1. Victory Brewing Company
City: Downingtown, PA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (610) 873-0881
Address: 420 Acorn Ln.
Description: How can you resist trying a beer that its brewers describe as “menacingly delicious,” or one that’s poetically positioned as “a swirling dynamo of flavor, with a steady calm of satisfaction at its heart”? Free tours are offered on Friday.
2. Marsh Creek State Park
City: Downingtown, PA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (610) 458-5119
Address: 675 Park Rd.
Description: Sailboaters flock to 535-acre Marsh Creek Lake. If you don’t have one, you can rent all kinds of boats throughout the summer and on weekends during spring and autumn (610-458-5040; marshcreeklake.com). About 900 acres are open to hunting and trapping rabbit, squirrel, pheasant, waterfowl, and deer. Marsh Creek Lake is excellent for warm-water fishing, particularly for bass. Ice skating, iceboating, and ice fishing are permitted. Seven acres of slopes provide great sledding and tobogganing terrain.
3. Hope Springs Farm
City: Downingtown, PA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (610) 321-1960
Address: 800 N. Reeds Rd.
Description: One-hour-long trail rides are $40 (cash only). Must be at least 18 years old. Lessons and horse boarding are available.
4. Downingtown Golf Club
City: Downingtown, PA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (610) 269-2000
Address: 93 Country Club Dr.
Description: This par-72 was designed in 1967 by a Fazio—not Tom, but his uncle George, who was a championship player in the ’50s and an outstanding architect himself. And Downingtown does the name proud with its gently rolling fairways and prominent bunkers that allow confident golfers to test their skills and up-and-comers to hone theirs. Fees begin at $49 weekdays, $53 weekends.