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Friendship Hill National Historic SiteThe expansive porches on the south wing of Albert Gallatin's Friendhship Hill
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Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Directions
Map of SW Pennsylvania showing location of Friendship Hill NHS and Fort Necessity NB

Friendship Hill National Historic Site is located on PA 166 three miles north of Point Marion, Pennsylvania.
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From Downtown Pittsburgh:
approx. 2 hrs.

US 51 south to Uniontown US 119 South to Point Marion
PA 166 north - Park entrance is on left 3 miles north of Point Marion.

From Pittsburgh Airport:
approx. 2 hrs.

US 60 toward Pittsburgh
Exit right on I-79 south toward Washington PA
Remain on I-79 south toward Morgantown, West Virginia
Exit #3 (Waynesburg exit)
PA 21 east to Masontown
PA Route 166 south
Park entrance is on right 1 mile south of New Geneva.

From the Pennsylvania Turnpike:
approx. 1 hr.

 15 minutes Exit #8 - New Stanton
US 119 south through Connellsville and Uniontown to Point Marion,
PA PA 166 north Park entrance is on left 3 miles north of Point Marion.

From Western Maryland:
approx. 1 hr.

I-68 west over Cheat Lake to HWY 857 (There are two HWY 857 exits) to Morgantown WV,
Pierpont road exit off I-68.
turn right at top of ramp toward Morgantown
follow directions from Morgantown, WV.

From Morgantown, WV:
approx. 30 minutes

US 119 north to Point Marion, PA
After crossing bridge over the Cheat River
turn left onto PA 166
Park entrance is on left 3 miles north of Point Marion.

From Fort Necessity National Battlefield:
approx. 40 minutes

West on US Hwy 40 to Uniontown bypass
Exit US Hwy 119 south - Morgantown Rd exit
US 119 South to Point Marion PA 166 north
Park entrance is on left 3 miles north of Point Marion.

Daguerreotype of Albert Gallatin  

Did You Know?
Albert Gallatin remained active after retiring from the government. In 1831, at age seventy, he was named president of the new National Bank of New York. He served on the council that established New York University in 1831. He founded the American Ethnological Society in 1842, at age eighty-one.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:31 EST