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Pennsylvania Wilds & Great Lakes

Erie, Wellsboro and Bradford offer three very different northern Pennsylvania escapes: a Great Lake shore, Pine Creek Gorge and Allegheny forest country.

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Presque Isle State Park, Millcreek Twp, Erie County, Pennsylvania - 20210904 - 04 - Leslie Beach looking northeast.jpg2022-06-14 17 17 41 View southwest down Pine Creek Gorge from an overlook within Leonard Harrison State Park in Shippen Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.jpg

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Erie, Wellsboro and Bradford offer three very different northern Pennsylvania escapes: a Great Lake shore, Pine Creek Gorge and Allegheny forest country. These distant bases deserve separate travel days.

Somerset CountyBucks CountyLycoming CountyTioga CountyGreene CountyWarren CountyMontour CountyYork CountyCumberland CountyFranklin CountyLuzerne CountyMifflin CountyMercer CountyBerks CountyVenango CountyBradford CountyHuntingdon CountyChester CountyAllegheny CountyCrawford CountySnyder CountyFayette CountyArmstrong CountyClinton CountyForest CountyCameron CountyButler CountyBlair CountyUnion CountyIndiana CountyPerry CountyWyoming CountyFulton CountyJuniata CountyMcKean CountyCentre CountyAdams CountyLawrence CountyLebanon CountyClearfield CountyDelaware CountySchuylkill CountyLehigh CountyNorthampton CountyJefferson CountyClarion CountyCarbon CountyPike CountySusquehanna CountyWashington CountyWestmoreland CountyMonroe CountySullivan CountyWayne CountyErie CountyElk CountyMontgomery CountyBeaver CountyNorthumberland CountyPotter CountyColumbia CountyBedford CountyCambria CountyLackawanna CountyDauphin CountyLancaster CountyPhiladelphia CountyErie1. Erie →Wellsboro2. Wellsboro →Bradford3. Bradford →

Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.

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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Pennsylvania FIPS42. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.

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