[2] The township is home to several campsites, Allegro Vineyards, and Apollo Park.

The Mason-Dixon Trail runs through the township, and it borders the Susquehanna River on the east.

Among notable natives of the township was Johnson K. Duncan, one of a handful of Northern-born Confederate generals in the American Civil War.

The Guinston United Presbyterian Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 48.5 square miles (126 km2), all land.