Latrobe (Pennsylvania)

The downtown area of Latrobe

Latrobe is a city in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania.

Understand

Latrobe's history isn't limited to its coal mining and industrial heritage. This small city is home to the invention of the banana split ice cream treat, the first openly professional American football players, and the birthplaces of golfer Arnold Palmer and children's television titan Mr. (Fred) Rogers.

Get in

By plane

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT ^IATA) is a common way to get in. The Pittsburgh airport is about an hour to an hour in a half away from Latrobe. Many airlines fly in and out of Pittsburgh including Air Canada, American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, and United.

• 1 Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE  ^IATA). The airport closest to Latrobe, is found in the surrounding township of Unity. Spirit Airlines is the only carrier to fly in and out of this airport.  

By train

See also: Rail travel in the United States

• 2 Latrobe railway station, 329 McKinley Ave. (updated May 2020)
  • Amtrak, ☏ +1 215-856-7924, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245. Operates trains throughout the United States of America. (updated Dec 2020) Route stopping at Latrobe:
    • Pennsylvanian operates daily between Pittsburgh and New York City with stops in Greensburg, Latrobe, Johnstown, Altoona, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Harrisburg, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Exton, Paoli, Philadelphia, Trenton, and Newark.

See

• Mozart Hall. 

Do

• Great American Banana Split Celebration. Latrobe is the home of the banana split. (updated Apr 2018)

Go next

Routes through Latrobe

Pittsburgh ← Greensburg ←	W  E	→ Johnstown → Harrisburg
Pittsburgh ← Greensburg ←	W  E	→ Bedford → York