Travel, Lodging, Local Restaurants and Sight-Seeing
Welcome to Elizabethtown, PA!
The Elizabethtown area is a community of 20,000 residents located in the heart of south central Pennsylvania. Situated in scenic northwestern Lancaster County, our town is 10 miles south of Hershey and 20 miles from Harrisburg, Lancaster and York. In addition to Elizabethtown College and Brethren Colleges Abroad, Elizabethtown is home to the M&M/Mars Factory and one of the country’s largest Masonic homes. For more info on the Elizabethtown community, see www.etownonline.net/index.html.
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Lodging Recommendations
Travel Options
Local Restaurants
Sight-Seeing around Elizabethtown
Lodging at Elizabethtown for PJSA conference
Rooms have been set aside at these hotels for conference participants. Please reserve early. Elizabethtown College will provide shuttles from these hotels to the conference.
Holiday Inn Express (4 miles from the Elizabethtown College campus).
147 Merts Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717)367-4000
$79 + tax.
Hotel has free hard-wired and wireless internet access, free continental breakfast and an exercise room. To get this rate, please mention you are attending the Brethren Colleges Abroad conference.
Red Rose Motel
2346 S. Market St.
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717)367-7518
redrosemotel@yahoo.com
$68 + tax
Family-run motel. No internet access. Burger King next door is the nearest breakfast option. To get this rate, please say you are attending the PJSA conference.
How to get to Elizabethtown College Back to Top
By Train:
Elizabethtown is about 3 hours by Amtrak train from NYC, 2 hours from Philadelphia by train. The train fare from NYC to Elizabethtown is about $54 (there is a discount if people provide their AAA membership number). Amtrak trains from Philadelphia to Elizabethown run almost hourly and cost approximately $17. Reservations should be made directly through the Amtrak website. The local conference committee can arrange to pick you up if you inform them in advance of which train you will be taking.
By plane:
Harrisburg Airport is approximately 13 miles from Elizabethtown. Easy access by Amtrak from Philadelphia International Airport or from Baltimore-Washington Airport makes traveling to the college an easy and straightforward process. Often airfare is cheaper flying into Philadelphia than Harrisburg, but the convenience of renting a car at the Harrisburg airport and driving to Elizabethtown may be more attractive. Learn more by visiting the Harrisburg airport website or the Philadelphia airport website. A round trip flight from Philadelphia to Harrisburg can run as high as $395, but ultimately it is more economical for people flying from out of the state to arrive in Philadelphia and take a train to Elizabethtown. The regional rail -- SEPTA's R1-- runs from the Philadelphia airport ($5.50 one-way) to the train station (30th Street Station). To learn more and see the schedule, visit the SEPTA site or call (215) 580-7712.
By car:
Elizabethtown is a two hour drive from Washington DC and Baltimore.
- From Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
- Go north on I-83 to the Pennsylvania Turnpike East. Exit at Interchange 247 to State Route 283 East. Be careful to use the far right tollbooth, as the exit for 283 East is immediately after the toll plaza. Follow 283 East to the Elizabethtown/Hershey exit and turn right at the end of the ramp onto Route 743 South.
- From Delaware
- Take Route 41 North to Route 30 West at Gap. Continue using our directions from Route 30.
- --OR--
- Take Route 896 North to Route 30 West.
- From Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, North/Central New Jersey and New England
- Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Interchange 286. Travel south on Route 222 to Route 30 West. Then follow the directions from Route 30.
- --OR--
- Travel west on I-78 to I-81 South. Take left off Hershey/Grantville Exit 80 and proceed south on Route 743. Carefully follow signs for Route 743 through Hershey. From there, follow our directions from Route 743.
- From Western Pennsylvania
- Travel east on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Exit 247, Route 283 East. Be careful to use the far right tollbooth, as the exit for 283 East is immediately after the toll plaza. Follow 283 East to the Elizabethtown/Hershey exit and turn right at the end of the ramp onto Route 743 South.
- From Upstate New York
- Take I-81 South to Exit 80. Take left off exit and proceed south on Route 743. Carefully follow signs for Route 743 through Hershey. Then follow our directions from Route 743.
- From Southern New Jersey
- Take Garden State Parkway North to Route 40 West to Delaware Memorial Bridge. Travel south on Route 95 for one exit to 141 North/West. Take 41 North to Route 30 West. Then follow our directions from Route 30.
- --OR--
- Take Walt Whitman Bridge to 76 West (Schuylkill Expressway) to Pennsylvania Turnpike West to Interchange 286. Travel south on Route 222 to Route 30 West. From there, follow our directions from Route 30.
- From Route 30...
- Travel west on Route 30 to Route 283. Travel west on Route 283 to Elizabethtown/Rheems exit. Turn left at end of exit ramp onto Cloverleaf Road and proceed one mile to Route 230. Turn right and travel west to Elizabethtown. Turn right at College Avenue and proceed to the College. The Office of Admissions is located on the corner of College Avenue and Mount Joy streets.
If you'd like to take a drive through the town of Elizabethtown, may we recommend that you take the second exit for E-town (Elizabethtown/Hershey exit). Turn left at the end of ramp onto Route 743 South...
Local Restaurants Back to Top
Restaurants within walking distance from campus are marked with asterisks (**).
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Al Mediterraneo Restaurant 288 East Main Street Hummelstown, PA 17036 (717) 566-5086 www.al-mediterraneo.com |
Alfred’s Victorian 38 North Union St. Middletown, PA 17057 (717)944-5373 www.alfredsvictorian.com/ |
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Bube’s Brewery 102 North Market Street Mount Joy, PA 17552 (717) 653-2056 www.bubesbrewery.com/ |
Circular Dining Room (The Hotel Hershey) 100 Hotel Road Hershey, PA 17033 (717)533-2171 www.hersheypa.com/dining/cdr.html www.thehotelhershey.com/index.php |
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El Serrano 2151 Columbia Avenue Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 397-6191 www.elserrano.com/ |
Flavers Food and Spirits** 45 North Market St Elizabethtown PA 17022 (717) 361-2155 www.flavers.net/ |
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Flowers in the Kitchen** 8 South Market Street Elizabethtown PA 17022 (717) 361-9158 |
TJ Rockwell’s 800 Mt. Gretna Rd. Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (717) 367-5544 *note: this restaurant does not accept reservations but does accept call ahead seating. www.tjrockwells.com |
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The Press Room 26-28 West King St. Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 399-5400 pressroomrestaurant.com |
Josephine’s Restaurant 324 West Market Street Marietta, PA 17547 (717) 426-2003 www.josephinesrestaurant.net |
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P & J Pizza** 22 East High Street Elizabethtown, PA 17022 717-367-9681 pandjpizza.lbu.com |
RockBass Grill 461 South Front St. Wormleysburg, PA 17043 (717) 731-1160 www.rockbassgrill.com |
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Sophia’s Seafood Restaurant 405 Walnut St Harrisburg, PA 17101 (717) 236-3980 www.sophiaharrisburg.com |
Strawberry Hill 128 West Strawberry Street Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 393-5544 www.strawberryhillrestaurant.com |
Site-Seeing Around Elizabethtown, PA Back to Top
Antique Automobile Museum
161 Museum Drive Hershey, PA 17033 (717) 566-7100 www.aacamuseum.org 10 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Eisenhower National Historic Site
250 Eisenhower Farm Lane Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 338-9114 www.nps.gov/eise/ 45-50 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Fort Hunter Mansion
5300 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 599-5751 www.forthunter.org 25 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Indian Echo Caverns
368 Middletown Road Hummelstown, PA 17036 (717) 566-8131 www.indianechocaverns.com 10 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Hershey’s Chocolate World
800 Park Boulevard Hershey, PA 17033 (717) 534-4900 www.HersheysChocolateWorld.com 10 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Hershey Park
100 West Hersheypark Drive Hershey, PA 17033 (717) 534-3900 www.hersheyPA.com 10 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Lancaster Quilt and Textile Musuem
13 West King Street Lancaster, PA 17603 (717)299-6916 www.lacasterheritage.com 10-15 minutes from Elizabethtown |
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The Amish Village
Route 896 Strasburg, PA 17579 (717) 687-8511 www.800padutch.com/avillage.html 20 minutes from Elizabethtown |
The National Civil War Museum
1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park Harrisburg, PA 17103 (717) 260-1861 www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org 20 minutes from Elizabethtown |
National Toy Train Museum
300 Paradise Lane Strasburg, PA 17579 (717) 687-8976 www.nttmuseum.org 20 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
PA Route 741 East Strasburg, PA 17579 (717) 687-8628 www.rrmuseumpa.org 20 minutes from Elizabethtown |
Wheatland (home of the 15th President of the United States-James Buchanan)
1120 Marietta Avenue Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 392-8721 www.wheatland.org 20 minutes from Elizabethtown |
ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park
100 West Hersheypark Drive Hershey PA 17033 (717)534-3900 www.zooamerica.com 10 minutes from Elizabethtown |
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