Welcome to

Shady Spring Farm

at Historic Nebuchadnezar’s Defeat — circa 1786
McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania — Barb and Tony Onorato, Proprietors

Activities

Something for every season.

Area activities

  • Hiking & nature trails — miles of them in the state forests
  • Fishing & hunting — licensed, in season
  • Horseback riding lessons — Hidden Valley Farm
  • Hang gliding — from Mountain Top Restaurant
  • Civil War reenactments
  • Antique shopping, flea markets & auctions
  • Camping, boating, cycling, swimming & golfing

Local festivals

  • Strawberry Festival — McConnellsburg, 2nd weekend in June
  • Apple Festival — Chambersburg
  • Hang Gliding Festival — mid-September
  • Fulton Fall Folk Festival — McConnellsburg, 3rd full weekend in October (threshing, steam tractor pulls, cedar-shingle making)
  • Winter Ice Festival — Chambersburg

Time your visit

Festival weekends book up fast — reserve the Tenant House early if you’re coming for the Fall Folk Festival or Strawberry Festival.