Settlers Cabin Park

40°26′3.17″N 80°9′35.02″W / 40.4342139°N 80.1597278°W / 40.4342139; -80.1597278Area1,610-acre (7 km2)

Settlers Cabin Park is a 1,610-acre (7 km2) county park that is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the county's 12,000-acre (49 km2) network of nine distinct parks.

History

Archaeologists from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History helped identify the 1780s log house that gave the park its name. The themes of the eleven picnic groves in this park are derived from the names of Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Algonquin, Seneca, Apache, Tomahawk, etc.

Geography and notable features

This American park is situated 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Pittsburgh in Collier, North Fayette, and Robinson Townships.

Settlers Cabin has the most heavily used of the county's three wave pools. The location along the major route to the airport makes it accessible, and swimmers from Ohio and West Virginia can easily reach the site. A diving is also available.[1]

Gallery

  • Wave Pool at Settlers Cabin Park
    Wave Pool at Settlers Cabin Park

References

  1. ^ "Parks | Settlers Cabin | About | Allegheny County". www.alleghenycounty.us. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  • Smith, Helene and George Swetnam (1991). A Guidebook to Historic Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 0-8229-5424-9.

External links

  • Settlers Cabin Park website
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The regional parks of Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
  • Boyce Park
  • Deer Lakes Park
  • Harrison Hills Park
  • Hartwood Acres Park
  • North Park
  • Round Hill Park
  • Settlers Cabin Park
  • South Park
  • White Oak Park