Prince Gallitzin State Park
| Prince Gallitzin State Park Cambria County, Pennsylvania |
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| Pennsylvania State Park | |
 A boat on Glendale Lake in the park
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| Named for: Demetrius Gallitzin | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Cambria |
| Townships | Chest, White |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 1,539 ft (469.1 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°40′30″N 78°32′13″W / 40.67500°N 78.53694°WCoordinates: 40°40′30″N 78°32′13″W / 40.67500°N 78.53694°W |
| Area | 6,249 acres (2,529 ha) |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Prince Gallitzin State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Prince Gallitzin State Park | |
Prince Gallitzin State Park is a 6,249-acre (2,529 ha) Pennsylvania state park with acreage in both Chest and White Townships in Cambria County of North Central Pennsylvania in the United States, near both Gallitzin Borough, & Gallitzin Township in the greater Altoona, Pennsylvania area.
The park is home to Glendale Lake a 1,635 acres (662 ha) man-made lake. It has a large campground with campsites on the lake shore. Prince Gallitzin State Park was named in honor of Prince Demetrius Gallitzin, a Russian nobleman turned Roman Catholic missionary priest who founded the nearby town of Loretto. The park is just off Pennsylvania Routes 553 and 53 just east of Patton.
Demetris Gallitzin was born on December 22, 1770 at The Hague in the Netherlands. His name is a form of Galitzine, the Russian princely family in which he was born. His father, Dimitri Alexeievich Galitzine (1735-1803), Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, was an intimate friend of Voltaire and a follower of Diderot; so, too, for many years was his mother, Countess Adelheid Amalie Gallitzin (1748-1806), until a severe illness in 1786 led her back to the Roman Catholic Church, in which she had been raised.
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