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Fort Necessity National BattlefieldMonument at Braddock's grave
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Nearby Attractions
 

Tourism Information
Fort Necessity NB is in the Laurel Highlands of Southwestern Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.

Nearby Attractions

Ohiopyle State Park, PA Route 381, ten miles north of Farmington;
Woodland Zoo and Herald-Standard Pavilion, US 40 west, adjacent to Fort Necessity NB;
Fallingwater (a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright), PA Route 381, 12 miles north of Farmington;
Kentuck Knob (another Frank Lloyd Wright house), 6 miles north of Chalk Hill, PA;
Laurel Caverns, six miles off US Route 40 west, of Farmington;

National Park Service sites in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Flight 93 National Memorial
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

National Park Service sites within three hours
New River Gorge National River, WV
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA
Eisenhower National Historic Site, PA
Catotcin Mountain Park, MD
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, WV-MD
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, WV-MD-VA
Antietem National Battlefield, MD

Horses and wagoner  

Did You Know?
Christoph Jacob Munk and his family emigrated from Germany to Ohio in 1832. They traveled along the National Road. He wrote about rainstorms, a 4 foot rattlesnake, the mountains and sleeping at isolated inns. He also mentions that “it is very troublesome to travel with [a] wife and children.”

Last Updated: April 03, 2009 at 11:12 EST