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Pennsylvania, Laurel Highlands And Southern Alleghenie area Bed and Breakfast - Find B&B on BnBStar.com
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A combination of panoramic landscapes and gentle rolling hills that meet mile upon mile of beautiful farm-filled valleys, mountains that point to the sky, with dense, pristine forests and where you'll find outstanding bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania Laurel Highlands and Southern Alleghenie area.
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From battlefields dating back to the French and Indian wars to contemporary art, architecture and symphonies, the Laurel Highlands offers the visitor the past, the present and the timeless, a playground for all ages with a wonderful variety of golf courses and driving ranges open to the public. Whether you want to climb or ski down a mountain, fish or play golf, explore a cavern or relax in natural beauty, this scenic region is attractive in any season!
For those who enjoy outdoor adventure, Pennsylvania offers a number of natural attractions: wild rivers, impressive mountains, the silence of deep forests, great trails for biking, hiking, fishing and hunting access, cross country skiing, bird and wildlife watching. Don't forget to visit the numerous covered bridges in the area. The Lincoln Highway follows the Forbes Trail that used to be the main highway between Fort Bedford and Fort Ligonier in the 1700s. For the keen golfer, don't miss the 66th Senior PGA Championship at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier.
For a feel of yesteryear, the Bedford village preserves the history of its early settlers, or explore the Fort Bedford Museum exhibiting Native American artifacts with thousands of items dating back to 1800s, from flintlock rifles to antique hand tools. Craftsmen dressed in authentic attire explain their craft. The historic district includes the oldest courthouse still in use in Pennsylvania and the Espy House where President George Washington headquartered in 1794 to review his troops. Original buildings and other examples of a unique Bedford architectural style can be admired as in small settlements such as nearby Schellsburg.
The scenic Shawnee State Park and Blue Knob State Park west of Bedford and Johnstown offer year-round wilderness adventure on 5,974 acres of woodland and the refreshing serenity of the majestic dome-shaped mountain, ponds and rivers. Trout fishing enthusiasts can find excitement in Bob's Creek, for others there are horseback riding trails, mountain bike or a hike along the Mountain View Trail provides picture-postcard views. The skiing is almost unmatched and boasts as being one of the most challenging skiing areas in Pennsylvania, offering magnificent day and night downhill and cross-country skiing, snowtubing and you'll experience plenty of warm and friendly hospitality at bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania Laurel Highlands and Southern Alleghenie providing superb vacation bases.
For an amazing experience of fossilized remains of sea-creatures millions and millions of years old, then visit The Famed Coral Caverns in Farmington where you'll find the only fossilized coral reef cavern known to be in existence is abundant with Stalactites and Stalagmites! Their colour, with the diversity and beauty of the natural cave formations, gives the cave a unique beauty of its own. Laurel Caverns form a 430-acre park featuring unique geology, including Pennsylvania's largest cave. The park also has a 10,000 square-foot miniature golf course set within a simulated cave.
The Somerset area is dotted with scenic covered bridges, also called "kissing bridges." If you are interested in bridges, then the Packsaddle Covered Bridge over Brush Creek is monumentally the most striking and provides some stunning picturesque scenes of the surrounding countryside. To quench your thirst after a long days hiking, why not check out the Glades Pike Winery for a tour and wine tasting? It specializes in award-winning wines made from locally grown grapes and visitors are shown the wine making process. Close by is Keystone State Park with over 1,182 acres including a magnificent sparkling 78-acre lake. The waters are a welcome retreat for fishermen, swimmers and boaters alike, and you'll also find numerous hiking and cross-country skiing trails throughout the park to keep you entertained. Hunting is also permitted during the season in certain areas of the park. In nearby Donega you'll find horse riding stables open all year round, they include a forty horse stall barn with outdoor and indoor riding arena and a superb variety of scenic horseback riding trails. Here you can take a guided trail ride through some of the most beautiful areas of the Laurel Highlands.
Historic Mercersburg is the birthplace of President James Buchanan, the only President of the United States born in Pennsylvania. Take a stroll along the two-mile Laurel Path that encircles the beautiful crystal clear Eagles Mere Lake enveloped by a forest of Pine, mountain laurel and giant rhododendron bushes. Summer swimming, sailboats and canoeing are taken over in winter as the scene is replaced by the famous Toboggan Slide and Ice Skating. Don't miss Rickett's Glen State Park and its wonderful Waterfall Trail, the journey is almost Pennsylvania encapsulated. A total of 22 waterfalls can be found within the park and that includes the beauty of a 4-mile natural gorge trail with cascading free flowing waterfalls, a scene worthy of a picture book!
Nearby in Saxton on Warriors Path State Park, you'll find endless opportunities for boating, hiking, fishing and nearly six miles of cross-country ski trails taking you through woodlands and meadows of a 349-acre park and the Juniata River provides excellent fishing opportunities for carp, smallmouth bass, muskellunge, walleye, rock bass, catfish and eel. Other interesting towns worthy of a visit are: Scottsdale, Jennerstown, Brush Valley, Davidsville, Homer City and Martinsburg.
For Allegheny touring and trails you may opt to visit Confluence and explore the 70-mile stone trail a glorious sightseeing experience that runs through Ohiopyle State Park. Motorized vehicles are prohibited and you can enjoy hiking, biking and cross-country skiing. Picturesque Champion offers Indian Creek Valley Trail, another stone surface hiking and biking trail along Indian Creek. If you like Go Karting, then join in the fun at the Statler's Fun Center in Greensburg, the track is the largest and most thrilling at 1528 feet long, it has a double over-and-under bridge for you to steer round and you'll really feel the force as you speed round the turns! Exciting Paintball and arcade games are available as well as golf designed for all skill levels is also available, where you'll be taught if you don't already know the basics of the game including grip, swing, chipping and putting. Treat yourself to some relaxing beautiful scenery in magnificent towns and clean mountain air as you relax in an excellent choice of bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania Laurel Highlands and Southern Alleghenie country!
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