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Exciting places to visit in Western Pennsylvania
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items Western Pennsylvania has many different tourist attractions and state parks to visit. Whether you like to ski in the winter, white water raft in the summer, visit a museum in the city, enjoy snapping photos of nature in the fall, camping in the sprin...
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State Parks and Caves
Campgrounds
Theme Parks
Ski Resorts and Hotels
Zoos
Museums and Exhibits
State Parks and Caves
Laurel Caverns is the largest cave in Pennsylvania based off of volume and area!
Laurel Caverns: Welcome
Ohiopyle is one of my favorite state parks. Whether someone enjoys camping, hiking, natural rock slides, white water rafting, biking, kayaking, or photography.....Ohiopyle is the place to be!
Ohiopyle State Park - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Linn Run State Park is a great park for hiking, cabin rentals, fishing, and picnics. There's a waterfall, a natural spring to get water from, and grills to cook on. Located near Ligonier, Latrobe, & Donegal areas
Linn Run State Park - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Laurel Hill State Park is located about 15-18 minutes from Donegal and Champion Pennsylvania
Laurel Hill State Park
Kooser park is located in Somerset county. Kooser run is a trout stream that runs the length of the park. It is the water source for Kooser lake
Kooser State Park
Campgrounds
Rv and tent camping. Cabin rentals. Restaurant, gift shop, water fun, mini golf, and more! Fun for the whole family
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ at Mill Run PA – Closest ...
Do you enjoy tent camping in state parks? Kentuck campground has tent sites, RV sites, and cabin rentals for nature lovers. I loved my stay at this local campground! Some tent sites even have pavilions, fire rings, and a platform with an outlet for t...
Ohiopyle State Park Kentuck Campground
Scarlett knob is a privately owned campground that adjoins to Ohiopyle state park. These tent sites are in a wooded area for an authentic tent camping experience
Scarlett Knob Campground Inc
Roaring Run is located in Champion, close to Donegal PA. It’s also close to Seven Springs Ski resort. This is a membership campground that has RV sites, cabin rentals, and tent sites.
Roaring Run Resort
Theme Parks
Idlewild Park is the oldest amusement park in Pennsylvania and is located near Ligonier and Latrobe PA. Excellent park for younger kids!
Idlewild and SoakZone | Pittsburgh's Best Amusement Park
Kennywood was one of my favorite theme parks growing up! It's even open during certain holidays such as Halloween for special events
Kennywood
Ski Resorts and Hotels
Seven Springs is located about an hour southeast from Pittsburgh. Enjoy skiing, snow tubing, snowboarding, lodging, restaurants, and more!
Pennsylvania Ski & Snowboarding | Seven Springs Ski Resort
Hidden Valley is a nice ski resort in my local area located near Donegal and Somerset PA
Hidden Valley Resort | Hidden Valley PA
Located in Farmington, this resort offers year around activities. Pools, hot-tubs, axe throwing, skiing, and more
The Peak at Nemacolin | 4-Season Resort Playground for All Ages
The Holiday Inn is a nice Hotel if you are looking for a place to stay in Donegal area near Champion PA
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Donegal by IHG
Days Inn is located off the turn pike exit in Donegal close to Champion
Days Inn by Wyndham Donegal
If your looking for a hotel in Ligonier PA, there is a Ramada you may want to check out
Ligonier, PA Hotel Near Downtown - Ramada by Wyndham Ligonier
Hampton Inn is a nice hotel located in Greensburg PA. Greensburg is close to Latrobe and Ligonier areas
Hampton Inn Hotel in Greensburg, PA
Zoos
Living Treausres is a really cute family owned zoo! Get close up interaction with the animals, enjoy gift shop, and lodging.
Living Treasures Animal Park: Home
The Pittsburgh zoo is an amazing experience for animal lovers
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
Calling all animal lovers…Wildlife Adventures in Nemacolin may be the place for you!
Wildlife Adventures | Pennsylvania Zoo - Nemacolin
Museums and Exhibits
This memorial honors the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who perished on Sep.11,2001.
Flight 93 National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
If you love history then you may be interested in visiting the Fort Ligonier museum. Supplies were kept at Fort Ligonier during the French and Indian war. I remember going there on a field trip in elementary school which was a really nice trip.
Fort Ligonier
The Johnstown Flood Museum is a history museum which has been dedicated to the devastating Johnstown flood of 1889.
Johnstown Flood Museum
Fallingwater, located in the Laurel Highlands, was designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Fallingwater
The science center in Pittsburgh offers hands-on exhibits, shows in the Buhl Planetarium, and more. There's something for everyone. I've been to the science museum on many occasions as a kid and as an adult!
Carnegie Science Center
Visit the history museum, among others, for a fun experience while visiting Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh: Home
Trundle Manor is one of the strangest museums. It is home to antique taxidermy, oddities, an escape room, and events!
Trundle Manor
Mystery
Celebrating the UFO incident of December 9, 1965 in Kecksburg PA
UFO Festival, Latest News - Kecksburg Volunteer
Gravity hill is a spot in Bedford county where things appear to roll upward instead of downward. It’s only located about an hour away from me so I’ve been there before. I put the car in neutral and drifted up gravity hill!
Gravity Hill