Ashland, PA Road Trips
Plan drives from Ashland, PA with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.
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Trip Routes
3
Longest Drive
224.9 mi
Philadelphia, PA
Quickest Drive
2h 54m
Pittsburgh, PA
Plan Around Ashland, PA
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Continue From Ashland, PA
Good next legs if this city is only one stop in a longer road trip.
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Ashland, PA by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
2,495
Median Income
$52,283
Median Home Value
$60,000
Median Age
44.6
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Ashland, PA at a Glance
Founded
1820
Elevation
3,215 ft
Area
1 mi²
Notable People from Ashland, PA
A sampling of people born in Ashland, PA.
Janet Asimov
1926–2019
author, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst (1926–2019)
Dennis Joseph Dougherty
1865–1951
Catholic cardinal (1865-1951)
Emil Seidel
1864–1947
American politician (1864–1947)
William J. Waltersheid
1956
Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Frank Bolick
1966
American baseball player
City data from Wikidata (Q1132883), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Ashland, PA
Ashland is in Pennsylvania.
The town is close to Centralia, a semi-ghost town. Ashland, also being at risk from this fire, has lost much of its population.
Pioneer Coal Mine Tunnel and Steam Train - tour a historic coal mine in open mine carts, and ride a narrow gauge railroad around a mountain gorge. Located in Higher Ups Park.
Pennsylvania Route 61 connects Ashland and Centralia. Uptown Vans [1] offers a route from Paterson and New York City.
LATS offers routes to the surrounding areas.
Travel tips adapted from Ashland (Pennsylvania) on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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