 The route turns north at the base of Blue Mountain and runs through a mix of farms and woods with a few homes.PA 501 crosses Lower Little Swatara Creek and reaches its northern terminus at an intersection with PA 895 in the community of Marstown, located southeast of the borough of Pine Grove.The portion of PA 501 between Lancaster and Lititz was chartered as the Lancaster and Lititz Turnpike in 1838, a private turnpike.