State historic site · Foster Township, Luzerne County
Eckley Miners' Village
A 19th-century anthracite company town of miners' houses and churches, with a coal breaker built for the 1970 film The Molly Maguires, telling the story of mining families.
What you will find
- Historic features
- Museum or exhibits
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Lehigh Gorge State Park
Rafters ride the Lehigh River's rapids and cyclists cruise the level rail trail beside it through a deep, rugged gorge between White Haven and Jim Thorpe, past waterfalls spilling off the cliffs.
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Nescopeck State Park
Anglers wade a well-loved trout creek and birders scan the marshes in this valley of wetlands and woods, where an education center offers nature programs.
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Delaware and Lehigh Trail
A 165-mile trail from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol; here it follows the Lehigh River through the steep, wooded Lehigh Gorge, and farther south it runs on old canal towpaths.
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Hickory Run State Park
Its famous Boulder Field, a vast, flat expanse of rocks left by Ice Age frost, is the big draw, but the park also has Hawk Falls, a sandy swimming lake and cold trout streams.
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Jim Thorpe
A Victorian coal-and-railroad town packed into a steep Lehigh River gorge, with ornate brick streets, a mansion museum, river rafting, bike trails and excursion trains.
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Old Jail Museum
The 1871 county jail where several accused Molly Maguires were hanged, with dungeon cells and a mysterious handprint on the wall of Cell 17.
