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Altoona

PNG Field near Lakemont Park is home to Altoona's Class AA minor league baseball team, The Curve, which is affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates; phone (814) 943-5400 or (877) 992-8783 for ticket information.

The 958-acre Canoe Creek State Park, 12 miles east of Altoona, offers a wide assortment of summer and winter activities: fishing, swimming, horseback riding, boating, hiking, hunting, biking, cross-country skiing, iceboating, ice fishing, ice-skating and tobogganing. Environmental education and interpretive programs for families also are offered; phone (814) 695-6807.

Visitor Centers

Explore Altoona 1216 11th Ave. Suite 216 Altoona, PA 16601. Phone:(814)943-4183 or (800)842-5866

Shopping

The major shopping center is Logan Valley Mall, US 220 and Goods Lane. It features JCPenney and Macy's along with some 70 shops.

Things to Do

Baker Mansion History Museum

Fort Roberdeau

Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark

Lakemont Park

Railroaders Memorial Museum

Wopsononock Tableland

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