Parks

The City:

• Pittsburgh City Parks

  The Pittsburgh Parks + Recreation Department maintains a large number of parks within the city limits, offering diverse recreational activities including pools, tennis, lawn bowling, summer day camps, playing fields for soccer, baseball and football, and hiking and biking trails.

• Point State Park

  Point State Park is at the tip of Pittsburgh’s "Golden Triangle." It commemorates and preserves the strategic and historic heritage of the area, and is a National Historic Landmark. Natural landscaping and a 150-foot tall fountain enhance the beauty of this unique park at the forks of the Ohio. A stepped wall or stone bleacher along the Allegheny River section of the park provides seating for outdoor events. A bike and in-line skate route through Point State Park connects to the Three Rivers Heritage Trail System via bicycle routes through the city.

Allegheny County:

• Allegheny County Parks

  The Allegheny County Parks Department maintains nine county parks in the greater Pittsburgh area, which feature varied topography and hundreds of miles of trails, wave pools, picnic areas, special events such as festivals and summer concerts, and more.

• Hartwood Acres

  Called the "crown jewel" of Allegheny County's parks, Hartwood is famous for not only its numerous trails, but Hartwood is also famous for its atmosphere. While trekking the park's 629 acres in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, be sure to stop by the stately Hartwood manor for a guided tour or take in a show at the amphitheater.

The Western Pennsylvania Region:

• McConnells Mill State Park

  McConnells Mill State Park, in Lawrence County, encompasses 2,546 acres of the spectacular Slippery Rock Creek Gorge. Created by the draining of glacial lakes thousands of years ago, the gorge has steeps sides and the valley floor is littered with huge boulders. A logging mill was built in the 1800s to harness the power of the water. The park is open from sunrise to sunset, year-round.

• Moraine State Park

  Located an hour north of Pittsburgh, Moraine State Park's Lake Arthur is a great place for Saturday afternoon fishing excursion. The lake's 3,222 acres of warm water are home to a number of popular fish species, including northern pike, largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie and bluegill.

• Ohiopyle State Park

  Pennsylvania's largest state park, Ohiopyle is the area's premier outdoor recreation area. Located in the Laurel Highlands, Ohiopyle State Park encompasses approximately 19,052 acres of wilderness and is ideal for hiking, walking and a number of other recreational activities.