Discover Huntingdon: Trails, Art and History

Huntingdon offers different ways to plan your stay: trails above the town, historic sites in the town centre and self-guided discoveries of art and history. When choosing your destination, you can consider whether you would prefer to focus on outdoor activities, historical insights or both.

Trails and self-guided discoveries

Flag Pole Hill, above Huntingdon, has a network of around nine trails. Each is up to one mile long. These approximate figures provide a useful guide for anyone looking to include trails in their travel plans. The trails offer a distinct focus alongside the cultural attractions in the town centre.

Two self-guided tours also offer different experiences. The historic Riverside Cemetery has a free audio walking tour, created and narrated to mark the 250th anniversary of the Borough of Huntingdon. Another tour focuses on public art: it starts in the historic town centre on Penn Street and highlights artworks displayed in public spaces throughout the Borough of Huntingdon. One tour is described as an audio walk through the cemetery, while the other draws attention to art across the borough. Visitors interested in exploring independently can take these different themes into account when planning.

Historical insights in the town centre

The three public spaces of the Huntingdon County Historical Society—the Research Library, the McMurtrie House Museum and the Exhibit Gallery—are located within one block on Fourth Street in the town centre. All three are at 106 Fourth Street. The Little House is in the courtyard behind them. This clear layout helps distinguish the society’s various offerings: a museum, a research library, a gallery and the Little House, with its own history.

At the McMurtrie House Museum, the sitting room, hallway and two bedrooms showcase furniture and styles from the time of the Huntingdon County Centennial in 1887. The named rooms make the experience tangible: the focus is not only on objects, but also on the furnishings and design of these living spaces. The Exhibit Gallery, in turn, has a large meeting room where the Historical Society holds programs and exhibitions.

The Little House is connected to the 1887 Centennial, but in a different way: the Cottage Planing Mill built it as a backdrop for a pageant, and it was used during the County Centennial celebration. Today, it has a permanent location in the Historical Society courtyard. Another historical date is the Woods-Brown Mansion, built in 1874. Huntingdon’s history is therefore associated both with the year 1874 and with several connections to 1887.

Choose a destination based on your interests

Nearby, the Isett Heritage Museum is about two miles east of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It displays more than 40,000 artefacts. Visitors who want to include this museum alongside the sites in Huntingdon will find another cultural attraction in the surrounding area. Its approximate distance and location east of the destination make it easy to consider as a separate stop when planning your trip.

The attractions vary in subject and location. You can choose Huntingdon as a destination based on the experiences that interest you most, without combining historic visits, art tours and trails into a single type of outing.

For the broader travel overview: Huntingdon County.