Prince Gallitzin State Park is a 6,249-acre Pennsylvania state park with acreage in both Chest and White Townships in Cambria County of West Central Pennsylvania in the United States, near both Gallitzin Borough, & Gallitzin Township in the greater Altoona, Pennsylvania area.
The park is home to Glendale Lake a 1,635 acres man-made lake. It has a large campground with campsites on the lake shore. Prince Gallitzin State Park was named in honor of Prince Demetrius Gallitzin, a Russian nobleman turned Catholic missionary priest who founded the nearby town of Loretto. The park is just off Pennsylvania Routes 253 and 53 just east of Patton.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Gallitzin_State_Park
Official Website https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/PrinceGallitzinStatePark/
Pittsburgh website http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/state_parks/p/princegallitzin.htm
Phone +1 888 727 2757
Coordinates 40°40'26.549" N -78°32'48.118" E
