National battlefield · Wharton Township, Fayette County
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
A reconstructed round stockade in a mountain meadow where young George Washington fought his first battle in 1754, opening the French and Indian War, with a visitor center and trails.
What you will find
- Historic features
- Hiking trails
- Visitor center
Make a day of it
Nearby
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Kentuck Knob
Built of native stone and cypress and tucked into a hillside a few miles from Fallingwater, a later Frank Lloyd Wright house with a woodland sculpture meadow on the grounds.
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Ohiopyle State Park
The Youghiogheny roars through a deep gorge here, with Ohiopyle Falls at the edge of the village, whitewater rafting, natural rock waterslides on Meadow Run, Cucumber Falls and the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail.
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Laurel Caverns
Pennsylvania's largest cave, deep inside Chestnut Ridge, offers guided walking tours, rugged crawling-and-climbing caving trips and a mountaintop view across the Laurel Highlands.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
Seventy miles of footpath along Laurel Ridge, from the Youghiogheny River to the Conemaugh Gorge, with mileposts all the way, mountain views and shelter areas for backpackers.
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Great Allegheny Passage
Running 150 miles from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Maryland, this crushed-limestone rail trail crosses the Eastern Continental Divide and the Youghiogheny gorge at Ohiopyle and links to the C&O Canal towpath.
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Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright's famous house cantilevered over a waterfall on Bear Run, built for the Kaufmann family in the 1930s and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
