State historic site · Cornwall, Lebanon County
Cornwall Iron Furnace
A charcoal-fired ironworks that ran from 1742 to 1883 and survives almost intact, with its stone furnace stack, a giant steam-driven blowing engine and Gothic Revival buildings.
What you will find
- Historic features
- Museum or exhibits
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Mount Gretna
A cottage colony in the woods, born of a Chautauqua and a camp meeting, where gingerbread cottages line narrow lanes and summers bring a playhouse, music, an art show and a swimming lake.
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Lebanon Valley Rail Trail
A mostly crushed-stone rail trail through farmland and woods, climbing gently from Cornwall's old iron country to the cottage colony of Mount Gretna and linking with the Conewago Trail toward Elizabethtown.
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Horse-Shoe Trail
A yellow-blazed path for hikers and horseback riders, running about 140 miles from Valley Forge to the Appalachian Trail over wooded ridges and through farm valleys and old iron-furnace country.
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Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
Each late winter, tens of thousands of snow geese and tundra swans crowd the lake here on their way north, a spectacle that draws birders from across the region to the visitor center and trails.
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Lititz
A Moravian town founded in the 1750s, with a stately church square, a spring-fed park and a lively main street long associated with pretzels and chocolate.
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ZooAmerica
An 11-acre zoo devoted to North American wildlife, from black bears and gray wolves to river otters, with animals grouped by region, right next to Hersheypark.