Located an hour and 17 minutes outside of Pittsburgh plus only about 20 minutes from Ohiopyle State Park. Jumonville Glen, Fort Necessity, Mount Washington Tavern, and Braddock’s Grave are all within a short distance from each other. They are also near Laurel Caverns and Summit Inn which would all be a great day trip and/or weekend trip. Add Ohiopyle State […]
Jennie Wades House Museum and Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum are across the street from each other and less then a block away. It is best to go to Jennie’s house first to get tickets for a tour. If it over an hour or more wait time, then Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum is […]
It is wonderful to find a place that has a short loop hike which is about a mile and a half long and see new amazing waterfall at every turn. The hike is short enough that you do not need to take a drink, snack, or anything else with you but your keys. But I would plan to spend several […]
National Geographic: Complete National Parks of the United States is one of the books that I picked up when I was thinking about where to travel. I believe that I will be using this a lot to pick places that I want to go. I love National Parks! The book also has the National Monuments, Battlefields, Historic Sites, Scenic Trails, […]
Friendship Hill National Historic Site is about an hour and a half from Pittsburgh but it is about 30 minutes from Brownsville, PA or Summit Inn. Nice place to go to either start your day or top off you day but it is about a half day trip or less. Unless, you do all the hikes that they have which […]