Plains

Worth seeing in and around Plains

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

   Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza is an 8,050-seat multi-purpose arena located in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania just northeast of Wilkes-Barre.

   3.9 km · 8,500 seat arena in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania, US · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wyoming Monument

   The Wyoming Monument is an American Revolutionary War monument and grave site located in the Borough of Wyoming in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

   3.4 km · monument in Wyoming, United States of America · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Forty Fort Meetinghouse

   Forty Fort Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house at River Street and Wyoming Avenue in the Old Forty Fort Cemetery in Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1806–08 in a New England meeting house style with white clapboard siding and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

   2.1 km · historic church in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and School Building

   St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and School Building is a historic former Roman Catholic church and school building at 419 N. Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton.

   2.4 km · church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Swetland Homestead

   The Swetland Homestead is an historic home that is located in Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

   2.9 km · building in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Plains

Airports

Newark Liberty (EWR), 155 km · Philadelphia (PHL), 164 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 175 km

Stations

Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport, 2.4 km

• New York → Plains

  167 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · $16–22
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• Newark → Plains

  153 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · $15–20
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• Philadelphia → Plains

  158 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · $14–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Plains

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Plains. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Plains – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.