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2024 Spring Bucket List for Westmoreland County

By Kayla Hawley Macaroni KID North Huntingdon March 26, 2024

Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes a whole new season of opportunities for fun and adventure. To help get you started with your own bucket list, we've compiled a list of exciting and family-friendly activities in or near Westmoreland County. 

Grab your free DIY bucket list printable below!




Thank you, Pazaz Christian Dance Academy, for sponsoring the 2024 Spring Bucket List!

□ Go to a lake - Twin Lakes or Mammoth Park are great choices.

□ Visit Bushy Run Battlefield.

□ Visit the library.

□ Go mini-golfing - try your hand at Statler's Fun Center. Opens in April 2024.

□ Visit all the parks in your city - See the park guide here.

□ Visit the zoo - Living Treasures (opens March 29th) and Pittsburgh Zoo are all close enough drive to enjoy a day at the zoo.

□ Take photos at Autumn Ridge Farm.

□ Go Camping - Try Jellystone Mill Run.

□ Plant seeds - you can find seeds and plants at Laurel Nursery Garden Center.

□ Visit the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve.

□ Check out Sky Zone Trampoline Park.

□ Go bowling - see a list of bowling alleys here.

□ Check out Seabase Family Fun Center.

□ Visit a festival - follow the event calendar.

□ Paint rocks and hide them.

□ "Unplug" day

□ View the solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024 - get eclipse glasses to view it!

□ Fly a kite.

□ Enjoy a family walk at Lynch Field.

□ Roller skating - Latrobe Skating Center

□ Watch a sunrise/sunset

□ Try an escape room - 60 Minute Missions Escape Room

□ Set aside a whole day to spend together.

□ Go to a candy store. Try Gene and Boots Candies 

□ Try a new restaurant.

□ Get food from a food truck.

□ See the falls at Ohiopyle.

□ Create your own bucket list.

□ Visit Historic Hanna's Town

□ Make mud pies.

□ Visit The Westmoreland Museum of American Art

□ Check out the neighboring publishers Macaroni KID South Hills, Macaroni KID Pittsburgh, or Macaroni KID Uniontown!

□ Look at the clouds

□ Visit an amusement park - Kennywood (opening April 20th) and Idlewild (opening May 18th) are nearby.

□ Blow bubbles.

□ Relax in the sunshine.

□ Try axe throwing - Valhalla Indoor Axe Throwing

□ Play in rain puddles

□ Pick flowers