| Settlers Cabin Park | |
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TheWalker-Ewing-Glass Log House, located on Pinkerton Run Road, is the 1780s log house that gives Settlers Cabin Park its name. | |
| Type | Municipal |
| Location | Allegheny County,Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°26′3.17″N80°9′35.02″W / 40.4342139°N 80.1597278°W /40.4342139; -80.1597278 |
| Area | 1,610-acre (7 km2) |
Settlers Cabin Park is a 1,610-acre (7 km2) county park that is located inAllegheny County, Pennsylvania,United States. It is a part of the county's 12,000-acre (49 km2) network of nine distinct parks.
Archaeologists from theCarnegie Museum of Natural History helped identify the 1780s log house that gave the park its name. The themes of the eleven picnic groves in this park are derived from the names ofIndigenous peoples of the Americas: Algonquin, Seneca, Apache, Tomahawk, etc.
This American park is situated 10 miles (16 km) west of downtownPittsburgh inCollier,North Fayette, andRobinson Townships.
Settlers Cabin has the most heavily used of the county's three wave pools. The location along the major route to the airport makes it accessible, and swimmers from Ohio and West Virginia can easily reach the site. A diving is also available.[1]