Best spots for photos in Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania is an ideal destination for amateur and professional photographers alike. As one of the original 13 colonies and home to a variety of landscapes, the Keystone State offers a plethora of stunning photo opportunities. From historic cities and quaint towns to beautiful countryside and serene lakes, Pennsylvania offers something for everyone. Here are some of the best locations to take photos in Pennsylvania.

First, there is Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania. Home to the iconic Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, this city is perfect for capturing classic Americana. Philadelphia is also home to a variety of colorful murals and art installations, making it the perfect place to capture urban photography.

Next is Pittsburgh, a vibrant city in the western part of the state. From the city’s skyline to its many bridges and unique neighborhoods, Pittsburgh is a photographer’s dream. Not to be missed is the city’s Mount Washington viewpoint, which offers a breathtaking vista of the city’s three rivers.

In the southern part of the state, Gettysburg is a must-visit for any photographer. Home to the most famous battle of the American Civil War, Gettysburg offers a variety of photo opportunities, including the historic battlefield and the Gettysburg National Military Park.

For landscape photography, the Allegheny National Forest is a great place to start. Located in northwestern Pennsylvania, the forest is home to a variety of scenic views, including rivers, waterfalls, and lush rolling hills.

If you’re looking for something a bit more unique, the town of Jim Thorpe is worth a visit. Located in the heart of the Pocono Mountains, Jim Thorpe is known for its quaint shops and restored 19th-century architecture. Photographers can capture the town’s old-world charm at every turn.

Finally, if you’re looking for a serene photo location, head to the banks of the Delaware River. Here, you’ll find a variety of peaceful scenes, from rolling hills to sandy beaches. It’s the perfect spot to take a few moments to relax and take in the beauty of the landscape.

These are just a few of the many locations to take photos in Pennsylvania. Whether you’re an amateur or a professional, Pennsylvania offers a wealth of photo opportunities. From the bustling cities to the peaceful countryside, Pennsylvania is a photographer’s paradise.

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Keywords: abandoned, lynnewood, hall, elkins, park, 12713, ruins, mansion, elkinspark, pennsylvania, pabwidener, estate, creepy, clear, copyright, philadelphia, elegant, streetcar, grounds, cheltenham, gardner

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    Keywords: bridge, downingtown, trestle, railroad, abandoned, train, rt322, bradford, overpass, ave, graffiti, way, dog, looking, east, west, end

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      Keywords: ice, cream, junction, abandoned, thorndale, chestercounty, icecreamjunction, a77, prr477615, caboose, defunct

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        Somewhat populated area--park at the Wawa and enter through the back, watch for cars. Also, lots of nails and rotting floors--watch your step.

        Keywords: Banquet Hall, Abandoned, Urbex

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          Keywords: history, mill, abandoned, philadelphia, wool, beer, thread, rust, closed, factory, sheep, meetup, decay, grease, yarn, urbanexploration, philly, woodfloors, bobbins, urbex, yarnmill

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          First, go to google maps and look at the mansion. The best place to park is across the road at the tower there. always open. i would recommend going at night. This place isnt watch, but it isnt wide open. there is a no trespassing sign

          Keywords: Abandoned, Mansion, Pennsylvania, Huge, Creepy

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            Keywords: barn, abandoned, silo, silos, branin, broke, palace, oldbuildings, braninroadfarm, pink, autumn, color, cute, fall, rural, newjersey, country, jeans, blonde, brunette, chrisgiuliano

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              Keywords: architecture, nef, pennsylvania, house, clintoncountypa, cs4, lockhavenpa, derelict, pse8, castaneapa, station, secondempire, monochrome, historicpreservation, photomatixpro, castaneatownship, forlorn, elegance, abandoned, enterif, dare!

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                Keywords: clarion, csrr, trestle, railroad, bridge, tunnel, river, trussel, train, trestles

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                Keywords: abandoned, workspaces, heart, quiz, punches, frames, have, rods, welding, corrugated, illumination, run!, blue, seat, workplaces

                Abandoned

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                  Keywords: abandoned, houses, growen, house, philadelphia, d70s, suburbs, farm, old, news, stepping, outside, box, marcolina, iobsessed

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                  Keywords: newjersey, abandoned, decay, vacant, deserted, waterloovilliage, village, waterloo, autumn, waterloovillage, fall, richardjones, new, jersey, catching, last, #nj, #newjersey, #waterloovillage, #sunset, #photography

                  Sunset/SunriseAbandoned

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                    Keywords: abandoned, nvf, doors, row, out, old, urban, patrick, kites, wilmington, exploration, callahan, ubex, wilmingtonde, patrickcallahan, stackflyer, wilminigton, 2ndfloor, stacked, structures, number5

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                    Keywords: philadelphia, postindustrial, abandoned, rust, philly, willowsteamplant, church, dilapidated, buildings, industrial, decay, d70s, mostinteresting, northernliberties, flickrmeet, flickrmeetup, contamination, asbestos, 9sept2006, 9thwillowsts, 411n9thst

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                    • Willow Steam Plant
                      Willow Steam Plant
                    • Abandoned Church
                      Abandoned Church
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                    • Old industrial train tracks
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                      Old industrial train tracks
                    • Callowhill/Loft District
                      Callowhill/Loft District
                    • Old Tabernacle Church
                      Old Tabernacle Church
                    • Old Tabernacle Church
                      Old Tabernacle Church
                    • Train rails poke through the pavement
                      Train rails poke through the pavement
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                      Train rails poke through the pavement
                    • Train rails poke through the pavement
                      Train rails poke through the pavement
                    • You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                      You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                    • You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                      You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                    • You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                      You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
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                      You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                    • You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                      You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                    • You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
                      You know...that old factory near the Electric Factory
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                    Keywords: abandoned, Macungie, farm,

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                      Keywords: taylor's, mill, rockaway, remains, creek, road, tewksbury, newjersey, perfect, peaceful, place, 1011174205hdre, reflection, nature, water, reflections, waterfall, stream, scenic, picture, reflexions

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                        Keywords: downtown, philly, basilica, peter, paul, hotel, sheraton, lightning, sunset, november, philadelphia, view, cityhall, kevbo1983, church, save3, delete3, save7, save2, save9, save4

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                        Keywords: bridge, sunset, pennsylvania, benfranklinbridge, ben, franklin, dusk, delawareriver, skyline, newjersey, camden, bw30nd, philly, bathed, cityscape, nightman, cometh, it's, all, about, benjamin

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                        Keywords: lambertville, high, school, burned, old, burntout, abandoned, out

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                          Keywords: abandoned, wood, paper, signs, urbex, smokestack, late, afternoon, forms, activity, pit, authorized, personnel, only, old, urban, pentax, pennsylvania, decay, justpentax, pentaxart

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                          Keywords: abandoned, resort, grossinger's, grossingers, liberty, decay, catskills, borschtbelt, new, york, walter, belt, arnold, abandon, borscht, decayed, decaying, theborschtbelt, urbanexploration, urbex, wwwthedigitalmiragecom

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                          Keywords: geigertown, pennsylvania, train, engine, abandoned, decay, old, numbers, rusty, rail, tram, traingraveyard, rusted, forgotten, rust, railroad, distresed, pca149, reading, used, silent

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                          Keywords: house, abandoned, delawarewatergap, pikecountypa, bedroom, forgotten, owners, suffered, enduring, 510fav, peeling, paint, i500, old, days, oncewashome, bridge, rustyandcrusty, dingmansferrypa, window, composite

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                            Keywords: former, life, abandoned, pennsylvania, ruin, delaware, preserve, woodlawn, beavervalley, ruins, back, homestead, autumn, house

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                              Please note, this isn't an abandoned site. Always seek permission!

                              Keywords: carrie, furnace, urbex, rusty, decay, steelmill, tonemapped, colorefex, cs5, tripod, rust, blastfurnace, cs4, homestead, swissvale, abandonado, abandoned, dcue, industrial, mill, rankin

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                              Keywords: state, building, hospital:, view, hospital, pennsylvania, abandoned, asylum, urbex, another, flower, power, back, 17, rusted, decayed, window, psychiatric, history, historystate, neglected

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                              Keywords: skyline, philly, river, pennsylvania, city, schuylkill, sunset, cityscape, park, downtown, fairmount, schuylkillriver, bridge, street, urban, lights, pennplaza, i76, michaelpancier, michaelpancierphotography, wwwmichaelpancierphotographycom

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                              Keywords: steel, bethlehemsteel, ruins, pennsylvania, blast, abandoned, furnace, blastfurnace, rust, lehighvalley, weathered, greatphotographers, flickraward, thebestshot, dustinfarnum, industry, decay, furnaces, strange, weird, ghost

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                              Keywords: coalbreaker, ashley, abandoned, industry, urbanexploration, urbex, industrial, factory, coal, breaker, huber, urban, plant, tokina, highdynamicrange, photomatix, xti, viveza, ashleyhuberbreaker, decay, colliery

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                              Keywords: eastern, state, penitentiary, prison, jail, esp, cell, decay, philly, easternstatepenitentiary, dark, haunted, creepy, skynoir, bybilldickinsonskynoircom, capone's, crusty, urbanexplorers, pennsylvania, abandoned, urban

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                              Empty farm house along 512 outside of WInd Gap, PA.

                              Keywords: Abandoned farm house

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                                Keywords: train, engine, old, abandoned, wilmington, junk, rusty, forsakenthings, relic, patrick, callahan, stackflyer, wilminigton, kites, ubex, urban, exploration, patrickcallahan, wilmingtonde, looking, out

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                                It's a short hike up but the view is amazing....

                                Keywords: landscape, river, nature, sunset, water,

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                                  I used to come here every year with my parents when I was little. I don't know how long the place has been shut down.

                                  Keywords: old mini golf course

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                                    Keywords: boneyard, aircraft, hulk, derelict, midatlanticairmuseum, abandoned, abandonedplane, dh104, n46922, s58, dove, reading, airshow, n234d, seahorse, sikorsky, worldwariiweekend, cegphotography, wwwcegphotographycom, midatlanticairmuseumworldwariiweekend, n4361m

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                                    Keywords: house, fisher, norman, kahn, louis, pennsylvania, aho, architecture, villa, student, white, oak, cypress, cv40

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                                      Keywords: bridge, centerton, tide, rancocas, creek, bsouthj, closed, growth, high, mar, 14, flood, burlington, county, flooding, toomuchrain, floodtide, excesswater

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                                        Keywords: cool, spring, park, springs, reservoir, plaza, tilton, cityscape, de, sunset

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                                          Park behind local businesses offer a nice spot for photos

                                          Keywords: water, waterfall, landscape, bridge, sunset,

                                          Sunset/SunriseLandscapeNatureWater/CoastalCity/Urban

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                                          Keywords: viale, coprinus, harvestman, pennsylvania, fungi, millgrove, mushrooms, lookout, mushroom, spider, arachnid, fungus, champignon, inkycaps, woodland, harvestmen, opiliones, キノコ, granddaddylonglegs, ciuperci, originalworks

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                                          Keywords: station, abandoned, spring, garden, reading, viaduct, toned, readingviaduct, graffiti, philly, springgardenstation, decay, pennsylvania, urban, deadhead, railroad, philadelphia's, monochrome, sepia, train, blackdiamond

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                                          Keywords: blue, run, rocks, tioga, state, forest

                                          Abandoned

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                                            Not fully abandoned. Which means some parts of it are being used. Here are many buildings here and you can find a way into all of them and get into the roof of most. I have been through every building and on top of all. If you're willing to sneak around you can find many cool areas. Go there on sundays. Very few workers.

                                            Keywords: Abandoned

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                                              Cooper Grist Mill is a great place to walk and get some beautiful nature shots. Not a lot of open vistas, but some water falls, ponds, wildlife, and a beautiful setting.

                                              Keywords: Park, Nature, Grist Mill

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                                              Keywords: arboretum, morris, garden, rose, fountain, pennsylvania, anthophora, september, centered, three, tubes, israel, hadany, fountains, sundial, pennock, chestnut, oak, groundhogs', home, pathway

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                                              Keywords: cathedral, bryn, athyn, interior, bumblebee, moods, pennsylvania, action, moody, church, brynathyn, storm, lig, dark, indoor, brynathens, glass, rear, stained, new, city

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                                              Keywords: tree, sycamore, winter, hayfield, rainbow, after, storm, field, middle, run, moonrise, big, dipper, moonlit, enlarge, see, stars, moonlighted, mist, along, line

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                                                Keywords: skyline, 07/, centercity, philly, fireworks, southphiladelphia, southstreetbridge, graysferry, photoshopcs5, i76w, moving, speed, cityscape, center, city, moves, photostitch, highway, traffic, trails, lighttrails

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                                                Keywords: philadelphia, sand, sunset, skyline, beach, gradient, gold, county, skies, pennsylvania, color, burst, bucks, croydon, neshaminystaterk, november2009, bristol, rocks, sun, golden, distance

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                                                Me and my niece Liz at the waterfall at Moselem a springs.

                                                Keywords: Landscape, waterfall, Creek, people

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                                                Keywords: landscape, sunset

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                                                Keywords: riverwinds, point

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                                                  Keywords: city, hall, philadelphia, cityhall, temple, masonic, statue, william, penn, tower, centercity, after, hours, darthbayne, center, attention, when, time, passes, greeneyes, citylights

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                                                  Keywords: abandoned, city, architecture, building

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                                                  Keywords: phl, 24042011, museo, arte, museum, filadelfia, rocky, fountain, philly, statue, 3, 2, monumento, estatua, balboa, skyline, 1, wiev, bfranklin, pkwy, pa

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