Yellow Creek State Park is seven miles east of Indiana on Route 422. It features a 720- acre lake with swimming on a guarded beach. The park offers picnicking pavilions, fishing, hunting, hiking and cross-country skiing. Blue Spruce is one of several County Parks. The 420-acre park is home to the Annual Christmastime Festival of Lights, a lighted driving tour, open Thanksgiving Day through New Year s Day.
Memorial Park is the oldest and smallest of the county parks.
It is located in Downtown Indiana and serves as a memorial to Indiana County s veterans. The state and county parks offer year-round recreational and educational opportunities. Converted from an abandoned railroad line, the trail extends 19.1 miles through coal mining towns established in the 1930 s. The trail is currently being extended with a section going in to Homer City, and another new section that will complete the only loop trail in Pennsylvania. The Eliza Furnace Historic Site is located along the Ghost Town Trail and was used to produce pig iron for the Pittsburgh Market.