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Ten rooms where July runs cooler: reserve a mountain vacation package

Here you can reserve a mountain vacation package at any of ten lodgings, each listed in order of how much cooler its average July afternoon runs than at our office. Each package is a room for two for a set number of weeknights, priced from the lodging's own published rate.

Under five degrees cooler

Short drives to river and lake towns where the heat eases without disappearing.

A red brick building with an ornate black iron balcony and dormers, a wooded mountainside rising behind

Jim Thorpe historic hotel stay

2.4°F cooler than the office in July

A brick river town squeezed into the Lehigh gorge, close enough for a Sunday decision.

Nights
2
Where
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Drive
64 miles, about 1 h 17 min
Months that suit it
May to October
from $260for two, 2 nightsfrom $130 per person
A tall stone mill building with arched windows and small balconies above a waterfall in a rocky gorge

Hawley stone mill hotel stay

4.9°F cooler than the office in July

Rooms in a stone mill above a waterfall, near a large lake in the Pocono uplands.

Nights
2
Where
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Drive
125 miles, about 2 h 46 min
Months that suit it
May to October
from $540for two, 2 nightsfrom $270 per person

Five to eight degrees cooler

The plateau, a canyon town, a lake village and a Catskill valley. Where afternoons tie, the stay with the cooler nights comes later.

A red brick facade with rows of arched windows and a black lamp post, seen past maple branches

Wellsboro main street hotel stay

5.8°F cooler than the office in July

A brick hotel on a gas lamp street, minutes from the rims of a forested canyon.

Nights
3
Where
Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Drive
203 miles, about 4 h 17 min
Months that suit it
May to October
from $420for two, 3 nightsfrom $210 per person
A low two story building with a flat entrance canopy behind a lawn and tall pine trees

Mount Pocono plateau hotel stay

7.2°F cooler than the office in July

A simple hotel on a high plateau, the nearest real step down in summer heat.

Nights
2
Where
Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Drive
93 miles, about 1 h 54 min
Months that suit it
May to October
from $140for two, 2 nightsfrom $70 per person
A cream three story inn with a slate mansard roof and a long porch of rocking chairs under shade trees

Cooperstown village inn stay

7.9°F cooler than the office in July

A porch inn with breakfast, in a lake village where a long river begins.

Nights
3
Where
Otsego County, New York
Drive
249 miles, about 5 h 01 min
Months that suit it
May to October
from $630for two, 3 nightsfrom $315 per person
A white Victorian house with gables and a wraparound porch behind flower beds, mountains in the distance

Windham Catskills inn stay

7.9°F cooler than the office in July

A Victorian porch inn in a meadow valley of the northern Catskills.

Nights
3
Where
Greene County, New York
Drive
206 miles, about 4 h 35 min
Months that suit it
June to October
from $780for two, 3 nightsfrom $390 per person
A white clapboard inn with dark green shutters and a long porch at the end of a tree lined drive

Eagles Mere lakeside inn stay

7.9°F cooler than the office in July

A porch inn by a clear mountain lake at about 2,000 feet.

Nights
3
Where
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Drive
146 miles, about 3 h 10 min
Months that suit it
May to October
from $600for two, 3 nightsfrom $300 per person

Eight degrees cooler or more

Western New York and the Adirondacks, the coolest July afternoons in the catalog.

A white and dark wood lodge with carved balconies full of red geraniums above a flower garden

Ellicottville village lodge stay

8.9°F cooler than the office in July

An Alpine style lodge in a hill village of western New York.

Nights
3
Where
Cattaraugus County, New York
Drive
334 miles, about 6 h 48 min
Months that suit it
June to October
from $230for two, 3 nightsfrom $115 per person
A long white one story building facing a lawn and a sandy beach with chairs on a calm lake

Old Forge lakefront motel stay

11.6°F cooler than the office in July

A beach motel on a mountain lake in the western Adirondacks.

Nights
3
Where
Herkimer County, New York
Drive
312 miles, about 6 h 35 min
Months that suit it
June to early October
from $270for two, 3 nightsfrom $135 per person
A three story wooden building with stacked balconies beside a sandy beach on a calm lake below green hills

Lake Placid lakeshore hotel stay

11.6°F cooler than the office in July

A lakeshore hotel with a beach, among the Adirondack High Peaks.

Nights
4
Where
Essex County, New York
Drive
360 miles, about 7 h 34 min
Months that suit it
June to October
from $540for two, 4 nightsfrom $270 per person

How the order is decided

By the difference between the average July high at the lodging and at the office, measured over 2001 to 2025. Ties are broken by the July night difference. The whole method is on the cool summer getaways from Philadelphia page.

Decoding the five lines under each name

Each row gives the nights, the county, the drive and the months that suit the place, and a figure for two people marked from. The stay page lists what that figure includes and what it leaves out.