Leaf peepers will be given a new tool to plan their autumn sojourns throughout Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is launching a redesigned weekly fall foliage report on Sept. 25. It will feature regional updates, photos and tips to help ...
Ohiopyle State Park’s newest park operation manager Chris Houck is looking to bring his experience along with passion for the outdoors to help enhance the visitor experience at the park. “I kind of like to think of a park manager as a problem solver and facilitator,” said Houck, who ...
Visitors to Ohiopyle State Park now have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the hustle and bustle of what life was like during the park’s “resort era” days, thanks to an escape room located at the train station along the bike trail downtown. In June, the park’s “Great Escape ...
This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look at the incredible people, beautiful places, and delicious food of Pennsylvania. Sign up for free here. Tucked deep in Pennsylvania’s verdant southwest pocket, at the elbow of a river ...
This Saturday, most attending the Ohiopyle Wine and Arts Fest are hoping to pick up a nice bottle of their favorite wine, but Ken Bisbee will be there for an entirely different reason. The former Ohiopyle State Park Operations Manager, who retired in April, will return to the small town he ...
To Ken Bisbee, it seems like just yesterday that he took over as manager of Ohiopyle State Park. Bisbee, who retired from the park in April, came to Ohiopyle from Yellow Creek State Park, a almost 3,000-acre park in Indiana County that attracted less than 250,000 visitors annually. He’d ...
