- Bethlehem Musikfest ( a week of music & fun with more than 1,000 live performances)
- Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
- The Banana Factory (community arts center & galleries
- The Crayola Factory (a tour that will entertain all ages)
- The Discovery Center of Science & Technology (a children’s science activity center)
- The National Canal Museum
- Celtic Classic (Fall festival celebrating the Irish & the Scots)
- Das Awkscht Fescht, one of the country’s largest classic car shows
Professional & Collegiate Sports:
- Valley Preferred Cycling Center – International caliber bicycle racing
- Allentown Iron Pigs (Triple A baseball excitement)
- Eagles NFL Training Camp (every summer at Lehigh University)
- Numerous college- and university-level sports
- New York & Philadelphia professional sports teams are less than 2 hours away!

- 36 parks with acres of open spaces and recreation centers
- Bear Mountain Ski and Recreation Area
- Blue Mountain Ski Area
- Hiking, skiing, rafting, camping, biking, fishing and swimming areas
- More than 20 scenic golf courses, including championship links
- Parkettes National Gymnastics Center
- The Lehigh Valley Velodrome (youth & adult cycling programs)

If you prefer to be close to nature, the Valley has many exciting choices for you:

- Hawk Mountain mountaintop vistas and thrilling migrations of nearly 20,000 hawks, eagles and falcons
- Lehigh Valley Covered Bridges (7 bridges set in the rolling farmlands of Southeast PA)
- Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
- Lehigh River Rafting
- Trexler Game Preserve (native & exotic animals in a 1,200 acre natural setting)
- Wildlands Conservancy – Pool Wildlife Sanctuary

For golfers, here’s a list of local links: