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  2. Moraine State Park - Wikipedia

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    Moraine State Park. /  40.95361°N 80.12750°W  / 40.95361; -80.12750. Moraine State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 16,725 acres (6,768 ha) in Brady, Clay, Franklin, Muddy Creek, and Worth townships in Butler County, Pennsylvania . The park includes a man-made lake, Lake Arthur, formed by impounding Muddy Creek, which is 3,225 acres ...

  3. Frank W. Preston - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Jane Hupman. Frank W. Preston (May 14, 1896 – March 1, 1989) was an English - American engineer, ecologist, and conservationist. He helped found the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and worked to reclaim the land that is now Moraine State Park in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Preston was a leading expert in glass ...

  4. Point State Park - Wikipedia

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    Designated NHL. October 9, 1960 [3] Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres (150,000 m 2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River . Built on land that was acquired via eminent ...

  5. Jennings Environmental Education Center - Wikipedia

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    Jennings Environmental Education Center. Jennings Environmental Education Center is a 300-acre (121 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Brady Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is 12 miles (19 km) north of Butler at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 8 and Pennsylvania Route 528. The center contains a relict prairie ...

  6. Portersville, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Geography. Portersville is located near the western border of Butler County at 40°55′31″N 80°8′39″W (40.925285, −80.144229). [4] It is surrounded by Muddy Creek Township, though the borough's western border comes within 660 feet (200 m) of the Lawrence County line. U.S. Route 19, Perry Highway, passes through the center of the ...

  7. Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta - Wikipedia

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    Festival Festival crowd at Point State Park with the downtown Pittsburgh skyline in the background Artists working on an annual sand sculpture for the Regatta. The race corresponds to a three-day festival in downtown Pittsburgh consisting of variety of events including free concerts, food vendors, aerial competitions, various water sports, dragon boat races, and the July Fourth fireworks ...

  8. National Scout jamboree (Boy Scouts of America) - Wikipedia

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    Dutchess County Council (NY) troop at the 1977 National Scout Jamboree, held at Moraine State Park, Pennsylvania Attending the jamboree is an intensive and expensive process. Considering the logistics of having thousands of youth and their leaders concentrated in one area at one time, the Jamboree Division of the National Council coordinates ...

  9. Glacier Ridge Trail - Wikipedia

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    Moderate. Season. Year-round. The Glacier Ridge Trail is a 14.8-mile-long (23.8 km) hiking trail in western Pennsylvania. The trail extends from Moraine State Park to Jennings Environmental Education Center. [1] As its name implies, the trail largely follows a ridgeline and associated features formed by glaciers during the Last Glacial Period.