Point State Park

Point State Park
Pennsylvania State Park
Point State Park in Fall
Named for: the point of confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers forming the Ohio River
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny
City	Pittsburgh
Location
- elevation	718 ft (218.8 m)
- coordinates	40°26′30″N 80°00′43″W / 40.44167°N 80.01194°W / 40.44167; -80.01194Coordinates: 40°26′30″N 80°00′43″W / 40.44167°N 80.01194°W / 40.44167; -80.01194
Area	36 acres (15 ha)
Founded	August, 1974 [1]
Management	Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape
Location of Point State Park in Pennsylvania
Website: Point State Park

Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park on 36 acres (150,000 m²) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.

Built on land acquired via eminent domain from industrial enterprises in the 1950s, the park opened in August 1974 when construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The park also includes the outlines and remains of two of the oldest structures in Pittsburgh, Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne. The Fort Pitt Museum, housed in the Monongahela Bastion of Fort Pitt, commemorates the French and Indian War (1754–63), in which the area soon to become Pittsburgh was a major battlefield.

Today the park provides recreational space for workers, visitors, and residents in downtown Pittsburgh and also acts as the site for major cultural events in the city, including the Venture Outdoors Festival, Three Rivers Arts Festival and Three Rivers Regatta. The park, a registered National Historic Landmark, is operated by the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks.