State park · Archbald, Lackawanna County
Archbald Pothole State Park
A glacial pothole 38 feet deep, drilled into the bedrock by swirling meltwater and stones at the end of the Ice Age and uncovered by coal miners in 1884.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Historic features
Hunting is permitted here in season. Check the state hunting calendar and wear blaze orange in fall and winter.
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Lackawanna State Park
Wooded hills laced with bike and bridle trails surround a lake of quiet coves, with a swimming pool and campground within easy reach of Scranton.
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Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art
Founded in 1908 in Nay Aug Park, this museum of natural history, science and art shows dinosaurs, birds, Dorflinger glass and folk art.
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Electric City Trolley Museum
Restored trolleys and exhibits on electric streetcar history, with rides that roll past the old iron furnaces and through a nearly mile-long tunnel.
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Steamtown National Historic Site
A historic rail yard where steam locomotives fill a working roundhouse, with museums of railroading and a Union Pacific Big Boy among the giants on display.
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Varden Conservation Area
Former farmland given to the state by a local veterinarian, with easy trails through meadows and woods, a fishing pond and rows of conifers the donor planted himself.
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Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour
Descend about 300 feet in a mine car into a real anthracite mine, where guides recount the hard lives of the men and boys who worked underground.
