PA Bucket List

If you're looking for directions to Pole Steeple Overlook in the Michaux State Forest, you're in the right place! Pole Steeple Overlook is located in the Cumberland County portion of the state forest, adjacent to Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Accessible by a relatively short-but-steep trail, Pole Steeple Overlook is certainly a worthwhile hiking destination at the northern tip of the...

If you're looking for directions to Schull's Rock Overlook at Susquehanna Riverlands State Park in York County, you're in the right place! Schull's Rock Overlook is a fantastic rock outcropping and vista on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, located in one of PA's newest state parks (added in 2022). While the park is still in the early stages of...

If you're looking for information about visiting Pioneer Tunnel coal mine in Schuylkill County, you're in the right place! Pioneer Tunnel coal mine has operated as a tourist attraction and living history museum since 1962. Visitors ride mine cars 1,800 feet inside of Mahanoy Mountain, where they then disembark and take a walking tour of some of the mine's passageways. In addition...

If you're looking for information about the Twin Covered Bridges in Columbia County, you're in the right place! The East Paden and West Paden Covered Bridges, known collectively as the "Twin Bridges", are one of only two sets of twin covered bridges in the United States (the other being the Willard Twin Covered Bridges in North Hartford, Vermont). Although they are...

If you're looking for information about Sand Bridge State Park, the smallest state park in Pennsylvania, you're in the right place! This 3 acre Union County recreational area was initially acquired by the state in 1905, but it did not become a state park until 1978. The park is located along Route 192; you can use 13180 Buffalo Rd, Mifflinburg, PA...

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to spend the night in a "star bubble" in a secluded countryside location, you're in the right place! I had the opportunity to spend two nights at the Hyview Hideaway vacation rental home near Stillwater (Columbia County), which features, among its many amenities, the use of a star bubble on the...

If you're looking for information about "the only geyser in Pennsylvania", you're in the right place. Now for the bad news - there are no geysers in Pennsylvania! That fact hasn't stopped the Internet from dubbing a bubbly roadside anomaly along Big Mine Run Road in Schuylkill County "the only geyser in Pennsylvania", but it just isn't true. What you ARE looking...

If you're looking for information about the 2023 Little League World Series in Williamsport, you're in the right place! The Little League World Series is a tournament where the top 10 American Little League teams and top 10 International Little League teams compete to see who is THE best Little League Baseball team in the world! The 2023 Little League World...

If you're looking for information about Penn State's Ag Progress Days, you're in the right place! Ag Progress Days, billed as "the largest outdoor agricultural exhibit in Pennsylvania", is a FREE, 3-day event hosted by Penn State. Like an outdoor version of the Pennsylvania Farm Show, Ag Progress Days features nearly 500 commercial and educational exhibits, crop displays, machinery demonstrations, livestock...

If you're looking for information about the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, you're in the right place! The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium is both the largest zoo and the largest aquarium in Pennsylvania. First opened on June 14, 1898, the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is now home to more than 8,000 animals representing over 600 species. The naturalized animal habitats are...