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The county between the ridges

We're the visitor guide to Franklin County — helping you find the trail, the table, and the town that make a weekend here worth the drive.

Franklin County sits in south-central Pennsylvania, where the Cumberland Valley farmland runs up against the forested spine of South Mountain. It's a county of Main Streets and mountain roads — brick downtowns like Chambersburg, Waynesboro, and Mercersburg on one side, and the trails, streams, and long ridgelines of Michaux State Forest on the other.

Chartered in 1784, the county carries a deep and sometimes hard history: Underground Railroad routes through the valley, and the distinction of being the only Northern town burned during the Civil War. Today that past sits comfortably alongside a working landscape of orchards, family farms, farmers markets, and a growing trail of local wineries, cideries, and breweries.

This site is an independent visitor guide. Our job is simple: point you toward the good stuff — the overlooks, the festivals, the farm stands, and the quiet corners — and make it easy to plan a trip at your own pace.

1784
County chartered
~155,000
Residents countywide
5
Historic Main-Street towns
85,000
Acres of state forest

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The photographs on this site

Every photograph on this site shows a real Franklin County place, sourced from Wikimedia Commons under the license noted below. Images were resized (and in one case cropped for small screens); our resized copies remain available under their original licenses.