The national heritage area commemorates and promotes the region surrounding the Susquehanna River.

[1] The Susquehanna National Heritage Area was first introduced in 2008,[2] and was established in 2019.

It is based out of the Zimmerman Center for Heritage in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, a historic home dating to the early 1700s.

The National Heritage Area began giving free boat tours of Lake Clarke starting in 2019.

[3] In 2020, the National Heritage Area was awarded $1,500,000 from the state of Pennsylvania to expand and construct a new discovery center.