Fort · Tyrone Township, Blair County
Fort Roberdeau
A reconstructed log stockade of 1778, built to protect lead mining in Sinking Valley during the Revolution, with a visitor center and nature trails.
What you will find
- Historic features
- Museum or exhibits
Make a day of it
Nearby
-
DelGrosso's Amusement Park
A family-run amusement park in the Blair County countryside, with classic rides, the Laguna Splash water park and Italian food rooted in the family's sauce-making tradition.
-
Canoe Creek State Park
A big colony of bats summers in an old church and winters in a former limestone mine here, alongside historic lime kilns, a lake with a beach and trails through woods and wetlands.
-
Railroaders Memorial Museum
The story of the workers who built and ran the Pennsylvania Railroad's great shops here, told in the former master mechanics building; the museum also runs the Horseshoe Curve visitor center.
-
Lincoln Caverns
One guided tour takes in two separate caves, Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks, with crystal formations underground and gem panning and nature trails above.
-
Horseshoe Curve
The great 1854 railroad curve that carried the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Alleghenies, still busy with freight trains and viewed from a trackside park reached by funicular.
