The Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area is an urban region in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. The region includes the three counties Lackawanna, alfalfa and Wyoming. The population of the metropolitan area following those of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown the fourth largest in the state is a good half a million.
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre is of great tourist interest due to a first-class railway museum and as a place to stay on the route from New York City to the Niagara Falls.
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In Lackawanna County:
- Scranton, the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania with a population of 72,485
- Boroughs: Carbondale – Mayfield – Jermyn – Archbald – Jessup – Olyphant – Blakely – Dalton – Clarks Green – Clarks Summit – Dickson City – Throop – Jessup – Dunmore – Taylor – Old Forge – Moosic – Moscow
In Lucerne County:
- Pittston
- Wilkes-Barre
- Nanticoke
- Boroughs: Duryea – Avoca – Dupont – Hughestown – West Pittston – Exeter – Yatesville – Laflin – West Wyoming – Wyoming – Swoyersville – Forty fort – Courtdale – Pringle – Kingston – Edwardsville – Larksville – Plymouth – Laurel Run
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Tourist Attractions
- Steamtown National Historic Site, Mechanic St, Scranton. One of the largest and most spectacular railway museums in the country. The facility is located in the middle of Scranton, but is a bit difficult to find because access is actually via Mechanic Street (there is also the large museum parking lot) and not, as indicated everywhere, via Washington Street. However, pedestrians can also reach the facility via a narrow bridge that connects the museum with the Mall at Steamtown connects. The centerpiece of the museum is an elaborately developed locomotive shed with numerous exhibitions, wagons and locomotives, including a somewhat weathered one Union Pacific Big Boy, one of the largest steam locomotives in the world. On some days there is the opportunity to ride on one of the historic trains. You should allow at least half a day for the visit. Lunch can be found in the Food court the neighboring mall. (Wikipedia).Open: daily, in summer 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., in winter 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Price: Entry $ 6, children a little cheaper. Train rides cost extra.
- 1 Scranton Iron Furnaces, 159 Cedar Ave, Scranton. A former iron foundry that closed in 1902 and has been a museum since 1971. Among other things, the blast furnaces built between 1848 and 1857 can be visited.Open: Mon - Sat 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.Price: Entry $ 6, Seniors $ 5.50, Children 3-11 $ 4.
