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Erie Fast Facts
  • Founded in 1795
  • Nicknamed the Flagship City and Gem City
  • Home port of the U.S. Brig Niagara (reconstructed flagship that helped win the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812)
  • Fourth largest city in Pennsylvania and the state's only lake port city
  • Largest employer is GE Transportation, manufacturer of locomotives
  • An average of 1.5 million fish are caught each year in Lake Erie, its bays and tributaries
  • Named in Top 20 family fishing spots in the nation, by Field & Stream magazine
  • Home to the oldest land lighthouse on the Great Lakes
  • Population: City-103,717; County-280,843 (2000 Census)
  • Climate: Average temperature: 51.9 F; average summer high: 76.4 F; Average winter high: 35 F
 

Places to Stay

There is no shortage of places to stay near the Penn State Behrend campus, located off Interstate 90, Exit 32. When making reservations, request the "Penn State Behrend rate."


Accommodations off I-90:

Exit 24: Peach Street (Close to Millcreek Mall, dining)

Approximately 12-minute drive; 10 miles from campus

  • Comfort Inn - 814-866-6666
  • Courtyard by Marriott - 814-860-8300
  • Econo Lodge - 814-866-5544
  • Hampton Inn South - 814-866-6800
  • Hilton Garden Inn - 814-866-1390
  • Holiday Inn Express - 814-217-1100
  • Residence Inn - 814-864-2500
  • Wingate by Wyndham - 814-860-3050

Exit 27: Waterford / State Street     

Approximately 9-minute drive; 7 miles from campus     

  • Days Inn -  814-868-8521
  • Quality Inn/Super 8 - 814-864-9200
  • Red Roof Inn - 814-868-5246    

Exits 29 and 35

  • TimberMist Bed & Breakfast, Exit 29 (16 min.; 12 miles) - 888-739-9004
  • Rodeway Inn , Exit 35 (6 min.; 4 miles from campus) - 814-899-1919

Exit 41: North East     

  • Grape Arbor Bed and Breakfast (16 min.; 13 miles) - 866-725-0048
  • Holiday Inn Express & Suites (13 min.; 11 miles) - 814-725-4400
  • Super 8 (12 minutes; 11 miles from campus) - 814-725-4567

Other nearby accommodations:

Interchange Road off Interstate 79 (Close to Millcreek Mall, dining)

Approximately 16-minute drive; 11 miles from campus     

  • Fairfield Inn - 814-868-2242
  • Homewood Suites - 814-866-8292
  • SpringHill Suites by Marriott - 814-864-5000
  • TownePlace Suites by Marriott - 814-866-7100

Close to Airport and Presque Isle State Park

Approximately 18-minute drive; 10 miles from campus

  • Clarion Hotel - 814-833-1116
  • Comfort Inn Presque Isle - 814-835-4200

Downtown Erie

  • Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel (10 min.; 6 miles) - 814-454-2005
  • The Boothby Inn (Bed & Breakfast: 11 min.; 7 miles) - 814-456-1888
  • Downtown Erie Hotel (10 minutes; 6 miles) - 814-456-2961
  • George Carroll House (Bed & Breakfast: 11 min.; 7 mi.) - 814-459-2021

Close to Peek 'n Peak Resort in New York

Approximately 16-minute drive; 15 miles from campus

  • Holiday Inn Express - 716-769-7900