Agritourism/Farms/Farmers Markets:
Lewisburg Farmer’s Market: The Lewisburg Farmers Market is open every Wednesday from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. year-round and features many PA Dutch farm families, including Amish and Mennonite, as well as conventional farmers. It is a popular and long-standing market offering locally sourced fresh produce, flowers, baked goods, meats and cheeses, prepared foods, and much more.
This is a wonderful place to have a genuine, casual conversation with members of the PA Dutch community – they are often eager to answer questions about their heritage and the items they have for sale. 
Northhill Orchard & Supply: This one is a hidden gem! Northhill is one of the area’s best destinations for pick your own apples and pumpkins in a family-friendly setting. While you’re there, take in dozens of orchard activities like a corn maze, flower fields, farm market, escape room, hayrides, a pond with radio controlled boats, apple slingshot, apple cider slushies, and live farm animals for the little ones to view. Owned by a Mennonite local family, fresh baked goods (like apple cider donuts) can regularly be found on fall weekends.
Reiff’s Nursey & Greenhouse: Located just off Route 45 between Lewisburg and Mifflinburg, this Mennonite-family-owned business has been serving the region since 1989. They have a huge selection of trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, and “Proven Winner” plants to name a few. Many of their plants are categorized in the greenhouse as sun-loving or shade-loving, which is helpful for novice gardeners and master gardeners alike.
In the autumn, expect to find pumpkins, decor, and fall-blooming plants, including a crop of 20,000+ mums. Their Christmas offering is becoming increasingly popular due to their handmade wreaths, garland, and decorated containers, all made with high-quality greenery, including the showy Noble Fir from Washington state. Don't miss this longstanding SRV business. 
Sunbury Market House: Sunbury Market House has functioned nonstop as a market for over 125 years and continues to provide Sunbury and its surrounding communities with locally made products and a great place to meet neighbors. Featuring Amish, Mennonite, and conventional farmers alike, this is a one-stop shop for fresh produce, flowers, meats, cheeses, and more, in downtown Sunbury. Hours are Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Shopping:
Cold Run Gifts: A family-owned gift shop featuring craft supplies, home goods, toys for children 12 and under, Amish built furniture, and a huge selection of Farm House decor. Much of their furniture and decor is created in their own woodshop. 
Dewart Country Store: This small-town store features a variety of bulk foods, snacks, local produce in season, homemade baked goods and ice cream. They also have a restaurant on site where they serve pizza, soup, smoothies, hoagies, cheese steaks and salads. Takeouts, indoor and outdoor seating are available.
Heimbach’s Country Store: This family-owned, jam-packed shop offers bulk candy, gifts, deli, coffee, bulk baking goods and spices, and a bake shop.
The Point Barn: There are several businesses within Point Barn, including Annie’s Quilts and Crafts and an Amish General Store. At Annie’s, you’ll find over 100 of the finest Amish-made quilts, all hand-sewn by the talented seamstresses of the Old Order Amish community. The store offers Appliqued quilts, Bargello quilts, Fire Island Hosta quilts, Log Cabin quilts, Mariner’s Compass quilts, Patchwork quilts, Star quilts, and many more.
Annie’s also has a huge selection of Amish-made quillows (a blanket or quilt with a built-in pocket that folds up to transform into a decorative or supportive pillow). There are over 200 quillows to choose from in the shop and in the adjacent Amish General Store. Visitors will also find many unique items like quilted children’s books with the pictures and stories embroidered on the pages or a variety of Amish bonnets.
The Amish General Store features products produced by the Old Order Amish Community of Central Pennsylvania. You’ll find a huge selection of Amish-made products including jarred goods, textiles, candies, nuts, popcorn and other salty snacks, clothespins and clothespin holders, Amish bonnets, fresh baked goods, bulk foods and more.
Poly Outdoor Furniture: This family-owned business sells high-quality patio furniture made from recycled plastic, vinyl swing sets, tables and chairs, Adirondack chairs, sectionals, swing sets, gazebos, pavilions, pergolas, and outdoor decor built to handle Pennsylvania weather. Every piece is designed for long-lasting comfort, low maintenance, and year-round outdoor use.
Railside Furnishings: This family-owned destination features Amish-made furniture, cabinets and upholstery. Their website says, “We craft this way, not to be a luxury brand, but because we see no other way to build, except with German precision and care and using only the finest materials. Right here in the heart of Pennsylvania.”
Dining and Sweet Treats Inspired by Dutch Traditions:
Amy’s Frosty Freeze: Owned by David and Irene Reiff, Amy’s serves soft serve ice cream and diner style food. Amy’s always has chocolate, vanilla and twist soft serve, but they also offer a rotating flavor (or two) like peanut butter, mint, maple, strawberry, cotton candy, banana…you get the idea. They often have vegan Dole Whip, too.
The Country Creamery: The Country Creamery was born in 2010 when a mother–daughter duo, Brenda and Mindy, decided to turn a dream into reality. What started as a small family venture was fueled by a simple passion: to share their family recipes with the community. The Country Creamery now offers homemade ice cream, fresh-baked goods, hearty soups, and the kind of comfort food that Pennsylvania families have been enjoying for generations.
In recent years, the family took their dream even further by introducing farm-to-cone ice cream. Partnering with their friends at Mapes Farm Fresh, they use high-quality milk to create ice cream that is churned in-house. Each batch is carefully crafted with imaginative, one-of-a-kind flavors you won’t find anywhere else.
They also offer a cozy family restaurant with a menu filled with home-cooked comfort foods like chicken and waffles on Saturdays and the PA Dutch classic side salad, hot lettuce. 
Old Mill Creamery: Situated along Route 192 between Lewisburg and Mifflinburg in the tiny community of Cowan, Old Mill Creamery offers ice cream and bottled milk, sourced from a dairy farm that’s less than a mile away. In 2022, local dairy farmer John Nolt, together with his family, opened Old Mill Creamery in a restored 190-year-old mill.
The creamery specializes in ice cream served in homemade waffle cones (you can usually smell them from the parking lot!) and thick, creamy milkshakes.
The milk comes from Nolt’s own dairy farm, which got its start in 1993. The farm is located less than a mile from the creamery and has a herd of 58 cows. Nolt said the distance from farm to creamery is a stark difference from most bottled milk, which he said travels on average 300 miles from the farm to the store shelf. Old Mill Creamery’s ice cream tests at 14% butterfat.
Old Mill Creamery serves hard ice cream by the scoop in a dozen flavors: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, raspberry, butter pecan, chocolate chip cookie dough, cookies and cream, coffee, peanut butter, Oreo, butterscotch and orange cream, to name a few. Customers can sit at tables inside in the air conditioning or at picnic tables and benches outside.
The small retail store boasts a wide variety of freshly bottled milk: whole milk in gallons, half gallons and single serve; reduced-fat milk and skim milk in gallons and half gallons; and chocolate milk in gallons, half gallons and single serve. A fun addition: the creamery also offers a drive-thru.
Rayauda’s Restaurant: Nestled in the heart of Beaver Springs, they pride themselves on offering a unique dining experience that celebrates the rich flavors of family cuisine. The kitchen specializes in home-cooked comfort food, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner alongside daily and weekly specials. Patrons frequently recommend their hearty breakfast options like pancakes, classic burgers, and comforting specialties like creamed dried beef. They are also well-loved for their homemade pies and hand-dipped ice cream and a robust children's menu.
Recreation:
Brookside Bikes is family-owned and -operated and located adjacent to the Buffalo Valley Rail Trail in Mifflinburg. It’s the perfect place to start a scenic bike tour of the beautiful Susquehanna River Valley. Since 2009, Brookside Bikes has offered a wide selection of new and used bikes, parts and accessories and prompt, high-quality service for the local area. 
Link Cyclery LLC, on Fairground Road in Lewisburg is a family-friendly bike shop that focuses on quality and integrity. They offer a wide range of bikes in Road, Mountain, Gravel, Hybrid, Children's and E-Bikes. They also provide bike repairs from flat tires to overhauls – all within 2-3 business days. They also have bike rentals suited for the adjacent Buffalo Valley Rail Trail and do bike trade-ins.
History and Heritage:
Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: If you’re interested in PA Dutch culture and traditions, your research wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Mifflinburg Buggy Museum!
This charming and unique museum tells the story of the family business of making buggies, sleighs and pony carts. In fact, it features America’s only fully intact 19th-century carriage factory open to the public. The Museum is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4 p.m. running from May through the last Sunday in October.
“Buggy Town USA” – Mifflinburg earned this nickname because it once had more buggy manufacturers per capita than any other town in the US, producing around 5,000 vehicles annually. The museum occupies the original site of the William A. Heiss family business, the Heiss Coach Works, which remained completely intact with its historic buildings.
While you’re there, tour the original 19th-century workshop, carriage house, and the Repository showroom filled with antique buggies and sleighs. You can also visit the Heiss Family Home and a modern Visitor Center with hands-on workbenches, permanent exhibits, and informational videos.
Horse and Buggy Safety Tips
As you’re exploring the SRV’s scenic countryside, you’ll most certainly come in contact with an Amish horse and buggy or two. Please consider these safety tips when encountering them along a country road, being mindful to slow down and be patient.
- Begin slowing down as soon as you spot a horse and buggy.
- Maintain at least 3-4 car lengths when stopped or following behind.
- Wait for a clear, legal passing zone with full visibility – never pass on a blind hill or curve. Pull into the oncoming lane to give at least 4 to 6 feet of clearance when passing.
- Never blow your horn, blast music, or rev your engine nearby. Even well-trained carriage horses are easily startled by sudden, loud noises, which can cause them to kick, rear, or bolt into traffic.
- Switch to low beams when following at night or in fog. Bright lights blind the buggy driver and can startle or disorient the horse.
- A horse and buggy takes significantly longer to accelerate through an intersection or complete a left turn across oncoming traffic than a motor vehicle.
- Horses can spook at unexpected blowing trash, barking dogs, or loud farm machinery. Always leave an escape buffer in case the horse steps sideways into your lane.
