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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
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Open 7 days a week year-round, closed Veterans Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1, Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Monday in January), Presidents Day (3rd Monday in February).

Park hours can change due to holidays and inclement weather. If traveling a great distance you may want to call the park for operating hours.

Eastern Hemlock needles  

Did You Know?
In 1834, a passenger on the Portage wrote that the engine houses appeared "like fairy castles seated on the tops of lofty hills, and shaded and surrounded by towering oaks and hemlocks". Today, a new generation of hemlock, Pennsylvania's state tree, survives in Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS.

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