The Appalachian Trail curves throughout the Hershey Harrisburg region; its halfway point is located in nearby Pine Grove Furnace.
In 2007, HERSHEYPARK® celebrated its 100th Anniversary and opened a new Boardwalk attraction that features more than four acres of water play experiences.
Upon viewing the Harrisburg Capitol building in 1906, President Teddy Roosevelt described it as “the handsomest building I ever saw.”
The Hoverter & Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area near New Bloomfield, Perry County, is home to 1,300-year-old box huckleberry.
Harrisburg’s Riverfront Park is considered to be the most scenic inland waterfront in the nation.
The National Civil War Museum®, Harrisburg, is the nation’s largest museum portraying the entire Civil War, from beginning to end, without bias to Union or Confederate causes.
Before he made it big with chocolate, Milton Hershey had a successful caramel candy-making company.
The streetlights in Hershey are shaped like the famous HERSHEY®’S KISSES.
More than 80 million HERSHEY®’S KISSES are made every day at chocolate factories in Hershey, California, and Virginia.
Towns throughout the Hershey Harrisburg region host their own New Year’s Eve “drop” celebrations. Harrisburg drops a strawberry in honor of its Strawberry Square shopping area; Hershey drops a HERSHEY®’S KISS!
The Hershey Country Club hosted the PGA Championship in 1940 and the LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Tournament for almost 20 years.
In 2006, the Hershey Bears hockey team won the coveted Calder Cup.
The Hershey Harrisburg region is home to more than a dozen covered bridges, many of which are located in picturesque Perry County.
