Pennsylvania Active and Adventure Vacations

Pennsylvania Active and Adventure Travel Guide

• Pennsylvania Overview
• Pennsylvania Hotels
• Pennsylvania Attractions
• Pennsylvania Feature Articles
• Pennsylvania Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Pennsylvania

Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Family Guide

Top Active and Adventure Destinations In Pennsylvania

• Appalachian Trail, ME
  
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, PA
  
• Lehigh Valley, PA
  
• Ohiopyle State Park, PA
  

Travel Guides In Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia, PA
  • Family Guide

Mid-Atlantic Active and Adventure States/Provinces

• Maryland
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania (Tony Sweet/Digital Vision/Getty)

Top Pennsylvania Active and Adventure Destinations

• Appalachian Trail
• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• Lehigh Valley
• Ohiopyle State Park

Feature Articles

• GORP - Allegheny National Forest - Top Picks
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• June Active/Adventure Travel Guide
  
• GORP - Delaware Water Gap NRA, Pennsylvania, - Skiing
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• Get A Clue
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  Ever heard of letterboxing? Meet this new twist on the family hike.
• Pittsburgh
  Kayaking in the City of Bridges

Trip Ideas

• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• At Home in the Wild
  Civility and wilderness meet at Little Lyford Pond Sport Camps
• Allegheny Getaway: Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania
  GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests

Practical Advice

• A Mountain Climbing Primer
  
• A Whitewater Rafting Primer
  
• A Sea Kayaking Primer
  
• A Trekking Primer
  
• Be the Sag Wagon
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  How to pull off a bike tour on your own two wheels.

GORPTravel Trips

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  Cycling the Alleghany Passage and C&O Canal, PA & MD
  Sierra Club Outings
  from $1045, 8 days
  Assisted by local historians and interpreters, our cycling trip will be a passageway into the history, scenery, and culture of Western Pennsylvania,...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things paddling.
• Complete Gear Archives: Cycling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things related to cycling.
• Complete Gear Archives: Climbing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things climbing.
• How I Came to Know and Love the Backcountry
  The Basics of Telemark Skiing

Fitness

• Mountain Athlete
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  Jackson, Wyoming
• Chalk It Up
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  Experience is the key to mountaineering prowess, but high-altitude fitness makes all the difference on summit day
• Blitzing the Backcountry
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  Turn your winter fitness routine into a brand-new adventure
• The Rowbike
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  Video
• Saddle Up
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  Spring is here. Time to wipe the cobwebs off your bike, oil your chain, and kick your fitness into a new gear. Here's how.

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Attractions

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Skytop Lodge
One Skytop
Skytop, PA 18357-1099 Map

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Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia
237 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5686 Map

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FOUR SEASONS PHILADELPHIA
1 LOGAN SQUARE
Philadelphia, PA 19103 Map

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