2008 News
May 29, 2008
With Gas Prices Soaring, Commissioners Encourage Families to Rediscover Bucks County
With fewer families expected to travel this summer, many might be wondering how to spend their time locally. Bucks County Commissioner Chairman Jim Cawley encourages Bucks Countians to explore in their own backyard. “There are so many treasures right here in Bucks County,” he points out. “If you’ve always wanted to visit a particular place, now is the time to discover it. If you’ve already been somewhere you loved, now is the time to revisit it.”
The county Parks and Recreation Department operates 22 parks – some with boat rentals, two pools, a golf course, two tennis centers, a horse park, an airport, several historic properties, and three nature centers.
Parks and Recreation Director Bill Mitchell offers some suggested destinations where the summer can be enjoyed right here in Bucks County:
- Play a round of golf at the county’s 9-hole Oxford Valley Golf Course in Fairless Hills
- Rent rowboats, canoes, paddleboats, kayaks and even sail boats at Peace Valley Park in New Britain
- Tour the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, a National Historic Landmark and working history museum located in Doylestown
- Rent a pavilion and have a family picnic at any of the county parks
- Bring your horse to the Bucks County Horse Park in Revere, where Mondays are Bucks County resident discount day
- Serve up a tennis game at Core Creek or Frosty Hollow tennis centers, in Langhorne and Levittown respectively
- Camp in tents at Lake Towhee, Tinicum or Tohickon Valley parks, or in a cabin at Tohickon Valley Park
- Partake in the mystery at Ringing Rocks Park, a boulder field filled with rocks that when struck, ring like a bell. Take in the scenery of Bucks County’s largest waterfall as your backdrop in Upper Black Eddy.
Visit the Parks and Recreation section of the website for more activities, prices and directions.
The Bucks County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau recommends the following additional destinations:
- Enjoy the “World’s River Tubing Capitol” with Bucks County River Country in Point Pleasant while tubing, canoeing, rafting, or kayaking down the scenic Delaware River
- Experience Bucks County’s Wine Trail and travel to nine distinct wineries throughout the county from Newtown to Erwinna
- Ride aboard an antique coach pulled by a 1925 Baldwin Steam Locomotive and enjoy a 50 minute narrated train ride through scenic Bucks County on the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad in New Hope.
Please visit the Bucks County Conference & Visitor’s Bureau at www.visitbuckscounty.com for additional information.