Pittsburgh

Worth seeing in and around Pittsburgh

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Pittsburgh

   The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration and over 31,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

   2 km · state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Carnegie Mellon University

   Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools.

   2.8 km · private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia
3. 03
   PPG Paints Arena

   PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. It previously was the home of the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League from 2011 to 2014.

   1.1 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; home to the Pittsburgh Penguins · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Acrisure Stadium

   Acrisure Stadium, formerly known as Heinz Field, is a stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League and the Pittsburgh Panthers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The stadium opened in 2001 as Heinz Field, following the controlled implosion of the teams' previous home, Three Rivers Stadium.

   3.4 km · American football stadium that is home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Panthers · Wikipedia
5. 05
   PNC Park

   PNC Park is a baseball stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth location to serve as the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates.

   2.6 km · baseball stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Carnegie Museum of Natural History

   The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896.

   2.3 km · natural history museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Civic Arena

   The Civic Arena, formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena, was a multi-purpose arena located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League franchise, from 1967 to 2010.

   1.2 km · arena in Pittsburgh · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Duquesne University

   Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, commonly shortened to Duquesne University, is a private Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, or Spiritans, founded the institution in 1878 as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost.

   1.5 km · Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Carnegie Museum of Art

   The Carnegie Museum of Art is an art museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The museum was originally known as the Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute and was located at what became the Main Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

   2.4 km · museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Fort Duquesne

    Fort Duquesne was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. It was later taken over by the British, and later the Americans, and developed as Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

    2.9 km · colonial fort at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pennsylvania · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

See the Districts articles for more listings. Pittsburgh is home to many wonderful museums, including some truly world-class institutions. The Carnegie Museums in Oakland are absolutely spectacular; enclosed in one massive building is the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, with extensive exhibits on paleontology, geology, and biology, and the Carnegie Museum of Art, with classical and contemporary works by many…

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Things to do

See the Districts articles for more listings. If you can only do one thing in Pittsburgh, take one of the incline railways to the top of Mount Washington near South Side to take in the view of the beautiful skyline. The Monongahela and Duquesne Inclines rise nearly 400 feet over the city from stations near Station Square.

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Where to eat

See the Districts articles for individual listings. The Pittsburgh restaurant scene is a little different than most cities. In many neighborhoods, they can be difficult to find and are often patronized mainly by locals. The hills and rivers make the roads tricky. So, if you're from out of town your best bet is to pick up a local copy of the Pittsburgh magazine and do a quick search of the "Best Restaurants" section.

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Getting to Pittsburgh

Airports

Pittsburgh (PIT), 22 km · Cleveland Hopkins (CLE), 191 km · John Glenn Columbus (CMH), 252 km

• Cleveland → Pittsburgh

  185 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · $17–24
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• Columbus → Pittsburgh

  261 km · quickest by road, 4h 36m · $24–33
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• Dulles → Pittsburgh

  273 km · quickest by air, 6h 11m · $150–230
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