With its 251 acres and miles of trails, Riverview Park offers a chance to explore the outdoors within the city limits. Paths with varying degrees of difficulty ensure that visitors see a wide variety of habitats and interesting sights. The Wissahickon Road, for instance, passes through the Wissahickon Nature Center and takes hikers past a gigantic 200-year-old oak tree. For those who want to see the more wild and scenic natural beauty and get a real taste of being in the wilderness, try the Snyder’s Point Loop, which follows one of the most prominent ridges in the park. Kilbuck Trail is not only a great place to access the park from the North Side, but is also a great paved biking path and leads travelers past the Valley Refuge Center, a beautiful old stone shelter built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. If you want to challenge your hiking skills, the Ground Hog Haven Trail offers hikers a steep, marshy climb. Riverview Park not only boasts numerous hiking trails, but also includes a large swimming pool, tennis courts, a ball field, several playgrounds, picnic areas, and perhaps its most unique and well-known feature-the Allegheny Observatory.

Riverview Park
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article

Directions

Approximately 15 minutes driving time from Pittsburgh. For more information, call (412) 255-2135.

From Downtown:

1. Cross the 7th St. Bridge
2. Turn right on Stockton St. and continue around Allegheny Square
3. Turn left at Allegheny General Hospital
4. Turn right at the Garden Theater
5. Bear right onto Perrysville Ave. to Riverview Park
6. Turn Left on Riverview Avenue to enter Riverview Park
7. Continue up to the Observatory

From Sewickley and points WEST:

1. Take Route 65 South towards Pittsburgh
2. After the McKees Rocks Bridge, follow signs for Route 19 North and Wexford. This will put you onto Beaver Avenue for a couple of blocks, then guide you to cross under the highway to once again head north
3. Continue following signs for Route 19 North (Marshall Avenue). Follow Marshall Avenue/Route 19 up hill, to T at Perrysville Avenue
4. Turn left, continuing north on Route 19 until you see the signs for Riverview Park, where you turn left and continue up the hill to the Observatory

From points NORTH:

1. Take Route 279 South to Venture Street exit
2. Turn Left onto East Street toward Downtown
3. Turn Right onto Milroy Street
4. Continue up the steep hill to the top
5. Turn Right on Viola Street, then Left on Watson Street
6. Turn Right onto Perrysville Ave.
7. Turn Left on Riverview Ave. to enter Riverview Park
8. Continue up the hill to the Observatory

From points EAST:

1. Take Route 28 South to East Ohio Street Exit
2. At stop light, follow signs for I-279 North and turn Right onto Madison Street
3. Stay on Madison Street, which becomes East Street, past entrance for I-279. Continue past stop lights at Hazlett Street and Mt. Pleasant
4. Turn Left at the next stoplight onto Milroy Street, which crosses I-279
5. Continue up the steep hill to the top
6. Turn Right on Viola Street, then Left on Watson Street
7. Turn Right onto Perrysville Ave.
8. Turn Left on Riverview Ave. to enter Riverview Park
9. Continue up the hill to the Observatory

From points SOUTH:

1. Take I-579 to I-279 North. Take the Hazlett Street exit after crossing the Allegheny River (Veterans Bridge)
2. At end of ramp, turn left onto East Street. (DO NOT go uphill)
3. Turn Left at next stoplight onto Milroy Street, which crosses I-279
4. Continue up the steep hill to the top
5. Turn Right on Viola Street, then Left on Watson Street
6. Turn Right onto Perrysville Ave.
7. Turn Left on Riverview Ave. to enter Riverview Park
8. Continue up the hill to the Observatory

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