Forum: Pennsylvania

This might be the best public garden I've ever seen. It's located in Kennett Square PA on route 1. Here's a link to there site. They have a huge conservatory with several different themed rooms which offer macro opportunities. For landscape shots they have an Italian water garden, wildflower meadow...

For those that are thinking about shooting trains down in PA... heres a nicely put together map the state keeps on their site... ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/MAPS/Statewide/parail.pdf

Steamtown is a National Historic Site, located in Scranton, PA, that is operated by the National Park Service. Tours and Train Rides are not the same every day, so check the website schedule for specific information before you visit. http://www.nps.gov/stea/schedule.htm Exhibits include: ...

I guess a couple years back Popular Photography asked people in their magazine to post their favorite photo spots. They have a forum and HERE is a link to the thread containing the responses. The responses are all over the world, so I've summarized those in the Northeast here. Feel free to go...

Here are a couple of directories of Steam Locomotives in the state, along with whether they are operational or not. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/PA.shtml http://www.steamlocomotive.info/pennsylvania.cfm

The National Railroad Historical Society maintains a list of the remaining roundhouses ( roundhouse ) in the US at this url. It is organized by state with the address, condition, etc. http://www.nrhs.com/historic_structures/roundhouses/rh_data.htm

This is a big list of Round Barns in Pennsylvania, organized by county, with directions to each. http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbpa.htm

This is a big list of the covered bridges in Pennsylvania, by county, with directions to each. http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm

This is a great state park for alot of wildlife photography.It also has alot of landscape opertunities also.While camping there I was told that a black bear was not 100' from our camper(of course I was asleep during this).Also they have Boulder Field,which is 1800' long by 400' wide by at least 12'...

I came across this site that is the mother load of train watching spots, which translates into train photo spots for us. Given that there is so much here... over 2400 sites listed on these... please use this thread to post any sites you've checked out... try to give more details and some sample...