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At Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park, water cascades 30 feet over a rim of coarse-grained sandstone on Cucumber
Run, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River, which offers some of the best white-water boating in the eastern United
States.
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Ohiopyle State Park
Thenameofthispark,anIndianword,translatesas''whitefrothywater''—andonelookat
the Youghiogheny River (pronounced
yoke-oh-GAY-nee)
will be enough to show you why.
Theriverwrapsaroundalargehorseshoebend,racingoverawaterfallandacrosschurning
rapids that are much loved by white-water enthusiasts.
Agorgesome1,700feetdeephemsintheriverwithfern-chokedcliffs.AttheOhiopyle
Falls Day Use Area, platformed viewpoints overlook the Youghiogheny as it spills over a
series of massive sandstone ledges. The park also has numerous trails offering opportun-
ities to explore its hushed forests and rhododendron thickets. Be on the lookout for wild-
flowers: Ohiopyle boasts such beauties as trailing arbutus, clintonia, false Solomon's seal,
and the cloaked flowers of monkshood, among many others.
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