What’s Nearby? (Center Valley)
- Just minutes from our community discover the regions first Lifestyle Center Shopping venue at the Promenade Shops. Featuring a variety of well known major stores include Ann Taylor , Aéropostale, Amazing Jake’s (Life is Good), American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, Barnes & Noble, Brooks Brothers, Fresh Market and the first L.L. Bean outfitter in the state of Pennsylvania. Barnes and Noble hosts book signings and lectures. The Rave 16 Movie Theatre boasts of state-of-the-art features such as true stadium high-back recliner seating in all auditoriums. Feast at a variety of restaurants, including Shula’s Steak House, Melt, Pandini’s, Pacifico and White Orchid’s Thai Cuisine are just a few of the fine dining options. Or take a stroll and explore one of the many specialty stores in a serene outdoor setting.
- DeSales University, in Center Valley, Pa., is a private, Liberal Arts University affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. Founded by the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales in 1965, the picturesque 480-acre campus is home to nearly 3,000 students. The Performing and Fine Arts Department at DeSales University is recognized as one of the finest to be found on the Eastern Seaboard. The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University was founded in 1992 as the professional outgrowth of the Performing and Fine Arts Department and as an independent not-for-profit corporation. Also on campus, explore The Trexler Library, named after local industrialist Harry C. Trexler. It serves as a University and community library and the current collection numbers over 500,000 items including 130,000 volumes and 375,000 microfiche. As part of their Performing Arts Program, DeSales University offers a variety of plays, musical, dance and cinema productions for a very reasonable charge.
- For those individuals who enjoy a little more than our putting green, you might consider a joining The Saucon Valley Country Club founded in 1920. Three outstanding golf courses situated on 800 acres, a six-hole course, tennis, squash, platform tennis, swimming pools, fine dining facilities and an 18th century guest house. The Old Course played host to the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open. For public courses locally, there is the Wedgewood, Locust Valley and Tumblebrook Golf Clubs located in Coopersburg.
- Just South of our Community, explore one of the many outdoor events such as a Horse Drawn Hayride at the Flint Hill Farm in Coopersburg. A short drive to Quakertown, you will find everything you can eat, wear or use at any one of our more than 100 ” Best of Bucks County ” Farmers Market Departments.
- Just East of Center Valley, in Hellertown, you can explore the Lost River Caverns. In 1883 while a lime- stone quarry operation was digging where the parking lot now stands, the entrance to the cave was accidentally created. A dazzling array of gems, minerals and crystals along with lapidary equipment can be found. Geologists tell us that the cavern began forming within the last 250,000 years. The five picturesque cavern chambers have an abundance of stalactites, stalagmites, and other crystal formations along with fluorescent minerals. Moving through the cavern is the Lost River, whose clear waters mysteriously originate from an unknown source, then disappear once more beneath the earth’s surface.
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