Factoryville

See

A great way to explore this small town is to hike the Keystone Walking Trail. The trail goes through different areas of Keystone College and includes beautiful site seeing varying from the Tunkhannock Creek and many different wildlife activity. Great for families who are active.

Do

• The best time to come to Factoryville is during the annual Christy Mathewson Day weekend. Every year the local citizens of Factoryville conduct a weekend in honor of the famous baseball player who was born and raised in Factoryville and who attended what was Keystone Academy at the time and now is Keystone College. Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members in 1936. He was nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty" and was a right hand pitcher and debut for the New York Giants in 1900 and his last MLB appearance was in 1916 for the Cincinnati Reds. To honor all of his achievements, a parade is held that many people come to participate in and watch, which takes place after the annual 5-K run and walk that many people take part in. After the parade everyone gathers at the Christy Mathewson Ball Park where there are games for children, various raffles, basket drawings and tons of food.

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Sleep

Although Factoryville doesn't have any hotels, a short drive 10 minutes up the road to Clarks Summit and you can have your pick of many beautiful and luxurious hotels including the Ramada Inn, Nichols Village Inn, Hampton Inn and so forth.