Enjoy live bluegrass music while exploring small town America in New Bethlehem, PA.

Contribute to weeding, planting, and bird/butterfly box maintenance from June through September at the public rain gardens behind the Clarion Conservation District office. Learn about rain gardens, native plants, and water conservation practices and help maintain this public resource.

Please bring your flashlights and meet at the Park Office for an evening driving tour to owling hotspots in Cook Forest.  Explore the old growth forest and National Wild & Scenic Clarion River at night for Pennsylvania’s secretive owls.  Barred, great horned, screech, and saw-whet owls have been known to make an appearance.

Cook Forest is the epicenter for the tallest known black cherries in the Northeastern U.S.  Join the park naturalist at the Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom for a challenging off-trail hike to find and remeasure some of the park’s best specimens; two monster cherries last measured at over 140ft!

Please bring your binoculars and meet at the Fire Tower Parking Lot for an historical interpretive tour of the Fire Tower and Seneca Point. Learn about local logging history, look for signs of historic Native Americans, and take a breathtaking view from the top of the Fire Tower.

Rock, Sip, and Celebrate — 17 Years! Join us as we celebrate 17 wonderful years of Deer Creek Winery with a weekend full of live music, delicious food, great wine, tours, prizes, and birthday fun at Brooks Estate! Whether you've been visiting us for years or have never experienced Brooks Estate before, we'd love to […]

Commiserate with other Rail 66 Country Trail users, fundraise, participate in raffles, and enjoy live music by Dark Water Duo (6-9pm) & food trucks hosted by J&C Brick Oven and Jordan's Kitchen.

September 18-20, 10 am – 5 pm. Come see carvers in action as they create beautiful works of art from a simple log. Stay for the auctions to bid on and purchase some of these beautiful pieces! Auctions on Saturday at 4 pm and Sunday at 3:30 pm. 

Celebrate Fall Foliage and local tradition with a sweet twist in Clarion County! Get ready for the National Peanut Butter Festival, a heartwarming experience that captures the essence of New Bethlehem and its dedication to celebrating the things that make life sweet. This unique cultural celebration highlights our community spirit and our love for one of America’s favorite spreads: peanut butter. Here’s what you can look forward to: 5k race, parade, carnival, eating contest, Jeep invasion, duck race and more fun for the whole family. Check out their full schedule online.

Come celebrate America’s 250th birthday as you walk back in time to observe, and possibly sample, historical cast iron cooking from our nation’s past. State Park educators from North Central and Western PA will be dressed in period clothing preparing period dishes that relate back to their park from our nation’s founding to the late […]

Mark your calendars for Beer Run Comedy, hosted by Ray Jubela, at Mechanistic Brewing. More details to come as the date approaches!