Settler's Cabin Park is a 1610 acres (7 km²) county park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,223,348; making it the second most populous county in Pennsylvania, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh...

, United States

United States

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. It is a part of the county's 12,000 acre (49 km²) network of nine distinct parks.

It is sited 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

 in Collier

Collier Township, Pennsylvania

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, North Fayette

North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania

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, and Robinson Townships. Archaeologists from Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

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helped identify the 1780s log house that gives the park its name. The themes of the 11 picnic groves are Indian names: Algonquin, Seneca, Apache, Tomahawk, etc.

External links

• Settler's Cabin Park website