Doylestown Ranked on T+L's Favorite Towns List

Doylestown is featured in Travel and Leisure’s October issue as one of “America’s Favorite Towns.”

Doylestown was listed as 13th on the list of 20 towns nationwide. Another Bucks County community, New Hope, was also listed. New Hope was ranked 18th.

Travel and Leisure offers this description of Doylestown:

“This Bucks County township has taken center stage at key historic moments, hosting George Washington and his soldiers during the Revolutionary War and sending the first wave of Union troops to join the Civil War. T+L readers ranked it No. 1 for museums, including the imposing Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle and the James A. Michener Art Museum. More surprising, Doylestown beat out several coastal cities to earn a No. 3 ranking for seafood shacks, including the 25-year-old local mainstay Lobster Claw.”

To compile the list, the magazine asked its fans and followers on social media to nominate their favorite towns. A vote on the 744 towns nominated was conducted. There were 55 categories, including farmers’ markets, museums, adventure travel and family-friendly hotels.

“To determine the overall popularity results, we calculated each town’s average score,” according to an explanation from the magazine.

The full list of 20 favorite towns are:

1.     Aspen, Colorado

2.     Estes Park, Colorado

3.     St. Simons, Georgia

4.     Beaufort, North Carolina

5.     Amelia Island, Florida

6.     Lewisburg, West Virginia

7.     Telluride, Colorado

8.     Franklin, Tennessee

9.     Burlington, Vermont

10.   Stowe, Vermont

11.   Skaneateles, New York

12.   Traverse City, Michigan

13.   Doylestown, Pennsylvania

14.   Charlottesville, Virginia

15.   Park City, Utah

16.   Bardstown, Kentucky

17.   Harbor Springs, Michigan

18.   New Hope, Pennsylvania

19.   Lititz, Pennsylvania

20.   Eureka Springs, Arkansas