Steamtown National Historic Site
Pennsylvania
🔴 hikes
Free entry
Feel the heat from the firebox, smell hot steam and oil; hear the whistle and the "chuff-chuff" from the smokestack, feel the ground vibrate, and watch as one-ton drive rods turn steel wheels. Discover how steam railroading helped shaped our nation's history and culture. Learn about the stories of the people who built, repaired and rode, and about the ongoing work to preserve railroading history.
Activities
No entrance fee.
Hours
The park is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During severe weather events, the hours of operation may be impacted. For updated information, please check the alerts section at the top of this website. Please plan accordingly. The connecting walkway to the "Marketplace at Steamtown" is not the property of the National Park Service. The walkway is typically closed from November through April due to icy and other unpredictable weather conditions.
Conditions
Weather now: ☁️ Overcast, 68°F
🌦️ 77°/59°
🌧️ 73°/62°
☁️ 80°/54°
Things to do
🔴 Get Technical
Explore the Roundhouse
Ride a Train
Become a Railroad Explorer
Watch "Steel and Steam"
Locomotive Shop Tours
Find a Souvenir
Discover the History of Steam
Visitor centers
Visitor Center and Park Store
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
How Steamtown National Historic Site connects
This park's activities, topics, location, and on-the-ground places — one hop in the graph. Drag to explore; click an activity, topic, or related park to follow it.
Park
Activity
Topic
State
VisitorCenter
PassportStamp
ThingToDo
Similar parks
Share activities & topics with Steamtown National Historic Site.
