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Ohiopyle Falls is a 20-foot (6.1 m) waterfall that spans the Youghiogheny River and is surrounded by the Falls Day Use Area located at the center of the park. [4] Cucumber Falls is a 36-foot (11 m) bridal veil waterfall on Cucumber Run, a small creek which flows into the Youghiogheny River. It can be reached from Meadow Run Trail. [4]
Meadow Run rises about 1 mile northeast of Washington Springs, Pennsylvania, and then flows southeast and northeast to join the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle. Watershed. Meadow Run drains 41.20 square miles (106.7 km 2) of area, receives about 50.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 376.51, and is about 82% forested. See also
Youghiogheny River. The Youghiogheny River (/ jɒkəˈɡeɪni / yok-ə-GAY-nee[6]), or the Yough (/ ˈjɒk / YOK) for short, is a 134-mile-long (216 km) [2] tributary of the Monongahela River in West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. It drains an area on the west side of the Allegheny Mountains northward into Pennsylvania, providing a small ...
Ohiopyle is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 38 at the 2020 census. [3] While Ohiopyle has a tiny year-round population, it is often filled with tourists on the weekend, who come for the outdoor recreation opportunities at the surrounding Ohiopyle State Park, as well as the Great Allegheny Passage bicycle trail which connects with the Chesapeake and ...
Ferncliff Peninsula Natural Area. / 39.86756; -79.49823. Ferncliff Peninsula Natural Area is a 100-acre (40 ha) peninsula with a unique habitat with many rare and unusual, for Pennsylvania, plants. It is part of Ohiopyle State Park, near Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in November 1973 and was named a State ...
Bear Run is a 5.0-mile-long (8.0 km) [ 6] tributary of the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Bear Run is in the Appalachian Mountains and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The Fallingwater house, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is located on this stream at the locality known as Mill Run.
The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a 150-mile (240 km) rail trail between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland. Together with the C&O Canal towpath, the GAP is part of a 335 mi (539 km) route between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., that is popular with through hikers and cyclists.
Cucumber Run rises about 2 miles southeast of Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, and then flows northeast to join the Youghiogheny River about 0.25 miles southeast of Ohiopyle. Watershed. Cucumber Run drains 6.42 square miles (16.6 km 2) of area, receives about 51.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 350.68, and is about 85% forested.