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Oil Creek State Park

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: PA USA
  • Telephone Number: +1-814-676-5915
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Oil Creek State Park is Pennsylvania state park on 6250 acresigfig=4 in Cherrytree , Cornplanter and Oilcreek Townships, Venango County , Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is adjacent to Drake Well Museum, the site of the first successful oil well in the United States, that was drilled under the direction of Colonel Edwin Drake. Oil Creek State Park follows Oil Creek , between Titusville and Oil City , and is on Pennsylvania Route 8. While the creek is the parks main recreational attraction, it also contains the sites of the first oil boom town and much of Pennsylvanias original oil industry. The park contains a museum, tableaux, and trails to help visitors understand the history of the oil industry there, and an excursion train.Oil Creek State Park was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of Twenty Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks.ref name =must see> Note: Despite the title, there are twenty-one parks in the list, with Colton Point and Leonard Harrison State Parks treated as one.