Environmental education center · Bushkill Township, Northampton County
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
For more than a century the Henry family made rifles here; their homestead and gun-making story are preserved at the Boulton site, surrounded by woods, meadows and trails for hiking, riding and biking.
What you will find
- Hiking trails
- Mountain biking
- Horseback riding
- Cross-country skiing
- Fishing
- Picnic areas
- Wildlife and bird watching
- 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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Sigal Museum
The Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society's museum of local history in downtown Easton, across the river from Phillipsburg.
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Crayola Experience
Kids can mold, name and wrap their own crayons, melt wax into art and lose hours in hands-on color activities at this attraction run by the crayon maker.
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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
The 18th-century Moravian settlement at the heart of Bethlehem, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with museums and guided tours.
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National Museum of Industrial History
A Smithsonian affiliate in a former Bethlehem Steel building, telling the story of American industry.
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Lost River Caverns
Guided tours follow an underground stream through crystal-lined chambers, one of them used for weddings, and the Gilman family's museum of minerals, gems and fossils waits above ground.
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America On Wheels Museum
Cars, trucks and motorcycles tell the story of over-the-road travel at this museum beside the Lehigh River, from an 1889 gas-powered carriage to Mack trucks built in the Lehigh Valley.
