Allegheny County Parks Foundation

The mission of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation is to help improve, conserve, maintain, protect, preserve and restore the Allegheny County Parks facilities and open spaces and to support educational, recreational, natural and cultural activities. The Parks Foundation assists in the transformation of the Allegheny County Parks by assembling resources, improving assets, and mobilizing public and private stakeholders to advance strategies and aspirations to make the parks signature assets in Southwestern Pennsylvania. With nine parks encompassing 12,000 acres, Allegheny County is home to one of the largest regional park systems in the country. The nine Allegheny County parks are Boyce, Deer Lakes, Harrison Hills, Hartwood Acres, North, Round Hill, Settlers Cabin, South and White Oak. Allegheny County Parks offer year-round recreation, with 279 facilities to rent, 2 golf courses, 4 pools, 2 skating rinks, 1 ski slope, 4 lakes, 23 creeks and streams, and more than 100 miles of trai...