Welcome to Crawford County, PA!
Crawford County invites you to come sit a spell. Enjoy a great vacation without a great price!
Delight all your senses and soothe your spirit by exploring the year-round natural magnificence of Crawford County. Have lakeside fun at one of our eight lakes. Want to experience a working farm and enjoy a meal from the farm to the table? Well, we have it! Savor the flavor of our award-winning wines, charming brew pubs, homemade frozen custards and chocolate shop.
Hike or bike along idyllic wooded trails, play golf in spectacular settings, or stroll through our small country towns that are studded with unique shops. Discover swimming, fishing, hunting, boating and bird watching; even enjoy a dinner cruise on our glacier-formed Conneaut Lake or a dinner theatre in a historic inn. If you want unusual, a must-see is the "ducks walking on the fish" at Pymatuning State Park's Spillway. You have to see it to believe it!
As far as history goes, Crawford County evolved from Indian tribes, Civil War, Revolutionary War, railroads, mineral water spas and the first direct primary election in 1848. The Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad still runs today and thousands of tourists enjoy a ride through "the valley that changed the world" where the first commercially successful oil well in the world was drilled.
MEMBER TESTIMONIALS
The Bookamer Family Farm exploded into action as soon as we signed on with the Crawford County Visitors Bureau. The idea to have an educational farm with day trips and a cottage for overnight stays was barely out of dream mode when we asked our friends at the bureau for help. Within a month we were having tours booked and the ideas and help for our success was immediately being noticed. With their incredible help in all aspects of advertising and the connections of the other members we were looking forward to a very exciting and enjoyable year as part of the Crawford County Visitors Bureau!
The Bookamer Family, Owners - Bookamer Family Farm
My husband and I own and operate Brookdale Family Campground east of Meadville on Rt. 27 ... The CCCVB helped connect us to campers that resulted in bringing 200 new camper nights to our business in just 2009. That means that a whole lot of people looking to visit and camp in Crawford County were helped to find a fun, family-oriented place to camp, great local attractions to visit, and had a better vacation experience because of it. The CCCVB has grown our visitor guide and its circulation, and based on our increase in business, is doing so very successfully. The staff at the CCCVB are friendly, caring and helpful ... It is because of the CCCVB that our area has continued to grown and flourish desipite the hard economic times... They bring a host of tourism to this area, and their helpful and friendly service should make us all proud to be part of such a great organization. With the track record the CCCVB has shown us, we put our advertising dollars to work with this organization because it serves our customers well, which in turn helps us grow our business! We would sincerely encourage and recommend that other businesses who aren't current members to become members, advertise in the guide, and watch your business grow! We're glad we did, and we think you'll be glad too!
Tim & Robyn Chilson, Owners - Brookdale Family Campground
As an owner/operator of a tour company, B&J Tours in Crawford County, we have had the pleasureof working with the Crawford County Convention & Visitors Bureau for over 15 years. In the mid 1990s, I served on the Board of Directors and have found that since that time the Bureau has grown to be the backbone of our local tour industry. The professionalism of the staff and the benefit of the advertising opportunities has given us the ability to grow and maintain our projected goals. In our long or shert-term planning we are able to utilize the Bureau to promote our company not only regionally but statewide as well. By getting the word out, the Crawford County Convention & Visitors Bureau has been the driving force in supporting our business goals not only now but more importantly in the future.
Bonny & Jim Radwick, Owners - B&J Tours
