Highland Park

Highland Park

Parks Directory of the United States / Urban Parks / Pittsburgh

Address:Highland Ave at Bunker Hill
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Phone:412-665-3632
Fax:412-665-3633
Web: www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/parks/
Size: 475 acres.
Location:East of downtown in Pittsburgh's Highland Park neighborhood. Park office is at the corner of Heberton and Grafton Streets.
Facilities:Picnic shelters, swimming pool, lake, trails, fitness course, playgrounds, sports areas.
Activities:Fishing, swimming, hiking, bicycling, tennis, baseball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball.
Special Features:Park houses the Pittsburgh Zoo (established in 1898), featuring more than 6,300 animals in natural habitat exhibits, including a tropical rain forest complex.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Highland Park

 

a city in the northern USA, in the state of Michigan; a northern suburb of Detroit. Population, 35,000 (1975). Automobile plants are located in Highland Park. The city is the site of the Lawrence Institute of Technology.

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