Bucks County 18
18 places to explore in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — part of the Philadelphia & The Countryside region.
Public Gardens 2
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Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
More than 100 acres of woods and meadows devoted to the region's native plants, with trails along Pidcock Creek that are at their best in spring wildflower season.
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Andalusia Historic House, Gardens and Arboretum
The Biddle family's Greek Revival mansion on the Delaware River, with lawns sloping to the water, historic gardens and an arboretum of venerable trees.
Museums 5
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Fonthill Castle
Henry Chapman Mercer's eccentric poured-concrete castle, a warren of 44 rooms built between 1908 and 1912 and studded with tiles from his own works and from around the world.
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Historic Fallsington
A village in Lower Bucks County that grew up around its Quaker meetinghouses, with buildings spanning three centuries.
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James A. Michener Art Museum
Pennsylvania Impressionist landscapes and other art of the Bucks County region, in a museum built inside the walls of the old county jail.
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Mercer Museum
Henry Mercer's six-story concrete castle, packed with tools of early American trades, with a whaleboat, wagons and carriages hanging in its soaring central court.
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Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
Henry Mercer's Spanish Mission-style concrete tile factory, where artisans still make handmade tiles using his Arts and Crafts designs and methods.
Historic Sites 4
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Washington Crossing Historic Park
The Pennsylvania shore where Washington's army set out across the icy Delaware on Christmas night 1776, with historic buildings and a yearly reenactment.
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Fonthill Castle
Henry Chapman Mercer's eccentric poured-concrete castle, a warren of 44 rooms built between 1908 and 1912 and studded with tiles from his own works and from around the world.
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Pennsbury Manor
William Penn's country estate on the Delaware River, with a 1930s re-creation of his manor house, gardens, outbuildings, farm animals and demonstrations of 17th-century life.
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Historic Fallsington
A village in Lower Bucks County that grew up around its Quaker meetinghouses, with buildings spanning three centuries.
Small Towns 3
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Doylestown
The Bucks County seat: a walkable downtown of restaurants, boutiques and antique shops, with Henry Mercer's concrete castle, museum and tile works and the Michener Art Museum a few blocks apart.
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New Hope
A riverside arts town across the bridge from Lambertville, with galleries, the Bucks County Playhouse, the canal towpath and a heritage railroad.
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Peddler's Village
A village of shops, restaurants and an inn among landscaped gardens in Lahaska, with seasonal festivals and holiday lights.
Public Parks 6
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Nockamixon State Park
A long reservoir in the rolling hills, busy with sailboats and anglers, with a marina, a swimming pool, cabins, a paved bike path and bridle trails along the shore.
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Tyler State Park
The Schofield Ford Covered Bridge spans Neshaminy Creek in this park of old farm fields and woodland, laced with paved paths and bridle trails and home to a historic mill.
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Delaware Canal State Park
Nearly 60 miles of towpath along a 19th-century canal that still runs unbroken from Easton to Bristol, passing locks, river islands and old canal towns such as New Hope.
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Neshaminy State Park
Where Neshaminy Creek meets the tidal Delaware River, with a big swimming pool, a marina and a riverside walk looking out across the water.
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Ralph Stover State Park
Rock climbers scale the cliffs of High Rocks above a horseshoe bend of Tohickon Creek, whitewater paddlers run it on release weekends, and picnickers spread out along its banks below.
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Washington Crossing Historic Park
The Pennsylvania shore where Washington's army set out across the icy Delaware on Christmas night 1776, with historic buildings and a yearly reenactment.
Theme Parks 1
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Sesame Place Philadelphia
A theme park built around Sesame Street, with rides and water slides for young children, a character parade and chances to meet Elmo, Big Bird and friends.