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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.
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The trail system connects to a wide network of rustic hiking and equestrian trails, including the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. A network of hiking trails exist within the park itself. The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, part of the larger Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, has its southern terminus at Ohiopyle State Park. [4]
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 .
More than 375,000 visitors hiked Laurel Falls Trail in 2020, according to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The NPS will continue to share updates on construction, closures and project progress
The park surrounds the 70 mile (113 km) long Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. Laurel Summit State Park: Westmoreland County: 6 acres (2 ha) 1964: None: Day use picnic area and trailhead, 2,739 feet (835 m) above sea level: Lehigh Gorge State Park: Carbon and Luzerne Counties: 4,548 acres (1,841 ha) 1980: Lehigh River: The Lehigh Gorge Trail ...
Much of the 70-mile Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail travels through Laurel Ridge State Park. That trail begins at Ohiopyle State Park to the southwest and reaches Conemaugh Gorge near Johnstown. [3] All of that trail's overnight shelter areas are within the grounds of the state park. Uniquely among Pennsylvania hiking trails, that trail is ...
The trail extends from Deam Lake, just north of State Road 60 in Clark County, to Delaney Park, just east of S.R. 135 in Washington County. The initial 32-mile segment of the trail was opened in 1980. [13] Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail: 109 175 Florida: part of the Florida Trail: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail: 70 113 Pennsylvania