Eat and visit in Spruce Creek

The Spruce Creek Country Store sits beside the Spruce Creek Tavern in Spruce Creek, near the Juniata River. Owner Troy Thomason leases the space from the tavern's owners. The Huntingdon Daily News reported the store as new in July 2025.

The shelves carry nostalgic candies, coconut slices, oatmeal cream pies, pickles in a pouch, a cigar case and Reedsville Creamery milk. Hand-dipped ice cream is sold from a counter, and lottery and PA Skill machines stand inside. Live bait is not yet available, but the owner hopes to add it.

The article gives the hours as 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. It was first published in July 2025 and updated in August 2026. The owner says the goal is connection rather than profit, and he stocks what people need so they have a reason to come back.

• Hand-dipped ice cream is sold from a counter inside the store. source
• Carries Reedsville Creamery milk. source
• Owner leases from the owners of Spruce Creek Tavern. source
• Lottery and PA Skill machines are inside. source
• Live bait is not yet available; the owner hopes to add it. source

“Now open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, the store brings nostalgic candies, everyday essentials and hand-dipped ice cream to the center of Spruce Creek.”Leighton Kyle, Huntingdon Daily News, 18 July 2025

“When stepping inside the new Spruce Creek Country Store, customers are met with an eclectic mix—from PA Skill machines to pickle-flavored freeze pops inside a retro mint-blue refrigerator.”Leighton Kyle, Huntingdon Daily News, 18 July 2025

The Spruce Creek Tavern is at 5450 Isett Road in Spruce Creek, Spruce Creek Township. The Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce lists it in its restaurant directory as offering dine-in and carry-out, with a phone number and a menu link. OpenStreetMap maps the same address as a restaurant.

A Huntingdon Daily News story about the Spruce Creek Country Store says the store sits next to the tavern. The store's owner thanked the tavern's owners for their support, and he says he leases his space from them. The story is dated 18 July 2025 and its page was updated on 22 August 2026.

The Chamber's listing gives no hours. OpenStreetMap carries an hours entry that no business page we could read confirms, so no hours are printed here.

• Listed in the Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce restaurant directory as offering dine-in and carry-out. source
• OpenStreetMap places the restaurant at 5450 Isett Road, Spruce Creek, PA 16683. source
• The Spruce Creek Country Store next door leases its space from the tavern's owners, according to its owner in a Huntingdon Daily News story. source

“Dine-in and carry out available.”Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce

Indian Lookout is an overlook on a rocky outcropping at the edge of a cliff, near the top of a mountain in Rothrock State Forest. It sits on the Yellow Arrow Trail, which starts at a large parking area and trailhead just past the crossing of Spruce Creek on Colerain Road. A stone pillar fence stands at the edge as a reminder to keep back.

From the upper trailhead on Colerain Road, across from the pull-off, the overlook is a little over a tenth of a mile on foot, with a final climb of about 25 feet. The route from the lower trailhead is a little less than a mile and climbs about 700 feet, which Uncovering PA calls very steep. The view runs north and west.

Uncovering PA calls Colerain Road a well-maintained dirt road that can be narrow in spots and has a few potholes. In October 2020, Jim Cheney drove it as far as the turnaround point in a regular car.

• The overlook has a nearly 180-degree view looking north and west. source
• The walk from the upper trailhead on Colerain Road is a little over a tenth of a mile, with a final climb of about 25 feet. source
• The Yellow Arrow Trail from the lower trailhead is a little less than a mile and gains about 700 feet. source
• Rothrock State Forest totals over 96,000 acres in Huntingdon, Centre and Mifflin counties. source

“Indian Lookout is an incredibly impressive vista, and you have a nearly 180-degree view looking towards the north and the west.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 12 November 2020

“The third, Indian Lookout, is located along a trail and can be easy or hard to reach depending on how you get to it.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 12 November 2020

Spruce Creek Lookout is a roadside overlook on Colerain Road, the road that leaves Route 45 north of Spruce Creek. It sits at a hairpin turn about 1.3 miles up the road, where there is room to pull off and get out of the car. Jim Cheney's Uncovering PA article places the overlook in Rothrock State Forest.

From the pull-off the view runs west across the valley far below. Cheney drove the road in a regular car in October 2020. He found it well maintained but narrow in spots, with a few potholes, and he said conditions were a bit rough at this spot during his visit.

The parking area for Indian Lookout sits about 1.1 miles farther up the road, with a short Yellow Arrow Trail walk to that overlook. The same article covers Indian Lookout as well.

• Spruce Creek Lookout sits at a hairpin turn about 1.3 miles up Colerain Road from Route 45. source
• The parking area for Indian Lookout is about 1.1 miles farther up the road. source
• The author found Colerain Road well maintained but narrow in spots, with a few potholes. source

“About 1.3 miles after turning off of Route 45, you’ll reach a hairpin turn in the road and a beautiful view over the valley below.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 12 November 2020

“From here, you can see to the west for many miles and enjoy the views over the valley far below.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 12 November 2020

A railroad tunnel lies between Barree and Spruce Creek in Huntingdon County. The Daily News chose it for its What and Where Wednesday feature, published March 27, 2019, and asked readers to guess its location. Readers sent correct guesses, and the paper reported the result on April 3, 2019.

OpenStreetMap has two entries, named Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal and Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal. Both were entered in February 2018 and carry the tag tourism=attraction. The map entries give no operator or contact tag. The Daily News item does not name the tunnel, so the link between it and these entries is an inference from location.

Both map entries carry the tag opening_hours=24/7, a user-entered tag rather than a checked schedule. Apart from that tag, we found no hours, admission price or visiting rules for the tunnel on any page we opened. Neither the Daily News item nor the map entries say whether the public may enter or view the tunnel, so this entry records a location and nothing else.

• The Daily News reported on April 3, 2019 that readers submitted correct guesses for the feature's location. source
• Described by the Daily News as a railroad tunnel between Barree and Spruce Creek. source
• OpenStreetMap has an East Portal node (5425402921) and a West Portal node (5425584236). source

“featured a railroad tunnel between Barree and Spruce Creek.”No byline; What and Where Wednesday feature, The Daily News, 3 April 2019

The upper trailhead of the Yellow Arrow Trail sits across Colerain Road from a pull-off on the right side of the road, about 1.1 miles past Spruce Creek Lookout. Colerain Road leaves Route 45 north of Spruce Creek. Purple Lizard reports a trailhead sign and yellow blazes.

From the road, the path is a short walk to the overlook and gains about 25 feet just before it. Indian Lookout sits on a rocky outcropping at the cliff edge, with a stone pillar fence as a reminder to stay back. The view covers close to 180 degrees toward the north and west. The lower trailhead, just past the Spruce Creek crossing, starts a steep climb of close to a mile to the overlook.

The trailhead lies in Rothrock State Forest, which DCNR says totals over 96,000 acres in Huntingdon, Centre and Mifflin counties. Just past the Spruce Creek crossing, Colerain Road turns to gravel.

• Pull-off across the road from the upper trailhead, about 1.1 miles past Spruce Creek Lookout. source
• The lower trailhead route is steep and runs a little less than a mile to the overlook, per Uncovering PA. source
• Rothrock State Forest covers over 96,000 acres in Huntingdon, Centre and Mifflin counties. source
• Trailhead sign and yellow blazes, per Purple Lizard (2019). source

“The hike to the lookout is short and easy from the upper parking area.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 12 November 2020

“The trail is immediately recognizable, having a trailhead sign and being well marked with yellow blazes.”Dave Gantz, Purple Lizard, 26 February 2019

“Indian Lookout is an incredibly impressive vista, and you have a nearly 180-degree view looking towards the north and the west.”Jim Cheney, Uncovering PA, 12 November 2020