Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania)

Elizabethtown is a small town in Pennsylvania. The town was mainly agricultural until the 1900s, when Klien Chocolate Company and several shoe factories opened. The town probably best known for the small college in town, Elizabethtown College. Locals and college alumni often refer to the town as "E-town".

Get in

All Amtrak trains going between Harrisburg and Philadelphia stop in Elizabethtown. Also, one can arrive by automobile. Buses run by the Red Rose Transit Authority connect Elizabethtown to Lancaster City, but are infrequent and do not run at night.

Get around

There is very little mass transit in the area. It is possible to walk from the train station through downtown Elizabethtown to Elizabethtown College. Driving is a more common way to get around.

See

• 🌍 Elizabethtown College, 1 Alpha Drive. Small comprehensive college founded by the Church of the Brethren in 1899. Lovely campus of red brick buildings, especially nice to walk around on a sunny spring or fall day.  

Do

• Winters Heritage House Museum, 47 East High St, ☎ [phone]. W-F 9:30AM-3PM; additional times by appointment. Community driven effort to preserve and interpret some of Elizabethtown's earliest structures. Museum consists of three original log structures dating from 1750 to 1847 and a brick house from 1877. The museum offers many annual programs. 

Buy

Eat

• Good Burrito - Local burrito place in the style of Chiplote. Their ingredients change on a regular basis
• Brother's Pizza - Local pizza place that serves subs, chicken wings and fries. Delivers
• Sal's - subs, pizza, limited Italian menu. Order in or pick up.

Drink

• End Zone Bar & Grill, 45 W High St. Local dive bar; cheap drinks with pool and darts. 
• Lucky Duck Bar & Grille, 45 N Market St. 

Sleep

• Holiday Inn Express, 147 Merts Drive, ☎ [phone]. Typical chain hotel. Generally the hotel will be booked up the weekend the Elizabethtown College graduates (middle of May). 
• Red Rose Motel, 2346 South Market St, ☎ [phone]. 
• Amanda Gish House Bed & Breakfast, 556 West Brainbridge St, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 19th-century bed and breakfast filled with antiques. $100-150 depending on the room.. 

Connect

Go next

Elizabethtown is in the heart of Lancaster County. Be sure to get out and explore the Pennsylvania Dutch Country side, see an Amish horse and buggy, and check out Lancaster city. Mount Joy is right next door. Hershey and Harrisburg are only about a 20-minute drive away.

Routes through Elizabethtown

Harrisburg via ← Middletown ←	W  E	→ Lancaster → Philadelphia
Pittsburgh ← Harrisburg ←	W  E	→ Lancaster → Philadelphia
Harrisburg ←	W  E	→ Landisville → Lancaster