The newest treasure here is the reimagined Hartwood Acres Sculpture Garden , an outdoor exhibition space for the public art that was placed here in the s. The Parks Foundation is currently working with our partners to create this community space, which will feature 13 works of art, several of which are currently being restored in a new landscaped setting.
Donate Share your story Learn more Did you know? Hartwood Acres, originally the private country estate of John and Mary Flinn Lawrence, is now considered the crown jewel of the Allegheny County park system. Hartwood Acres includes a stately Tudor Mansion erected in cottage, stable complex and gate lodge erected in Mansion and music, sculptures and scenery.
Hartwood Acres Park Originally designed as a country estate for an equestrian family, Hartwood Acres Park channels its opulent past in acres of beauty. Featuring numerous hiking trails, a gorgeous mansion open for touring, and other unique features, this destination is one that truly lives up to its reputation and is a perfect half or full-day out for visitors from Pittsburgh.
The highlight of Hartwood Acres is the Tudor-style mansion which was built between and Visitors can make a reservation to tour the manor and the estate grounds are free to the public for those who wish to enjoy the gorgeous scenery from the outside. The mansion itself is, in a way, unlike any other estate we've toured in Pittsburgh.
Take a visit during Christmas and the estate is also decorated beautifully for the holidays as well! For those who wish to explore outside only, the grounds at Hartwood Acres are also home to numerous sculptures that can be seen on the public pathways, a stable which also can be toured on a limited basis throughout the year, and an amphitheater which holds public concerts on Sunday nights in the summers!
The estate at Hartwood Acres is approximately acres and has numerous hiking and mountain biking trails open to the public. The trails themselves are well maintained; however, the trail markers can be quite confusing at times as the estate uses a mix of painted color markers on trees as well as numerical posts placed into the ground which sadly do not correspond to each other.
We found the painted trail signs to be helpful at times, but at other times could not find the markers when they would've been helpful. Instead, we recommend printing or downloading a copy of the park map onto your phone to use as reference for the numerical posts that mark the trails.
But like the painted tree markers, these can be confusing at times as the numerical trail markers do not match up to a corresponding trail color. You may start the purple trail, for example, on trail 19, but end up actually hiking on trails 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 20 to make the full loop. To make matters worse, the trail numbers seem to change every 50 to feet so you absolutely must pay attention as there is no continuous and easy-to-use system in place for hiking here.
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