Root Cellar

Root Cellar: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Root Cellar

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Root Cellar — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.57868, -75.34626. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Root Cellar

• Lost River Caverns · cave · Hunterdon · ~2 km · Must-see
• Saucon Hill · viewpoint · Hunterdon · ~5 km · Must-see
• Swoveberg · viewpoint · Hunterdon · ~5 km · Must-see
• Kohlberg · viewpoint · Hunterdon · ~5 km · Must-see
• Packer Memorial Chapel · church · Hunterdon · ~5 km · Must-see
• Focht Hill · viewpoint · Hunterdon · ~5 km · Must-see
• Cathedral Church of the Nativity · church · Northampton · ~6 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Mountain · viewpoint · Warren · ~8 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem · church · Northampton · ~10 km · Must-see
• Pektor Hill · viewpoint · Hunterdon · ~10 km · Must-see
• Christines Hill · viewpoint · Warren · ~11 km · Must-see
• Applebutter Hill · viewpoint · Warren · ~12 km · Must-see
• Hexenkopf Hill · viewpoint · Warren · ~12 km · Must-see
• The Cathedral Church of Saint Catherine of Siena · church · Lehigh · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lake Muhlenberg · lake · Lehigh · ~17 km · Must-see
• Museum of Indian Culture · museum · Lehigh · ~17 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Parkway · park · Lehigh · ~17 km · Must-see
• Talon · attraction · Lehigh · ~19 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Root Cellar

Other forts & heritage near Root Cellar

• Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument · fort · Lehigh · ~36 km · Must-see
• Red Mill Museum · fort · Hunterdon · ~46 km · Must-see
• Fort Allen · fort · Carbon · ~51 km · Must-see
• Washington and His Army Crossed the Delaware · fort · Mercer · ~64 km · Must-see
• Frederick Lauer Monument · fort · Berks · ~69 km · Must-see
• Jacob Wisner House · fort · Chester · ~74 km · Must-see
• Devil's Tree · fort · Somerset · ~81 km · Must-see
• Pennsbury Manor · fort · Burlington · ~87 km · Must-see
• Masonic Temple · fort · Philadelphia · ~89 km · Must-see
• Franklin Court · fort · New Castle · ~90 km · Must-see

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