Point State Park tops the list of most-visited in the region in 2024
It’s probably no surprise that Point State Park was the most visited state park in the region in 2024, according to statistics released by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
With sweeping city, river and bridge views, the park provides 36 acres of green space while preserving its place in the birth of the nation. An estimated 1.57 million people visited Point State Park in 2024, taking in the 100-foot tall fountain at the confluence of the Monongahela, Ohio and Allegheny rivers.
About 20,000 more people visited the park last year compared to 2023, statistics show.
Statewide, an estimated 38.5 million people visited Pennsylvania’s 121 parks in 2024. Locally, the second most visited park was Moraine State Park in Butler County with an estimated 1.1 million people followed by Ohiopyle State Park in Fayette County with 919,400 visitors. Both parks saw similar bumps in visitors from 2023.
Most popular in 2024 was the 17,000-acre Pymatuning State Park in Crawford County at 3,810,496 visitors.
Other state parks around the region, including those in the Laurel Highlands, welcomed an estimated thousands of visitors in 2024.
Here are the parks are in order of most visits:
• Point State Park, Pittsburgh, 1,570,000
• Moraine State Park, Butler County, 1,100,000
• Ohiopyle State Park, Fayette County, 919,400
• Raccoon Creek State Park, Beaver County, 736,320
• Keystone State Park, Westmoreland County, 460,390
• Laurel Hill State Park, Somerset County, 306,000
• McConnells Mill State Park, Butler County, 229,970
• Linn Run State Park, Westmoreland County, 169,150
• Yellow Creek State Park, Indiana County, 135,400
• Laurel Ridge State Park, Cambria, Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland, 110,220
• Kooser State Park, Somerset County, 75,380
• Jennings Environmental Education Center, Butler County, 62,440
• Laurel Mountain State Park, Westmoreland and Somerset counties, 38,560
• Laurel Summit State Park, Westmoreland County, 34,850
• Ryerson Station, Greene County, 38,670
Renatta Signorini is a TribLive reporter covering breaking news, crime, courts and Jeannette. She has been working at the Trib since 2005. She can be reached at rsignorini@triblive.com.
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