Things To Do Around Lake Wallenpaupack: August 7 to 13, 2026

The Wayne County Fair Opens Friday

The Wayne County Fair runs Friday August 7 through Saturday August 15 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, 270 Miller Drive, Honesdale. That is about twenty minutes from Hawley, plus however long Honesdale traffic decides to add. It is a nuisance fifty-one weeks a year. Fair week, however, makes the traffic tolerable and the payoff is worth it. Admission is $12 per person, pay one price, and it covers parking, all-day rides, the 4-H animal barns, live music, demonstrations, and most grandstand shows. Seniors 62 and over and veterans with ID get in for $6 on two of the nine days. The midway and rides run noon to 11 p.m., and the exhibit buildings are open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

This is the 164th year and the schedule is deep, so I am not going to try to reproduce it here. Expect harness racing on the historic track, the Red Eye Rodeo with bull riding and barrel racing, tractor and truck pulls, a demolition derby, 4-H animal shows and judging, and a strolling puppeteer dragon show called MythiCreatures that is new this year. There is also a mullet contest, about which I have nothing further to add. A few grandstand events are ticketed separately from gate admission, and the rodeo sold out last year, so check the Wayne County Fair site for the day-by-day schedule, times, and ticketing before you plan around anything specific. One visit and you’ll see why this is one of the community’s favorite things to do around Lake Wallenpaupack!

A few fair rules to remember: no pets on the fairgrounds, no outside alcohol, and the barns close during livestock shows. Questions, call 570-253-2942.

Three Concerts, One Saturday

Saturday the 8th is doing a lot of heavy lifting this week.

Free summer concert at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Saturday at 1 p.m., 401 Church Street, Hawley. This week is Callicoon Station performing as Pleasant Noise, with Don Castellow, Elizabeth Rose, Brewster Smith, and Jim Lownes. Free, indoors, no ticket needed. The series has been running every Saturday since June and wraps August 15. Details on the church’s announcements page or call 570-226-2411.

Bennie and the Jets at the Wildflower Concert Series. Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Wildflower Amphitheater on the grounds of the Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary, Long Ridge Road, White Mills. It is an Elton John tribute with Greg Ransom on piano and vocals. Tickets are $30 general, $15 for students 12 to 18, free for 11 and under, and any 2026 ticket is good for any 2026 concert. Seating opens around 5 p.m. and is first come, so bring a chair or a blanket. Food and drink are welcome. Rain moves the show indoors to the Wallenpaupack Area High School auditorium, where food and drink are not. If the sky looks questionable, call 570-253-5500 after noon. Schedule and tickets here.

Two shows at Harmony in the Woods. Friday the 7th is Taylor Ashton, guitar and banjo, $27. Saturday the 8th is The Everly Set, Sean Altman and Jack Skuller doing the Everly Brothers, $40. Both at 6 p.m. at 19 Imagination Way, Hawley. Parking opens an hour before, lawn chairs are provided, there is golf cart service from the lot, and you can bring a picnic and your own drinks. Shows here sell out, so check the calendar before you drive over.

Worth noting: Wildflower and Harmony both start at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and they are eight minutes apart. You are picking one.

Markets, Including One I Have Not Featured Before

Hawley Farmers Market, Fridays 2 to 5 p.m. at Bingham Park on Main Avenue in Hawley, running through October 17. Free to browse. Their Facebook page is where the current vendor list actually lives.

Wayne County Farmers Market, Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Dave’s Super Duper lot, 200 Willow Avenue, Honesdale. Grower and producer only, meaning the person selling it grew it. They have been running since 1975. Listing here.

Cavage’s Country Farm Market in Waymart, which is new to this post and overdue. 1203 Roosevelt Highway, open Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sundays. About 25 minutes from Hawley. Popsie Cavage started selling produce out of a converted railroad shed in 1978, and the market is still going: produce, baked goods, ice cream, deli meats, and local honey. They also sell mulch, Amish-built sheds, and seasonal plants, which is a genuinely useful combination if you own a house up here. 570-251-7709. Their site is here.

Wednesday Morning: The Bog Walk

The Tannersville Cranberry Bog runs a guided walk every Wednesday at 10 a.m. through September 9, which puts one on Wednesday August 12. It costs $6 per person, runs about two hours, and pre-registration is required with no walk-ins accepted. Call Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center at 570-629-3061 or register online. No dogs on the boardwalk.

Walks meet at the bog parking lot, 552 Cherry Lane Road. It is roughly an hour from Hawley, so treat it as a morning out rather than a quick errand.

The reason it is worth the drive: this is the southernmost boreal bog on the eastern seaboard and a National Natural Landmark, sitting on about sixty feet of accumulated peat where a glacial lake used to be. Sphagnum moss, pitcher plants, sundews, bog laurel. The floating boardwalk is the only way in, and the guided walk is the only way onto the boardwalk.

If the Wednesday walk is full, the upland North Wood and Fern Ridge trails are free, self-guided, and dog friendly. Different experience, but you have not wasted the drive.

Any Day This Week: The Zane Grey Museum

135 Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, about twenty minutes from Hawley, and free.

This was Zane Grey’s home from 1905 to 1918, and it is where he wrote Riders of the Purple Sage. The National Park Service runs it now as part of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. The first floor is open for self-guided walking, four exhibit rooms plus a recreation of his writing space, with a ranger on hand for questions.

The season runs through the last weekend of September, but the days it is actually staffed have moved around, so call 570-685-4871 before you go. There is public river access directly across the street, and Roebling’s Delaware Aqueduct, the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the country, is right there. Even if the house is closed, that corner is worth standing on. Park information here.

I confirm every date, time, and price here before this post goes up. Things move anyway. Schedules shift, venues sell out, and fees go up. And if you have landed on this post a while after it ran, which happens more than you would think, treat the specifics as a starting point rather than gospel. The linked site is always the last word. Check before you drive.

Common Questions

How much does the Wayne County Fair cost in 2026?

Gate admission is $12 per person and covers parking, all-day rides, the animal barns, live music, and most grandstand shows. Seniors 62 and over and veterans with ID pay $6 on two of the nine days. Some grandstand events, including the opening-night rodeo, are ticketed separately, so check the fair’s site for the current schedule and pricing.

Can I walk the Tannersville Cranberry Bog boardwalk on my own?

No. The boardwalk into the bog is guided access only, $6 per person, with pre-registration required and no walk-ins. The upland North Wood and Fern Ridge trails are free, self-guided, and open to leashed dogs, but they do not go into the bog itself.

What is there to do near Lake Wallenpaupack the week of August 7, 2026?

The Wayne County Fair in Honesdale opens Friday August 7 and runs through August 15. Saturday August 8 has a free 1 p.m. concert at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hawley, Bennie and the Jets at the Wildflower Concert Series in White Mills at 6 p.m., and The Everly Set at Harmony in the Woods in Hawley at 6 p.m. There is a guided bog walk at Tannersville on Wednesday August 12, and three farm markets running through the week.