Towns to live near Carlisle?

irene710

We are thinking of relocating to Carlisle area for husband's job.  We are originally both from PA but not near this area, but are currently living in another state.  Any thoughts on good school districts as we have two small children; neighborhoods for families, etc.  Thank you for any input you can offer.  Happy Holidays!

beth&anth

Most areas surrounding Carlisle are nice- Carlisle is nice too- very big school district. Are you looking for small town, rural or a bigger community?  Boiling Springs is a nice town.  Gettysburg isn't too far either- depending on how far he is willing to travel. 

irene710

Small town or bigger community.  Not too interested in rural.  We want to be close to shopping and activities for the kids.  Thanks for your input.

summerbridesara

We live in Mechanicsburg and we really like it.  There are two different school districts in Mechanicsburg.  I'm not the best to tell you about them, as we only have a 1.5 year old.   We are really close to lots of shopping/eating.  Mechanicsburg is about 10 minutes from Carlisle.

jcra05

Well there aren't to many bad school districts... really around carlisle there are Carlisle School District (which is big but just cause it is spread out), Boiling Springs, and Cumberland Valley. My father used to work in Carlisle and we live in Dillsburg -- it took about a 1/2 hour... really most places just west of Harrisburg have pretty direct routes to Carlisle where the average travel time would be 1/2 to 45 mins. We have some really cute towns, Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill, some places that are a little more spread out but have a great small town feel, Dillsburg and Carlisle. Also if you wanted to go further West there is Upper Adams School District which would be Bigglerville and getting into Gettysburg.

 So this probably didn't help very much, but I guess what I am trying to say is you really can't pick a bad spot around that area...

amethyst1220

two of DH's cousins live in Boiling Springs, though i can't talk to the school districts and they don't have children.

4321piper

we live in Mechanicsburg, and love it.  It's close to shopping and restaurants and is only about 10 minutes from Carlisle.

lindyanne

We live in Enola which is in the Cumberland Valley School District. It's a great district - very large school system though depending on what you're looking for. You can live in parts of Enola or Mechanicsburg and go there. It's about 15 min from Carlisle depending on the area.

summerbridesara

Oh and I know of a very nice home for sale in Mechanicsburg right now!  Mine!  But seriously, if you are interested in relocating, we live in a great starter house.