Bedford County 8
8 places to explore in Bedford County, Pennsylvania — part of the The Alleghenies region.
Museums 2
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Old Bedford Village
A re-created village of log and frame buildings where costumed interpreters demonstrate frontier trades and daily life of the 1700s and 1800s.
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Fort Bedford Museum
A replica log blockhouse built in 1958 holds artifacts of the 1758 fort and life along the Forbes Road, from muskets to an 1814 Conestoga wagon.
Historic Sites 1
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Old Bedford Village
A re-created village of log and frame buildings where costumed interpreters demonstrate frontier trades and daily life of the 1700s and 1800s.
Small Towns 1
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Bedford
A Lincoln Highway county seat with 18th- and 19th-century buildings, the house where Washington stayed during the Whiskey Rebellion, covered bridges nearby and a grand old mineral-springs resort.
Public Parks 4
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Shawnee State Park
Campers, boaters, anglers and hikers have plenty of room to spread out around a big lake with a sandy beach, in the ridges along the old Lincoln Highway.
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Blue Knob State Park
Pennsylvania's second-highest mountain rises above remote woods with long views and cool summer air, with a swimming pool and campground below and a ski resort on its upper slopes.
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Warriors Path State Park
The Raystown Branch of the Juniata River loops around three sides of this wooded peninsula, near the route of an old Iroquois warpath, with river fishing, paddling and quiet trails.
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Buchanan State Forest
Mountain forest along the Maryland line, with the roadless Martin Hill Wild Area, stretches of the Tuscarora Trail and quiet gravel roads over long, wooded ridges.
Hiking Trails 1
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Mid State Trail
More than 300 miles of orange-blazed footpath across the middle of the state, from the Maryland line to New York, along rocky ridgetops with wide views.