What’s Going On in the Area
Northwestern Pennsylvania Events and Festivals
- Clarion Autumn Leaf Festival
- Brookville Laurel Festival
- Brookville Victorian Christmas
- Cook Forest Half Marathon
- Drake Well Museum (first oil well)
- Franklin Ice Carving
- Marienville Tour de Forest
- Punxsutawney Phil
- Ridgway Chain Saw Carving
- Tionesta Indian Festival
- Westline Inn Leek Festival
- Zippo, Case Knives
- Sawmill Craft Center, Theater and office
- A local, non-profit craft organization housed in the historic sawmill, offers traditional crafts on display, a gift shop and classes. Demonstrations and classes on various crafts are presented throughout the summer and fall seasons for children and adults. The Verna Leith Sawmill Theater seats 180 people and presents plays, musicals and other entertainment throughout the summer season. Information on craft classes and the theater can be obtained by contacting the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts, P.O. Box 180, Cooksburg, PA 16217, 814-744-9670, www.sawmill.org.
- Allegheny National Forest
- National Forest consists of 550,000 acres with 360 miles of snowmobile trails, 106 miles for ATV’s, 201 miles of hiking trails and 600 miles of biking trails. Summer ATV trails open the Friday before Memorial Day thru the last Sunday in September, trail conditions permitting.