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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 ...
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 ...
Near Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, Baughman Rock Overlook provides stunning views in the fall. People driving the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway can make this part of their journey. - Alex Byers/GO ...
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 ...
Trail map. 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. Construction of the trail began in 1970.
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.
Sugarloaf Knob is a well-known summit within Ohiopyle State Park on the south end of the Laurel Ridge. This mountain has a unique profile and can easily be recognized at different lookouts in the park and surrounding area.