Pottsville
Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the west bank of the Schuylkill River, 52 miles (84 km) south of Wilkes-Barre. It is located in Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
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Worth seeing in and around Pottsville
6 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.
- 01Schuylkill Mall
Schuylkill Mall was an 800,000 sq ft shopping mall located in Frackville, Pennsylvania, United States. Built in 1980 by Crown American, the mall originally featured Kmart, Hess's, and Sears as its anchor stores; later additions to the mall included Pomeroy's and Phar-Mor.
9.4 km · shopping mall in Pennsylvania, U.S · Wikipedia - 02Henry Clay Monument
The Henry Clay Monument is a public monument in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Work on the monument, which consists of a statue of Henry Clay atop a Doric column, began in 1852, shortly after his death, and ended in 1855.
900 m · monument in Pottsville, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 03Fairlane Village Mall
Fairlane Village Mall is a shopping mall located just outside of Pottsville, Pennsylvania off Route 61. It is anchored by Boscov's, Dunham's Sports, Kohl's, Michaels, and TJ Maxx.
2.5 km · shopping mall in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 04Frank D. Yuengling Mansion
Frank D. Yuengling Mansion is a historic home located in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and is a large three-story dwelling in the Tudor-Jacobean style.
900 m · building in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 05John O'Hara House
The John O'Hara House is an historic home that is located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
400 m · historic house in Pottsville, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 06Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Mary Queen of Peace Church, Pottsville is a historic Roman Catholic church located at 730 North Centre Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The current structure was built in 1929 and reopened on September 22, 2025, as a Catholic chapel within the Diocese of Allentown.
1.1 km · church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pottsville
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 122 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 171 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 172 km
- Stations
- Reading Railroad Schuylkill Haven Station, 6.8 km
- Philadelphia → Pottsville120 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · $12–17
- New York → Pottsville185 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · $17–24
- Newark → Pottsville171 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · $16–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pottsville
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 Pottsville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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