South Park (Pittsburgh)
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South Park is a 2013 acres (8.1 km²) county park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
, United States
. It is the second largest in the county's 12000 acres (48.6 km²) network of nine distinct parks.
Completed in 1931, South Park is sited 15 miles (24.1 km) south of Downtown Pittsburgh in Bethel Park
municipality and South Park Township
. The park offers a wave pool, golf course, ice skating rink, picnic groves, tennis courts, and miles of trails.
Beginning in the 1930s, South Park was used as the county fairgrounds and for more than thirty years attracted a half million people each season. By the late 1960s, farming in the county had declined and the fair was discontinued.
It is the location of the Oliver Miller Homestead
, an important site of the Whiskey Rebellion
.
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 the second largest in the county's 12000 acres (48.6 km²) network of nine distinct parks.
Completed in 1931, South Park is sited 15 miles (24.1 km) south of Downtown Pittsburgh in Bethel Park
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Bethel Park is a home rule municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area, approximately 7 miles southwest of Pittsburgh...
municipality and South Park Township
South Park Township, Pennsylvania
South Park Township is located in the southern part of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, near Pittsburgh. The population was 13,416 at the 2010 census.A large portion of the township is covered by a county park of the same name...
. The park offers a wave pool, golf course, ice skating rink, picnic groves, tennis courts, and miles of trails.
Beginning in the 1930s, South Park was used as the county fairgrounds and for more than thirty years attracted a half million people each season. By the late 1960s, farming in the county had declined and the fair was discontinued.
It is the location of the Oliver Miller Homestead
Oliver Miller Homestead
Oliver Miller Homestead is a public museum that commemorates pioneer settlers of Western Pennsylvania. It is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's South Park about south of downtown Pittsburgh near Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.The house was built on the site of the Oliver Miller Homestead,...
, an important site of the Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. Farmers who sold their corn in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented...
.