{"id":7363,"date":"2025-11-16T19:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/?post_type=citadela-item&#038;p=7363"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:11:10","slug":"accl-discovery-center-at-crooked-creek","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/business\/accl-discovery-center-at-crooked-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCL (Discovery Center at Crooked Creek)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ArmstrongCenter.org\/ODC\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7339 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/027-5880.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/027-5880.webp 223w, https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/027-5880-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The ODC is operated by the Armstrong Center for Community Learning, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.\u00a0 The ACCL leases the ODC and 30 acres surrounding the building from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.\u00a0 The ODC includes a meeting room that holds 40 people, a lodge-style great room with fireplace, full kitchen, and overnight accommodations for 24+ people.\u00a0 Displayed inside the building is an extensive collection of mounted animals including raptors and other birds, large and small mammals, snakes and fish.\u00a0 The ODC also features an outdoor classroom, nature trails including an interpretive trail, poetry trail, handicap accessible trail, pollinator garden, outdoor volleyball court, fire pit and picnic areas with charcoal grills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Located adjacent to the ODC is the 2,600 acre Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area.\u00a0 The park includes a 400-acre lake for boating, fishing and swimming, sand beach, seven miles of nature trails, equine trail, horse park, disc golf course, playgrounds, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Armstrong Center for Community Learning (ACCL), we believe that learning is a lifelong journey. Our mission is simple \u2014 to connect people with the tools, programs, and opportunities that help them grow, learn, and succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Ford City, Pennsylvania, the ACCL proudly serves Armstrong County and the greater Pittsburgh region, helping learners of all ages reach their goals \u2014 from earning a diploma to discovering a new career or simply exploring something new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7263,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[488,379],"citadela-item-location":[468,434],"class_list":["post-7363","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-community-learning","citadela-item-category-education","citadela-item-location-alle-kiski-strong-region","citadela-item-location-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7363"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7370,"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7363\/revisions\/7370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=7363"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantic4us.com\/maps\/PA\/AKS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=7363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}