Emerald Playground

Emerald Playground: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

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

Best time to visit Emerald Playground

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

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

How to reach Emerald Playground — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.73957, -75.63466. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Emerald Playground

• Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument · fort · Lehigh · ~2 km · Must-see
• Fireman's Drinking Fountain · attraction · Lehigh · ~3 km · Must-see
• Bake Oven Knob · viewpoint · Lehigh · ~11 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Valley Zoo · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~11 km · Must-see
• Trexler Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~12 km · Must-see
• Fort Allen · fort · Carbon · ~14 km · Must-see
• Whitehall Parkway · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~15 km · Must-see
• Beltzville State Park · sanctuary · Carbon · ~19 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~20 km · Must-see
• Old Jail Museum · museum · Carbon · ~21 km · Must-see
• Pisgah Vista · viewpoint · Carbon · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mauch Chunk Dam · lake · Carbon · ~22 km · Must-see
• Leaser Lake Dam · lake · Lehigh · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Muhlenberg · lake · Lehigh · ~24 km · Must-see
• The Cathedral Church of Saint Catherine of Siena · church · Lehigh · ~24 km · Must-see
• Thunder Hawk · attraction · Lehigh · ~25 km · Must-see
• Hydra: The Revenge · attraction · Lehigh · ~25 km · Must-see
• Steel Force · temple · Lehigh · ~25 km · Must-see

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Other parks near Emerald Playground

• Dorney Park · park · Lehigh · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Parkway · park · Lehigh · ~28 km · Must-see
• Bushkill Park · park · Northampton · ~41 km · Must-see
• Yuengling Bicentennial Park and Gardens · park · Schuylkill · ~60 km · Must-see
• Tinicum Park · park · Hunterdon · ~67 km · Must-see
• Peace Valley Park · park · Hunterdon · ~74 km · Must-see
• Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · park · Berks · ~76 km · Must-see
• Bulls Island Recreation Area · park · Hunterdon · ~78 km · Must-see
• Welkinweir · park · Chester · ~82 km · Must-see
• Norristown Farm Park · park · Montgomery · ~89 km · Must-see

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