Dillsburg Area

 

 

The town is named for Matthew Dill, an immigrant from County Monaghan, Ireland, who settled the town in 1740. From that original 504 acres, a community was born. Today’s Dillsburg scarcely resembles that small frontier plantation and settlement at the end of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The town center is bracketed on the southern end by the main campus of the Northern York County School District. The northern end features the last remaining 2.5 acres of the original Dills plantation, an anchor attraction at the Northern gateway to Dillsburg and all of York County.

 

 

 

Home to a wide variety of educational programs, historically based events and activities that help tell the story of early American life. The site hosts annual tours for local schools, including pre-school, 2nd, 5th and 7th-grade classes. A summer children’s’ history camp, adult education and senior living tours, and weekly guided tours are also offered at the plantation. The tavern plays host to the WWII Tribute, Celtic Festival, and Honey and the Hog, as well as the newly added Dillsburg Farmers Market, bring thousands of visitors to the site to enjoy the history and heritage of the area.

 

 

Since its beginning in 1939, Williams Grove Speedway has been one of the top weekly sprint car tracks in the country. The speedway is a 1/2 mile banked smooth clay oval with speeds reaching over 100 mph! The racing season runs from March to October.

 

 

The White Rocks Trail is a gem of the South Mountain region. It features a 1.3 mile climb from the base of the trail to where it intersects with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail just south of Center Point Knob on South Mountain. As the trail begins to climb, hikers will encounter increasing amounts of rocks and have plenty of opportunities for rock scrambling as the trail ascends. At the summit, hikers are treated to a sprawling view of the valley below.

 

 

A fantastic winter sports complex with woodland ski runs offering two terrain parks for freestyle skiing and snowboarding. You'll find 16 trails at Roundtop, serviced by 9 chairlifts as well as varied outdoor battlefields for paintball games in the warmer months.