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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.
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 .
The westernmost ridges are considered to be the Laurel Highlands and Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania, and Laurel Mountain and Rich Mountain in West Virginia. Big Stone Ridge marks the southern extent of the Alleghenies and is an outlier of Flat Top Mountain , with the Tug Fork river running along its western flank. [ 6 ]
Laurel Hill in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania; the gorge is 1,700 ft, where the Youghiogheny River cuts through the mountains. Spruce Mountain , visible behind Judy Rocks , in eastern West Virginia ; the summit of Spruce Mountain, Spruce Knob , is the highest point in the Alleghenies at 4,863 feet (1,482 meters).
The Laurel Highlands was one of 20 locations picked for an online vote this year by a panel of experts and USA Today’s 10 Best editors.
BOSWELL, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s steepest ski slope will reopen to winter sports enthusiasts Friday. Laurel Mountain and its well-known double black diamond Wildcat Slope are set to kick off ...
Several craft beverage makers from Somerset County will join other producers from the Laurel Highlands region at the second Bonfires, Barrels & Boos event, which takes place from noon to 5 p.m ...
Laurel Ridge State Park is a 13,625-acre (5,514 ha) Pennsylvania state park that with parcels in Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania in the United States. History and location