries appropriate for visits of differing durations and in different seasons, tips for comfortable accommodations, great food, and good shopping too, look to Backroads & Byways for the most interesting and diverse short trips available.
About the series: Whether you need to get away for a weekend or longer, want to explore your home state or make plans for free time in an area you don’t know well, take to the road with a Backroads & Byways book. You’ll discover the most interesting places to visit on and off the beaten path. Destinations will appeal to foodies, history buffs, families with kids, couples, adventurers, hikers, bikers―in short, everyone .
With itineraries appropriate for visits of differing durations and in different seasons, tips for comfortable accommodations, great food, and good shopping too, look to Backroads & Byways for the most interesting and diverse short trips available.
- GenresTravelNonfiction
240 pages, Paperback
First published June 6, 2011
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November 15, 2012
A book with just enough personality to make for interesting reading but not enough to distract from the topic. This was the only book that really prepared me for how bleak and blighted parts of Johnstown are, as well as the confusing roads to get out of the town. Thank goodness for GPS-enabled phones, or I might still be lost in Johnstown. This book also pointed me in the direction of a fantastic chicken restaurant in Cambria City (Our Son's Family Restaurant) across from the Heritage Discovery Center.
No color photos or an in-depth guide to all of PA, but the text made up for these deficiencies: a gentle weaving of history, commentary, and current events.
No color photos or an in-depth guide to all of PA, but the text made up for these deficiencies: a gentle weaving of history, commentary, and current events.
June 18, 2015
Where are the maps?!
Great book; lots of useful information for planning a trip through PA. It could be greatly improved with a route map for each chapter & a better overall map with the area covered seen on a big map of the state.
Great book; lots of useful information for planning a trip through PA. It could be greatly improved with a route map for each chapter & a better overall map with the area covered seen on a big map of the state.
April 18, 2014
Loved it! Makes me want to make some not-too-far away weekend trips.
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