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Oil Creek State Park, Oil City, PA

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Oil Creek State Park

Bike a paved rail-trail or ride an excursion train through the forested valley of America's first oil boom, next to the Drake Well site.

1080 Petroleum Center Road, Oil City, PA 16301 · Oil City, PA

About Oil Creek State Park

This 6,250-acre park follows Oil Creek between Titusville and Oil City, where Edwin Drake drilled the first successful commercial oil well in the United States in 1859. Forest has grown back over the old boomtowns, and a museum, displays and trails tell the history. A paved 9.4-mile rail-trail suits bikes, the Gerard Hiking Trail makes a 36-mile loop, and the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad runs excursion trains through the park. Pennsylvania state parks charge no entrance fee.

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