Friendly Fire Incident Site

Friendly Fire Incident Site is an archaeological site in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Friendly Fire Incident Site is situated nearby to the lake Ice Pond, as well as near the town Ligonier.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Idlewild and Soak Zone and Fort Ligonier.

Idlewild and Soak Zone

Theme park

Idlewild and Soak Zone, also known as Idlewild Park or simply Idlewild, is an amusement park in the Laurel Highlands near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh. Idlewild and Soak Zone is situated 1½ miles northwest of Friendly Fire Incident Site.

Fort Ligonier

Fort

Photo: Mind meal, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fort Ligonier is a British fortification from the French and Indian War located in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States. The fort served as a staging area for the Forbes Expedition of 1758. Fort Ligonier is situated 1½ miles east of Friendly Fire Incident Site.

Ligonier Valley High School

School

Ligonier Valley High School is a public high school in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. It serves approximately 500 students that live in Laurel Mountain Borough, Ligonier Borough, Ligonier Township, Cook Township, Fairfield Township, Bolivar Borough, Seward, St. Ligonier Valley High School is situated 1½ miles northeast of Friendly Fire Incident Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ligonier and Rector.

Ligonier

Town

Photo: Drums600, Public domain.

Ligonier is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,513 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Ligonier is situated 1½ miles east of Friendly Fire Incident Site.

Rector

Hamlet

Rector is a small unincorporated community in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2000, the population of Rector was 600. Rector is situated 3½ miles southeast of Friendly Fire Incident Site.

Laughlintown

Hamlet

Photo: Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Laughlintown is an unincorporated community that is located in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 30, 3 miles southeast of Ligonier. The town is named after a person named Robert Laughlin. Laughlintown is situated 4 miles southeast of Friendly Fire Incident Site.

Friendly Fire Incident Site

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.24147° or 40° 14′ 29″ north

Longitude

-79.26688° or 79° 16′ 1″ west

Open location code

87G26PRM+H6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1450442283

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ice Pond and Treehouse (O the Owl, Katerina).

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