Overview
Connellsville is a city in Fayette County, and a gateway via 711 to the Laurel Highlands recreational areas of Ohiopyle and Seven Springs Ski Resort and Conference Center.
2 places to stay
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Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Apr–Oct. Summer highs reach about 83°F; winter lows dip to about 21°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: Jul and Jun. (climate data from nearby Pittsburgh)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- LBE Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Latrobe — 20 mi away. Directions
- MGW Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field, Morgantown — 31 mi away. Directions
- PIT Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh — 47 mi away (major hub). Directions
Budget & where to stay
No prices are listed for this place yet. See the Sleep guide ↓ for options.
Food for you
There is the Italian Oven, Double Dragon Chinese Restaurant, The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, which has better food and service, though some claim that the General Tso's is better at the Double Dragon, and an Italian Place near the Martin's Supermarket.
What to ask about, for your diet
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Get in
- Routes stopping at Connellsville:
- Capitol Limited operates daily between Chicago and Washington, D.C. including stops in South Bend, Elkhart, Waterloo, Toledo, Sandusky, Elyria, Cleveland, Alliance, Pittsburgh, Connellsville, Cumberland, Martinsburg, Harpers Ferry, and Rockville.
Get around
Route 119 is the main north/south artery connecting Connellsville to the North to the Westmoreland County communities of Scottdale and Mt. Pleasant.
See
It is mostly just a town where everyone works hard in a mill job or fracking natural gas and then parties on the nights and especially weekends. DJs rotate between the various bars with differing degrees of success.
Do
You can go to Yough Park and feed the ducks.
Buy
There is a supermarket anchoring a couple of different plazas, from the Wal-Mart one, which is out of town a few minutes in neighboring Dunbar Township.
Eat
There is the Italian Oven, Double Dragon Chinese Restaurant, The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, which has better food and service, though some claim that the General Tso's is better at the Double Dragon, and an Italian Place near the Martin's Supermarket.
Sleep
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