Harrison Hills Park

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Trails

The eastern trailhead of the Script error: No such module "convert". Rachel Carson Trail is just north of the park's entrance.[2] The trail traverses the park's eastern perimeter along the edge of a bluff overlooking the Allegheny River. It crosses Rachel Carson Run, via a wooden arch bridge above Rachel Carson Falls, which meanders below the Ox Roast grove.

In early 2016 a North American beaver (Castor canadensis) took up residence in South Pound in the park, and appears to be removing non-native Russian olive trees, freeing up room for fishermen on the shore.[3]

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