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Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area                 www.AOAAtrails.com

The Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA) is a 6,500 acre motorized and non-motorized recreation facility with its welcome center and parking lot located at 4100 State Route 125, Coal Township, PA 17866-7806. Phone number for the Welcome Center is 570-648-2626. The AOAA is open for motorized vehicles of all types (ATVs, UTVs, SxS, Dirt Bikes, and Full Size Vehicles). The 3,000 acre Eastern Reserve is available for open riding, with mapped and signed intersections. The 3,500 acre Western Reserve is open on weekends only.

Shamokin allows ATVs and other OHVs ride on the streets of the city – but it is retricted

The current ordinance allows OHVs to ride on the streets on Fridays, Saturdays and/or Sundays from 9am until 30 minutes before dusk. Each vehicle must be insured and have a valid DCNR license as well as be wearing helmets. There is a zone indicated by the DCNR arrows that allow OHVs to ride within that perimeter. Although we are working on better signage, some vehicles do get lost and wander outside of that area. If you see them, help them! But vehicles in Coal Township or in the Bunker Hill section or other areas not within the approved zone are probably not from the AOAA.

Knoebels Amusement Resort                           www.Knoebels.com

America’s largest free-admission amusement park also offers free parking, free daily entertainment and free picnic facilities. Take a dip in the 900,000-gallon Crystal Pool filled with refreshing mountain stream water. The pool area includes waterslides, diving boards and a play area just for young children. Stay overnight at one of two campgrounds that include cabins and over 800 campsites. In addition to over 60 rides, award-winning food, swimming, games, miniature golf and gift shops, visitors can add a round of golf at Knoebels Three Ponds Golf Course right next door to the park.

Artisan Alley Fine Arts Gallery                      www.artisanalleyshamokin.com

We offer a space where local artisans come together to display and sell their works to lovers of art. Also, we regularly host events and classes to encourage the growth of art in our community.

Our Mission: Artisan Alley serves the City of Shamokin and surrounding areas by welcoming all people to explore and experience art and creativity, while encouraging artists to exhibit pieces that represent their true-self.

Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine Tour                     www.pioneertunnel.com

Pioneer Tunnel is a tourist attraction located in Ashland, PA. The tourist attraction has a coal mine tour, steam train ride, a gift shop, and food shop. The Coal Mine Tour is described as a horizontal drift mine. Its level tunnel runs 1800 feet straight into the side of the Mahanoy Mountain. You make the trip in comfort, riding in open mine cars pulled by a battery-operated mine motor. The steam train ride allows you to travel back through time on an old-time narrow gauge steam locomotive, the Henry Clay. Built in the 1920’s, The Henry Clay takes you on a scenic three-quarter mile ride around the side of Mahanoy Mountain to show you another kind of mining called strip mining. You’ll visit the Mammoth Stripping, an area where an unusually thick seam of anthracite known as the Mammoth Vein outcrops to the surface of the earth.

Curbstone Market

Coming to Shamokin in 2021 is a new downtown market. More than a farmer’s market, we’re calling it Curbstone Market, hearkening back to our 1919 city ordinance reference. The Curbstone Market will consist of all types of vendors, from vegetables to crafts to local wines and will be another opportunity to visit Shamokin and see …