Emerald View Park
| Emerald View Park | |
|---|---|
Famous view of downtown Pittsburgh from Emerald View Park on Mt. Washington | |
| Type | Park system |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°25′37″N 79°59′48″W / 40.42682°N 79.99666°W |
| Operated by | Mount Washington Community Development Corporation |
| Website | mwcdc |
Emerald View Park (formerly called Grand View Scenic Byway Park) is a large municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It encircles the neighborhoods of Mt. Washington, Duquesne Heights and Allentown and offers scenic views of the city that draw more than 1.5 million visitors annually.
The park, officially named on Earth Day 2007, is 257 acres (1.04 km2). It joins Frick, Schenley, Highland, and Riverview as the fifth in the city's network of regional parks. Until consolidated in 2006, this land was an assortment of existing smaller parks, greenways, forested hillsides, playing fields, and neglected land parcels. It is jointly managed by the city of Pittsburgh and the neighborhood's community development corporation.