Guides · Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
39 places · 8 areas · a free route, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 6 MB
The free route
Free in the app, permanently, before you pay anything. 8 stops, 1 day, about 3.8 km, planned by the app's own engine.
Day 1 · ~3.8 km
1
Point State Park
where the Allegheny and Monongahela meet; fountain at the head of the Ohio, with two forts outlined
Walk out to the fountain at the tip, where the two rivers meet to form the Ohio, and trace the outlines of Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt set into the lawns on the way.
2
Fort Pitt Blockhouse
Point State Park; 1764 redoubt, the oldest building in western Pennsylvania
Step inside the small two-story blockhouse of timber, brick and stone, much of it original from 1764.
3
Fort Pitt Museum
601 Commonwealth Place in the rebuilt Monongahela Bastion; museum of the French and Indian War
Go through the galleries on the struggle for the Forks of the Ohio, then step back outside to see how the rebuilt bastion sits on the line of the old fort.
4
Duquesne Incline
lower station on West Carson St, upper at 1220 Grandview Ave; wooden-car funicular of 1877
Ride up in the old wooden car, then go out on the observation deck at the top for the view of the Golden Triangle.
5
Grandview Avenue
along the Mount Washington ridge; overlooks with the classic view of the Point and the Golden Triangle
Walk the avenue along the edge of the ridge between the two inclines, stopping at the overlooks to see the three rivers meet below the downtown towers.
6
St. Mary of the Mount Church
Grandview Ave; Frederick Sauer's church of 1897 on the ridge above the city
Look at the church on Grandview, then find it again from the overlooks along the ridge.
7
Monongahela Incline
lower station across from Station Square, upper at Grandview Ave; funicular of 1870
Ride up from Station Square and step out onto Grandview Avenue; walk the ridge to the Duquesne Incline and ride that one down.
8
Smithfield Street Bridge
Smithfield St over the Monongahela; Gustav Lindenthal's lens-shaped truss bridge of 1883
Walk across from downtown to Station Square, looking at the lens-shaped trusses overhead and back at the skyline from midstream.
More of the top sights
A few of the 39 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.
Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh; 42-story Gothic tower of 1926-37 with the Nationality Rooms
Allegheny County Courthouse
Grant St and Fifth Ave; Henry Hobson Richardson's granite courthouse of 1888, a National Historic Landmark
Strip District
Smallman St and Penn Ave along the Allegheny; old wholesale market district of food shops and stalls
Carnegie Institute
4400 Forbes Ave; 1895 home of the Carnegie art and natural history museums, library and Music Hall
Andy Warhol Museum
117 Sandusky St; seven floors on the Pittsburgh-born artist, reached across the Andy Warhol Bridge
Areas
The Point · Grant Street · Strip District · North Shore · Mount Washington · South Side · Oakland · Hill District
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