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More than a dozen state parks and forests across Pennsylvania – including Ohiopyle in Fayette County – have been experiencing “extreme overcrowding” on weekends recently, with more people expected to ....
The state has issued an “overcrowding alert” this holiday weekend for 14 of its 121 state parks in the commonwealth including regional favorites such as Ohiopyle, Keystone and Presque Isle. A large number of park users on good weather weekends is causing some state parks to turn away visitors, according ....
One of the “must see” state parks for your bucket list is located in Fayette County. Ohiopyle State Park is a unique place to stay for a day or a week. It has everything that you could imagine being part of a natural resource. The park is a place where mountains, rivers and major trails converge in one small community. It’s such a special attraction that more than 1 million people visit this park each year. Scott Stough of Friendsville, Md., has been kayaking there since 1982, and we met up with him during my recent visit to the park. “It’s convenient and it always has water,” he said about the powerful Youghiogheny River that includes numerous scenic waterfalls. He also said there are plenty of shuttle services for those riding kayaks down stream. ....
OHIOPYLE â Eric Martin was driving up Sugarloaf Road to go mountain biking late Thursday afternoon when he noticed a haze in the air and the unmistakable stench of a wildfire in the forest around Ohiopyle State Park. As co-owner of Falls City Pub restaurant and Wilderness Voyageurs located on the northern side of the Youghiogheny River, he wondered if his businesses could be in danger and began looking for a plume of smoke. Moments later, the Ohiopyle-Stewart Volunteer Fire Departmentâs whistle began blaring, confirming his fears of a wildfire somewhere in the 20,500-acre park. His heart sunk when he soon learned the fire originated on the northern side of the river and was only about 3½ miles away from his businesses as it was slowly creeping toward them. It eventually jumped a ridge, he said, and moved about two miles from the borough. ....
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