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Laurel Hill State Park is a 3,935-acre (1,592 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Jefferson and Middlecreek Townships, Somerset County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Laurel Hill Lake is a 63-acre (25 ha) man-made lake with a dam that was constructed during the Great Depression by the young men of CCC camps NP-5-PA (first called SP-8-PA) and SP ...
Laurel Hill, also known as Laurel Ridge or Laurel Mountain, is a 70-mile-long (110 km) mountain that is located in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains. This ridge is flanked by Negro Mountain to its east and Chestnut Ridge to its west. The mountain is home to six state parks: Laurel Ridge State Park, Laurel Mountain State Park, Linn Run State ...
Laurel Hill State Park: Somerset County: 3,935 acres (1,592 ha) 1945: Laurel Hill Creek, Laurel Hill Lake: Former Recreation Demonstration Area with the largest CCC architecture collection of any Pennsylvania state park: Laurel Mountain State Park: Somerset and Westmoreland Counties: 493 acres (200 ha) 1964: None
The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 70.1-mile (112.8 km) hiking trail in southwestern Pennsylvania, which largely follows the Laurel Hill geologic formation. It begins at Ohiopyle State Park and travels generally to the northeast, and ends at Conemaugh Gorge near Johnstown. Construction of the trail began in 1970.
Snake Hill. Coordinates: 40°45′29″N 74°5′21″W. View of Snake Hill from Laurel Hill County Park. Snake Hill (known officially as Laurel Hill) is an igneous rock intrusion jutting up from the floor of the Meadowlands in southern Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, at a bend in the Hackensack River. [1] It was largely obliterated in the ...
The temperatures at Laurel Summit State Park are generally several degrees cooler than the surrounding towns in the valleys. [2] The elevation of the park is 2,739 feet (835 m) above sea level. [1] The area in and surrounding Laurel Summit State Park is now a thriving second growth forest. One hundred years ago it was generally described as a ...
The park is made up of several non-contiguous tracts, separated by various state game lands and state forest districts, on top of the Laurel Hill geologic formation. The park was approved by Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer on July 10, 1967. [ 1 ]
The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Fayette County, Somerset County, and Westmoreland County. [1] It has a population of about 600,000 people. The region is approximately fifty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh; the Laurel Highlands center on Laurel Hill and Chestnut Ridge of the Allegheny Mountains.