Leave East Carroll Township for Flight 93 National Memorial, 36 mi away
Flight 93 National Memorial sees about 286K visitors a year. With nothing inside East Carroll Township, the list has 16 places within 40 miles. Look for 5 museums, 3 theme parks and 2 national memorials. The best-known trip out is to Beaver Stadium, 47 mi away.
Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Plotted on the map
Out at 40 mi is The Coffee Pot, the farthest.
Orange: East Carroll Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place after place
27 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
1Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
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4Idlewild and Soak Zone
Children's amusement park near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA.
6Fort Ligonier
British fortification from the French and Indian War in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
7Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Former railroad in Pennsylvania.
8Lakemont Park
Amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania; home to the world's oldest-surviving rollercoaster.
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10Laurel Mountain Ski Resort
Mountain in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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12Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Historic site commemorating the 1889 flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States.
DelGrosso's Amusement Park
Amusement park located in Tipton, Pennsylvania.
Fort Bedford
Historic military fortification in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
Palmer Museum of Art
Art museum at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park campus.
Fort Roberdeau
American Revolutionary War-era fort for lead mining in Pennsylvania.
Mishler Theatre
Theater and movie theater in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States.
William E. Swigart, Jr. Antique Automobile Museum
Non-profit museum dedicated to the preservation of American automobile history.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in East Carroll Township → · East Carroll Township’s history →
Photo credits
Beaver Stadium: Sbvr6 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Bryce Jordan Center: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Blue Knob: Calzarette, CC BY 3.0 · Laurel Mountain Ski Resort: jcalz (talk)calzarette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0 · Johnstown Flood National Memorial: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rockhill Trolley Museum: Hicksco2 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Palmer Museum of Art: PalmerMuseumofArt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Roberdeau: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Johnstown Flood Museum: Jet Lowe, HABS photographer, Public domain · Mishler Theatre: David Ames, Public domain · Westmoreland Museum of American Art: Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pennsylvania Military Museum: Robert J. La Verghetta, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Arboretum at Penn State: Daderot, Public domain · The Coffee Pot: Jeff Kubina from Columbia, Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bedford Village Archeological Site: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Frost Entomological Museum: Frost Entomological Museum, CC BY 2.0
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