Harrison Hills Park is a 500-acre (2.0 km2) county park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is a part of the county's 12,000-acre (49 km2) network of nine distinct parks. It is situated 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Pittsburgh in Harrison Township. The park features an overlook of the Allegheny River and offers walking, hiking, and bridle trails.
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Rachel Carson Run is a 1.4-mile long tributary of the Allegheny River located in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Rachel Carson Run flows through Harrison Hills Park and joins the Allegheny River within Harrison Township.
The stream is named after ecologist Rachel Carson.
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Highlands Mall is a former shopping mall in Harrison Township, Pennsylvania that operates today as an open-air shopping center. It opened in 1977 and closed in 2006, reopening after its redevelopment in 2008.
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The Rachel Carson Trail is a 45.7-mile hiking trail in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its western terminus is in the suburban North Park district in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and its eastern terminus is in Harrison Hills Park along the Allegheny River, near the town of Freeport. The trail is maintained by the Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy.
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Karns is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States; it is located in Western Pennsylvania within the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, approximately 24 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Karns is situated along the Allegheny River at Pool 4 across from Jacks Island just above Lock and Dam 4 between Natrona, Natrona Heights, and Sligo. The elevation of Karns is 817 feet above sea level.
The postal ZIP code is 15065, while the telephone area codes are 724 and 878; although the code 878 is not used.
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The Donald R. Lobaugh Bridge is a cantilever bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Allegheny River between Buffalo and Allegheny townships in Pennsylvania.
The Harrison Hills Park Environmental Learning Center is open on weekends.