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Ohiopyle State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 20,500 acres (8,300 ha) in Dunbar, Henry Clay and Stewart Townships, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The focal point of the park is the more than 14 miles (23 km) of the Youghiogheny River gorge that passes through the park. The river provides whitewater boating ...
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 ...
85001004 [1] Star Gazers' Stone located on Star Gazers' Farm near Embreeville, Pennsylvania, USA, marks the site of a temporary observatory established in January 1764 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon which they used in their survey of the Mason-Dixon line. The stone was placed by Mason and Dixon about 700 feet (213 m) north of the Harlan ...
That trail begins at Ohiopyle State Park to the southwest and reaches Conemaugh Gorge near Johnstown. All of that trail's overnight shelter areas are within the grounds of the state park. Uniquely among Pennsylvania hiking trails, that trail is protected as a linear state park, coordinated by personnel at Laurel Ridge State Park.
Cherry Springs State Park is an 82-acre (33 ha) [a] Pennsylvania state park in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The park was created from land within the Susquehannock State Forest, and is on Pennsylvania Route 44 in West Branch Township. Cherry Springs, named for a large stand of Black Cherry trees in the park, is atop the dissected ...
The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 70.1-mile (112.8 km) hiking trail in southwestern Pennsylvania, which largely follows the Laurel Hill geologic formation. It begins at Ohiopyle State Park and travels generally to the northeast, and ends at Conemaugh Gorge near Johnstown.
Park named for its donor, a Secretary of the Department of Forests and Waters; now popular for star gazing. Sand Bridge State Park: Union County: 3 acres (1 ha) 1978: Rapid Run: This is the smallest state park in Pennsylvania, a day use picnic area on PA 192. Shawnee State Park: Bedford County: 3,983 acres (1,612 ha) 1951: Lake Shawnee
Middle Yough, from Confluence, Pennsylvania to Ohiopyle ; Ohiopyle Falls in Ohiopyle State Park: Previously, this spectacular 18-foot (5.5 m) waterfall was legal for kayakers and canoeists to run on only one weekend a year , during a race and festival. In August 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced a ...