Nearby Attractions

The Touchstone experience can be all-inclusive. The school offers three delicious and wholesome meals per day, comfortable accommodations, a woodland campus, and inspiring and informative craft workshops. We also encourage you, either before or after your time at Touchstone, to explore the many exciting amenities that the Laurel Highlands has to offer. Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania, Touchstone is close to a wide variety of the region’s most interesting cultural, recreational, historic, and artistic attractions. Within a short distance of our campus, you can:

• Tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpieces, Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob
• Explore the subterranean wonders of the Laurel Caverns
• Experience the region’s dynamic history at Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• Visit luxury destination Nemacolin Woodlands Resort’s golf courses, casino, galleries, adventure center, world-class spa and more
• Relax in style at the historic Summit Inn Resort
• Raft or kayak the whitewater rapids, hike, bike and more at Ohiopyle State Park
• Discover a new family heirloom at one of the region’s many antique shops
• Sample the “fruit of the vine” at one of several local wineries