Come have a Picnic in Lick Hollow Picnic Area
Open between Memorial Day to Labor Day but closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Lick Hollow Picnic Area is located just off Route 40 highway on your way up to Summit Inn, Laurel Cavern, and Jumonville Glen which are within a few minutes. Plus Fort Necessity, Mount Washington Tavern, and Braddock Grave which are within a few miles.
This is a prefect spot to have a late lunch or early dinner after visiting the above listed items. Check out more on Jumonville Glen/Fort Necessity, Mount Washington Tavern, and Braddock Grave or the Laurel Caverns and Summit Inn Resort. The area also includes a casino and winery.
The picnic area has beautiful spots like this one. Walk the Forest where George Washington walked, camped, and started his path to becoming the first President of the United States.
And wonderful green areas with picnic areas. A place which most likely had Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and Thomas Edison who came to test their inventions.
This is a great creek that is fun to play in except during the last bit of the summer, i.e. late August as it goes dry.
The picnic area also has several trail heads. The history of these grounds are mostly lost but they held so many people through out the years including Albert Gallatin, the 4th US Secretary of the Treasury for Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Check out his house Friendship Hill about 21 miles away.
Brief History
The history of the area includes the start of the first World War which is called the French Indian War in the Colonies and the Seven Year War around the world. Visit Jumonville Glen just up the hill and take a left at the light for the first battle or go straight up the hill and a few miles down is Fort Necessity and Braddock’s Grave.
At the age of 22, George Washington would be in charge of the British forces that would have a battle at Jumonville Glen. He would have to build Fort Necessity to defend against the French. It would be the only time he would surrender in his career.
Washington would come back to this area several times in his life including to bring the wounded General Braddock back to the area after the battle of Fort Duquesne, to help build Braddock’s Road, to buy land around the area, etc.