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Frick Park

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Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Frick Park
Phone:
+1 412-682-7275

Hours:
Sunday6am - 11pm
Monday6am - 11pm
Tuesday6am - 11pm
Wednesday6am - 11pm
Thursday6am - 11pm
Friday6am - 11pm
Saturday6am - 11pm


Frick Park is the largest municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, covering 644 acres . It is one of Pittsburgh's four historic large parks. The park began when Henry Clay Frick, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed 151 acres south of Clayton, his Point Breeze mansion . He also arranged for a $2 million trust fund for long-term maintenance for the park, which opened on June 25, 1927. He did this against his will, but rather acquiesced to his daughter, Helen's debutante wish which he had promised to honor.Henry Clay Frick's son, Childs Frick, developed his lifelong love of animals in the woods and ravines of the park. Childs Frick went on to be a renowned American vertebrate paleontologist, major benefactor and trustee of the American Museum of Natural History. Over the years, the park grew from the original land in Point Breeze and now includes Squirrel Hill to the border of Edgewood. In a city that Frick helped to industrialize, it is one of the few areas of steep ravines and mature woods that remain relatively undisturbed, forming a nature reserve of native plants and abundant wildlife. Owls, amphibians, wild turkey, fox, and many mammal species are found in the park.
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