Local Know-How

Want the local perspective on The Preserve? These facts and figures will give you the inside scoop.

Shop 'til you drop at Hampden Shopping centers

27 acres of open spaces at the Preserve, including mature wooded areas and a stream

Distance to closest entrance of the Appalachian Trail: 1 mile

Groceries and conversation: you're bound to run into friends at West Shore Farmer's Market

Music, Science, Art and IMAX: Always showing at the Whitaker Center for the Sciences in downtown Harrisburg

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet: Even if it's not your kids onstage, you can take them to see beautiful performances

Sunday Breakfast: Annie's on Wertzville Road

Area Schools:

  • Green Ridge Elementary: 7 miles
  • Harrisburg Academy (PreK-12): 4 miles
  • Good Shepherd Catholic Church School (K-12): 5 miles
  • Eagle View Middle School: 10 miles
  • Cumberland Valley High School: 10 miles

Playtime: Adams Ricci Community Park

Pizza night: Al's of Hampden

Your mailman: Ken Mundis Jr.

Take them out to the ballgame: catch a Senators home game at Commerce Bank Park.

 

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