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Attractions near Rural Valley

Around Rural Valley, Frick Park leads the list

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site draws about 163K visitors a year. All of it lies outside: 12 places within 40 miles, none inside Rural Valley. There are 6 museums, 2 city parks and a zoo & aquarium to choose from. Travel 44 mi and you reach Acrisure Stadium.

Attractions nearby
70
within 60 miles
The big one
54 mi
Flight 93 National Memorial
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Laurel Mountain Ski Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 54 mi southeast

Flight 93 National Memorial

Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where each one is

Out of town, most of the 12 are to the southwest.

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Orange: Rural Valley. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Everything on the list

70 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Rural Valley → · Rural Valley’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0 · Highmark Stadium: Nobo71, CC BY 4.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Frick Park: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carnegie Museum of Natural History: User:Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Point State Park: John, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Andy Warhol Museum: Cbaile19, CC0 · Nationality Rooms: Chloe Fan from Wellesley, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Aviary: Popscreenshot, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Requin: malo, Public domain · Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens: Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carnegie Museum of Art: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Randyland: Popscreenshot, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Benedum Center: PerryPlanet, Public domain · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Schenley Park: Unknown, Public domain · Kamin Science Center: Allie_Caulfield, CC BY 2.0 · Mattress Factory: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frick Art & Historical Center: Lee Paxton (Original uploader was Leepaxton at en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Economy Village: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Knob: Calzarette, CC BY 3.0 · Laurel Mountain Ski Resort: jcalz (talk)calzarette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0 · Heinz Hall: Popscreenshot, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stephen Foster Memorial: Crazypaco at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 · Johnstown Flood National Memorial: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum: The original uploader was Willjay at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Drake Well Museum: Zamoose, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Cascade Park: Pianotech, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: Popscreenshot, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frick Fine Arts Building: Crazypaco at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 · Bayernhof Music Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Byham Theater: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bicycle Heaven: Popscreenshot, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Roberdeau: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Foxburg Country Club: Mvincec, Public domain · Johnstown Flood Museum: Jet Lowe, HABS photographer, Public domain · Mishler Theatre: David Ames, Public domain · Westmoreland Museum of American Art: Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny: Nicolas Veron, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Salk Hall: TheZachMorrisExperience, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Woodville: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kelly-Strayhorn Theater: Cbaile19, CC0 · ToonSeum: Toonseum, Public domain · American Jewish Museum: Melissalynnehiller, Leslie A. Golomb, Barbara Broff Goldman, CC BY 3.0 · August Wilson African American Cultural Center: Minnaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pittsburgh Botanic Garden: Nick Amoscato, CC BY 2.0 · Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden: Shizzy9989 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Highland Park: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0

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