Emmaus
Emmaus was settled in the 1740s and founded in 1759. For about 100 years, until the mid-1800s, it was a closed community of the Moravian Church. Emmaus was one of the three leading Moravian communities in the northeast United States at the time of its founding.
Iron ore was discovered nearby in the 1800s and served as a source of industrial growth as well as silk and cigar manufacturing.
Emmaus is the global headquarters of Rodale Press, one of the world’s largest publishers of health-related books and magazines.
Visit and enjoy the community history and heritage that is preserved in attractions such as God’s Acre, the Emmaus Moravian church, Shelter House, 1803 House, and the Knauss Homestead Farmhouse.
Things to see and do in Emmaus
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1803 House (The Ehrenhardt House)
The 1803 House serves as a museum giving a glimpse into the Moravian/Emmaus community.
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Antique Truck Club - Antique Truck Show
An organization to preserve, restore and operate antique commercial vehicles.
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The park got its name from Bauer Rock, a mass of dark-colored gneiss that rises about 40-feet above the surrounding mountain crest. The trees near the rock have grown so tall that the view is good only when the trees are bare.
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Bob Rodale Cycling & Fitness Park
The Bob Rodale Cycling and Fitness Park features a paved track for biking or rollerblading, a picnic area, and a children's play area. Get outdoors, exercise, and feel alive!
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One of the country's largest antique and classic car shows and automotive flea markets, features arts, crafts and antiques, free musical entertainment, children's activities and fireworks.
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Hex Highway - Dutch Hex Tour Association
A trip through Northern Berks County, the land of the "Fancy" Pennsylvania Dutch, will take you through fertile countryside where hundred-year-old Pennsylvania German barns are decorated with a unique folk art design, referred to as hex signs.
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Bring your family to enjoy the finest in traditional crafts, food, music and folklife.
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Lock Ridge Park and Furnace Museum
This wooded park includes the old Lock Ridge Iron Works complex and surrounding land perfect for picnics and outings.
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is a professional theater company at DeSales University.
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Pinnacle Ridge Winery, established by the Knapp family in 1993, is housed in a beautifully renovated Pennsylvania bank barn, built in 1851.
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The 72-acre Pool Wildlife Sanctuary is located along the banks of the Little Lehigh Creek in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. It serves as headquarters to Wildlands Conservancy.
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The Valley Preferred Cycling Center
Valley Preferred Cycling Center provides quality competition, championship racer development and community programs for everyone to enjoy the thrill of bicycle track racing in the nation’s most-successful velodromes in modern American cycling.
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Wheels of Time Street Rod and Custom Jamboree
This 3-day event has over 2,200 of the finest modified cars on the East Coast, live entertainment, arts and crafts, food and more.
