Overview
Jonestown effectively combines the past’s quaintness and today’s innovation, just like most of Pennsylvania’s towns. Located in the Lebanon Valley, Jonestown boasts of friendly folks, beautiful sceneries, and numerous historic attractions. Tourists can explore spring-fed trout streams, wildlife preserves, lush gardens, and underground caverns. Jonestown offers a chance to step in the past, where simple comforts can still be found amidst modern amenities. The borough in Lebanon County has a small population of more than 1,000, offering guests a perfect un-crowded recluse from the bustle of everyday life. The borough has also been ranked among the nation’s best green cities and the fastest emerging metropolitan areas.
When to Visit
Halloween is not all scarecrows, pumpkins, and costumes. During Jonestown’s Fall Festival, the city features bounce houses, face painting booths, homemade apple fritters, Saturday Pig Roasts, pony rides, and wagon rides. Held during the first week of October, the festival’s sellout feature is its Bonfire and Hayride. Tourists can avail of a wagon ride to a roaring campfire. Fresh apple cider and roasted marshmallows are offered on site. Kids can join a corn maze which features 13 punch stations. A small can of soft drink or a small cone of ice cream await at the end point.
Best Hotel Accommodations
Days Inn Lebanon Fort Indiantown Gap offers free internet access, newspaper, and continental breakfast to all guests. The hotel’s on-site gym makes it easy for guests to squeeze in a quick workout, while the hotel’s Jacuzzi tub soothes tired travelers. Located off Interstate 81, the hotel features pillow-top beds and spacious rooms. The Best Western Lebanon Valley Inn and Suites offer convenient access to area attractions, clean comfortable guest rooms, and friendly customer service. The hotel has more than 60 well-appointed rooms and suites, equipped with high-speed internet and an array of activities. There are meeting facilities, business services, exercise facilities, and an indoor heated swimming pool onsite. Book your Jonestown Hotels with Reservations.com.
Shopping
Jonestown’s Sycamore Spring Orchard is known for its fresh apple dumplings and pies. More than 20,000 apple dumplings are made each year, along with pumpkin, shoofly, pecan, raspberry, and peach pies. Among the most popular products are the cookies, cakes, and the all-butter sand tarts. Homemade pierogies, soups, apple butter, jellies, and jams can also be bought in the orchard. Jonestown’s farm Market houses a greenhouse, bakery, packaging area, and gift store. Open year round, the farm sells several healthy items, like local produce, Goji juice, Acai juice, tart cherry juice, seasonal gifts, organic foods, bulk foods, and hand-dipped Hershey’s ice cream. Souvenirs include lovely fruit and gift baskets. The city’s Greenhouse opens during the spring and fall periods and sells garden essentials, pots, hanging baskets, and bedding plants.
Things to Do
Jonestown provides several programs for kids and adults alike. Tours for children include agon rides through the apple orchards, where kids can pick their own apples. After visiting the plantation, kids get to learn about how the city’s apples are sorted and prepared for sale. All participants of the children’s tours enjoy complimentary gift bags and fresh apple ciders.