Bloomsburg appeals to a range of interests: trails in green spaces, architecture in the Historic District, theater and museums. When planning your stay, it helps to first choose your main focus. Town Park and the Rail Trail offer specific route options; walking tours and cultural attractions explore other themes. This way, you can tailor your choices to what interests you most.
Town Park and Outdoor Trails
Bloomsburg Town Park is open daily from sunrise to sunset. Its amenities include ball fields, tennis and basketball courts, a skate park and disc golf. A scenic, 0.6-mile trail also runs through the park along the river and lagoon. This gives you a choice of several sports and a specific outdoor route within the park. You can decide based on whether you’re more interested in sports facilities or the scenery by the water.
The Bloomsburg Rail Trail offers a longer route: this easy, three-mile out-and-back trail follows a former railroad bed in Bloomsburg. Gravel and asphalt surfaces characterize the trail, which passes through a wooded stream corridor along the banks of Fishing Creek. Compared with the 0.6-mile trail in Town Park, the Rail Trail is the longer option. The scenery also differs: river and lagoon on one route, wooded creek banks on the other. This lets you choose based on length and surroundings.
Historic District and Architecture
Two self-guided walking tours lead through Bloomsburg’s Historic District. The architecture there ranges from Federal and Second Empire to Romanesque. For a stay focused on architecture, this range of styles offers a specific way to explore the neighborhood. Anyone interested in architectural history can make the different forms their focus while exploring.
Museum and Theater
The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum has been a fixture in Bloomsburg since 2002. It offers interactive exhibits and curated programs year-round in science, the arts and the humanities. Two formats—exhibits and programs—cover several subject areas. This makes the museum a wide-ranging cultural attraction.
The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble was founded in 1978 as a professional resident theater company. The ensemble’s main season features plays selected, produced and performed by its core members. The founding year provides context for the theater’s history, while the members’ roles describe how the main season works. Unlike the museum’s range of subjects, the focus here is on theater production.
Events Throughout the Year
Bloomsburg Fair Week officially begins on the third Saturday after Labor Day. If you’d like to plan your trip around this week, check the specific event dates in advance. ArtFest is one of two annual art festivals in Downtown Bloomsburg. This gives you two different aspects to consider when planning around events: a date to anchor your visit to Fair Week and an annual art event.
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