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2. Ohiopyle State Park - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Great Allegheny Passage - Wikipedia

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   Now a popular camping area and rest spot near Buena Vista, Pennsylvania. Connellsville trestles, 2 long bridges near Connellsville, Pennsylvania; Ohiopyle State Park, bisected by the Youghiogheny, the most popular whitewater destination on the east coast. Fallingwater, a national architectural landmark designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located ...

4. List of Pennsylvania state parks - Wikipedia

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   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: Rental lodge on an island in the lake: Shikellamy State Park: Northumberland and Union Counties: 132 acres (53 ha) 1960: West Branch and North Branch Susquehanna River

5. Youghiogheny River - Wikipedia

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   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 pilot program allowing boaters to run the falls during ...

6. Ferncliff Peninsula Natural Area - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Laurel Highlands - Wikipedia

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   Laurel Highlands. Coordinates: 40.241°N 79.239°W. Autumn on a small road in Somerset County. The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Fayette County, Somerset County, and Westmoreland County. [1] It has a population of about 600,000 people. The region is approximately fifty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh ...