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Market SquareParent rating: ![]() Location: Seven Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA Once a city market, Market Square is now home to a variety of shops and eateries, and serves as a venue for outdoor community events such as festivals and concerts. The Marke... |
Schenley PlazaParent rating: ![]() Location: 4100 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Schenley Plaza offers an oasis of relaxation, recreation, food, and entertainment. The urban park features movable chairs and cafe tables, a tented area for shade, free wireless internet...
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Boyce ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 675 Frankstown Road, Pittsburgh, PA Boyce Park is a public park offering snowboarding (two quarter pipes, three table top jumps, and one of the longest half pipes in Pennsylvania), downhill skiing, snowtubing, a wave pool,...
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Highland ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: Highland Avenue and Reservoir Drive, Pittsburgh, PA Runners and walkers find a cool hilltop oasis at the promenade surrounding Highland Park's historic Reservoir No. 1. The three-quarter-mile walkway is one of many popular features of this Ea...
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Hamilton ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: Terrace Drive and Lyndell Street, Pittsburgh, PA Hamilton Park is a community park that features ball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a playground. |
Gateway CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: Penn Avenue and Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, PA The Gateway Center, a complex comprised of various highrise buildings - One Gateway Center, Two Gateway Center, Three Gateway Center, and Four Gateway Center - is located in downtown Pit...
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McKinley ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: Bausman Street and McKinley Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA McKinley Park, a community park in Beltzhoover, offers a recreation center, a children's play area, a hockey court, tennis and basketball courts, and ball fields. |
Mellon ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: Fifth and Penn Avenues, Pittsburgh, PA The Mellon Park, a popular community park located in Pittsburgh's Breeze section, offers basketball and tennis courts, ball fields, and a children's play area. |
South Side Riverfront ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: South 18th Street and Riverfront Park, Pittsburgh, PA South Side Riverfront Park is a community park on the Monongahela River that offers a public boat and canoe launch, a picnic area, and a multi-purpose trail. |
Schenley ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 101 Panther Hollow Road, Pittsburgh, PA Situated in the heart of Oakland, Schenley Park is a major destination for anyone who loves the outdoors. The public, city park features a visitor center, a pool, an ice skating rink, an...
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Frick ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 6750 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA The 600-acre Frick Park, the largest of the city's four parks, features extensive trails throughout the area's steep valleys and wooded slopes, red clay tennis courts, biking trails, a bowling ...
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Mellon SquareParent rating: ![]() Location: Smithfield and Oliver Streets, Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Square, an urban green space in the downtown Pittsburgh area, is on the National Register of Historic Places. |
Eliza Furnace Trail (Jail Trail)Parent rating: ![]() Location: First Avenue and Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA The Eliza Furnace Trail, also known as the Jail Trail, is a paved, multi-purpose trail that runs along Second Avenue (parallel to the Monongahela River) for approximately 2.5 miles, from...
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North ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: Pearce Mill Road, Allison Park, PA North Park is a public park that features an 18-hole golf course, a boathouse, an ice skating rink, tennis courts, a swimming pool, the Wagner Playground, picnic groves and shelte...
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Hartwood Estate & MansionParent rating: ![]() Location: 200 Hartwood Acres, Pittsburgh, PA Hartwood is a public park featuring many amenities for families with various interests. The park offers a theatre, off-leash dog areas, and trails for horseback riding, cross-country ski...
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