Jump to content

Download GPX file for this article
40.175-80.250556Full screen dynamic map
From Wikivoyage

Washington is a city in the South Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania.

Understand

Washington is the county seat of Washington County.

Prior to the founding of Pennsylvania, the French call the area "Wissameking", the catfish place, after a Delaware Indian chief known as "Catfish". An early settler created a plot of land that he originally called "Bassett, alias Dandridge Town". Before the plot was registered, the name was changed to "Washington". The town was the center of the Whiskey Rebellion in the 1790s.

The town was incorporated in 1810.

Get in

Get around

See

  • Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, 1 Museum Road, +1 742 228-9256, fax: +1 742 228-9675, . Mar 30-Memorial Day and Labor Day-Dec 16: F 10AM-4PM, Sa-Su 10AM-5PM; Memorial Day-Labor Day: M-F 10AM-4PM, Sa-Su 10AM-5PM. Great family location that includes a ride on a working trolley and the (alleged) title star of the film A Streetcar Named Desire. Adult: $9, 62+: $8, 3-15: $6, under 3: free.

Do

  • 1 Wild Things Park. Home of the Washington Wild Things baseball team. Wild Things Park (Q5163234) on Wikidata Wild Things Park on Wikipedia

Buy

Washington Crown Center

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next

Routes through Washington
Columbus Wheeling  W  E  New Stanton Hagerstown
Pittsburgh Robinson Township  N  S  Waynesburg Morgantown
Pittsburgh Upper St. Clair Township  N  S  Waynesburg Morgantown
Columbus Wheeling  W  E  Uniontown Cumberland


This city travel guide to Washington is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!