Venango County 5
5 places to explore in Venango County, Pennsylvania — part of the Great Lakes Region region.
Museums 1
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Drake Well Museum and Park
The spot where Edwin Drake struck oil in 1859 and launched the modern petroleum industry, with a replica engine house and derrick, an oil-history museum and trails along Oil Creek.
Historic Sites 2
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Drake Well Museum and Park
The spot where Edwin Drake struck oil in 1859 and launched the modern petroleum industry, with a replica engine house and derrick, an oil-history museum and trails along Oil Creek.
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Pithole City
Mown paths on a quiet hillside trace the streets of an 1865 oil boomtown that swelled to thousands of people and emptied within a few years.
Small Towns 1
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Franklin
Where French Creek meets the Allegheny River, a Victorian county seat with oil-boom mansions, a downtown laid out around two parks, and paved river trails leading out of town.
Public Parks 1
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Oil Creek State Park
The valley where the oil industry was born, with a paved bike trail past the sites of vanished boomtowns, a heritage railroad, a 36-mile hiking loop and hollows full of small waterfalls.
Biking Trails 1
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Allegheny River Trail
A paved rail trail following the wild and scenic Allegheny River south from Franklin through a deep, wooded valley, with two long railroad tunnels along the way.