Location and Transportation

Lebanon County is fortunate because it is not intersected by a major, disrupting highway. Rather, our communities are surrounded on three of our sides by Interstate Highways that make it possible to easily transport what we make here to the rest of the world. Wherever you live or work in Lebanon County, everything is close by. The county is roughly a 23-mile square, so getting to and from work, school, shopping, and recreation takes just minutes.

The Lebanon Valley’s Interstate Highways

Interstate 76 (the Pennsylvania Turnpike – America’s first super highway) is located along the southern portion of Lebanon County. The Turnpike provides easy access to Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Interstate 78, located in northern Lebanon County, provides easy access to New Jersey and New York City. Interstate 81, also located toward the northern portion of Lebanon County, provides our businesses with the fastest route possible to Virginia, upstate New York, and Canada. Interstate 83, which is located just west of Hershey in Dauphin County, provides easy access to Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Air and Rail

Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) is located just south of Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River. It is less than an hour from homes or businesses in Lebanon County. Three major international airports are also conveniently located near the Lebanon Valley. Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), via I-76, is the closest at about 90 miles away. Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) is about two hours away via I-83, and Newark Liberty (EWR), via I-78, is about 2 1/2 hours from Lebanon County. Excellent Amtrak service to Philadelphia, New York City, and Pittsburgh is available within about a 45-minute drive of anywhere in Lebanon County. Amtrak’s 195-mile Keystone Service provides frequent, higher-speed passenger train service between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg and Pennsylvania Station in New York via 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. The closest Amtrak location to most residents is in the small Lancaster County village of Mount Joy.

Lebanon Transit & Commuter Services

Lebanon County’s public transportation system, Lebanon Transit (LT), has been in the forefront in Central Pennsylvania when it comes to finding smart solutions to the transportation challenges facing smaller communities. LT’s Commute King Express now offers several commute-to-work options for the thousands of local residents who leave the Lebanon Valley every morning to commute to their jobs in Hershey and Harrisburg. Many of Lebanon Transit’s routes now feature cleaner, greener, hybrid buses as part of their Enviro-Transit Program. Additionally, Commuter Services of PA provides free commuter services to nearly 1.3 million commuters who live or work in Adams, Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Schuylkill, and York counties and to the employers in these locations.

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP (FITG), PENNSYLVANIA’S WARRIOR TRAINING GROUND

Fort Indiantown Gap, located in northern Lebanon County, north of I-81, is a world-class, commander-centric, combat-focused training installation. It is one of the busiest National Guard training sites in the country, training more than 100,000 troops each year. Fort Indiantown Gap provides training support ranging from individual warrior tasks through brigade-level collective training exercises leveraging the most current training strategies and doctrine. Over the last decade, by integrating the latest technologies into its existing facilities, the U.S. Army has made a multimillion dollar investment to upgrade and expand its range complex.