Where hiking trails now welcome visitors to explore the slopes of Laurel Mountain, at the border of Westmoreland and Somerset counties, locomotives once pulled carloads of timber and quarried stone over the lofty ridge. Participants in a May 2 program organized by the Ligonier Valley Historical Society and the Forbes
GO Laurel Highlands has announced the release of its 2024 Destination Guide, a free full-color piece that serves as the principal informational tourism brochure for Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Fayette, Somerset and
(WHTM) — Pennsylvania is full of diverse landscapes. The state has many valleys and tall mountains as well as deep lakes and flowing rivers. But what is considered the highest point in the Keystone State? Mount Davis is the highest point in Pennsylvania. The mountain is 3,213 feet tall and is inside the Forbes State […]
While this past weekend was largely a washout for leaf-peepers, recently colder temperatures have stimulated steady change in foliage throughout the state.