Welcome to Point State Park

Point State Park stands at the confluence of three rivers at the tip of Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle, preserving the area’s strategic and historic heritage from the French and Indian War while also representing the city’s emergence from its industrial past and first renaissance. Completed and dedicated in 1974 on a brownfield site at the end of the Pittsburgh peninsula, it has been in continuous use for festivals, concerts, and millions of annual visitors for almost four decades, has become one of the nation’s outstanding historical parks and tourist attractions, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Its fountain, opened in 1974, became a symbol of Pittsburgh’s strength, with a high column of water marking the meeting of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers and the importance of water to the area, and renovated features include a raised fountain base, more accessible seating, a cascade waterfall, new stone paving surfaces, and new lighting. The original 1953 landscape design by Stotz and Griswold emphasized a simple natural setting of trees, hills, rivers, and native species rather than monuments and manicured flower gardens, and historically correct plants remain a defining feature; areas such as the Woodlands and lawns provide important open natural space in the city and ecological benefits by reducing pollution through absorption of carbon dioxide from nearby highway traffic. In a recreated two-floor, 12,000-square-foot bastion, the Fort Pitt Museum presents Western Pennsylvania’s pivotal role in the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the birthplace of Pittsburgh. The Fort Pitt Block House, built in 1764 as a small defensive redoubt, is the only surviving structure of Fort Pitt and also served as the western headquarters of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The Monongahela and Allegheny Riverfront Promenades, renovated in 2011, feature two amphitheaters, refurbished bleachers, paving, handicap and bike access, benches, and lighting, and connect visitors to Pittsburgh’s riverfronts.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · United States