Two festive reasons to head up to Pennsylvania this fall.
If any season is made for day trips, it’s fall. At Morgantown magazine, two of our staff favorite fall outings are in Pennsylvania—and both are great for couples, friend groups, and families.
Crisp Days
Once you’ve picked apples in the fall, it’s hard to imagine making your pies and crisps with store-bought fruit. What you need is a day trip to Triple B Farms outside Monongahela, Pennsylvania. This 400-acre working farm in a bend in the Mon River has been in the Beinlich family for more than half a century. And it’s surviving in an increasingly tough environment for family farms while doing all of the right things: Minimizing pesticides and herbicides? Check. Building the soil? Check. Cultivating a diversity of crops and animals? Check.
Triple B is not much more than an hour north of Morgantown. Take I–70 if you’re in a hurry, but the Mon–Fayette Expressway and a few dollars in tolls gets you there almost as fast and opens up a shopping or dining stop in Uniontown. Or you can take the slightly longer drive along U.S. Route 119 through Point Marion and see the Mon widen as it flows north toward Pittsburgh.
The Beinlichs share the fun and flavor of family farming from spring through fall. The harvest of the day is always available at the on-site market, along with honey from the farm’s bees as well as jams, jellies, and homemade pies from its fruit and eggs, butter, cheeses, and meats from partner farms. You can pick your own strawberries, black raspberries, and blueberries in June and July and flowers July through October.
But when the air turns cooler and the fall harvest ramps up, Triple B is at its best. You can take a tractor-pulled wagon ride to the orchard for apple picking in September and October—Jonagold, Ludacrisp, Rosalee, and lots more varieties—and, in October, you can pick your own pumpkins, too. There are cornstalks, hay bales, potted mums, and all things cider: apple cider donuts, apple cider slushies, even sparkling apple cider.
Come mid-September, Fall Family Fun Days turn the farm into a wholesome all-day family outing. Visit the farm animals, ride the hay wagon, and find your way out of not one, but two corn mazes. Singing chickens, the haunted barn, and lots of bouncing, climbing, and sliding will leave the kids pleasantly pooped.
Fall Family Fun runs Wednesday to Sunday mid-September through October.
Buy your wristbands on the website to skip the line. triplebfarms.com
Pro Tips from Morgantown Magazine Staff
- Grab a four-pack of the sparkling apple cider to stick in the fridge.
- The apple cider donuts are amazing if you get them fresh and still warm—but they’re also good reheated
Scenic Backroads
You don’t have to drive far from Morgantown to see a covered bridge: The closest one, the 1889 Dent’s Run Covered Bridge, is just 6 miles west of High Street.
But if you want to see lots of them, the annual fall Covered Bridge Festival in Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania, September 19–20 in 2026, is the place for you. Pennsylvania has more covered bridges still standing than any other state, and this festival showcases nine of them.
To appreciate a covered bridge, you need to walk inside and look up. The two oldest truss designs are both represented by bridges in the multi-site festival. Look at the triangles that support the roof. If they have a central post, they’re King Post trusses, a design that dates back to ancient Rome. If they have a rectangle inside them instead of a central post, they’re Queen Post trusses, a design that evolved from King Post during the Renaissance. King Post trusses were used for shorter spans, up to about 40 feet long, and Queen Post trusses were used for spans up to 80 feet and sometimes longer.
Around each of the antique bridges in the Covered Bridge Festival except for Pine Bank, you’ll find a mix of artisan goods, homestyle foods, crafting demonstrations, and live entertainment. To be even more immersed in the past, look for living history re-enactments: At the time of publication, military reenactments were planned at McClurg bridge, and Huron Indian stories and reenactments were on the schedule at the White Bridge.
Festival admission and parking are free, and there’s a site map and other information on the website. coveredbridgefest.net
Pro Tips from Morgantown Magazine Staff
- Go on Sunday for easier parking and shorter lines, especially at the popular Ebenezer bridge site.
- Load your maps in advance and take cash for food and craft vendors.
READ MORE STORIES FROM OUR FALL 2026 ISSUE
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