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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 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: Linear trail in the Laurel Highlands area. Little Miami Scenic Trail: 74.9 121 Miami Valley in Ohio: Springfield, Ohio: Newtown, Ohio
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 .
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
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.
Chestnut Ridge rises in southern Indiana County and continues to the south-southwest for approximately 75 miles. The ridge crosses Westmoreland County and Fayette County into West Virginia then gradually disappears into a series of hills and finally ends roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Morgantown, West Virginia.
The first hikers to complete the trail in one continuous walk were Marcia and Ken Powers, a wife and husband team from Pleasanton, California. Their trail walk lasted from February 27 to October 15, 2005. They started out from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware and ended at Point Reyes, California. They traveled 5,058 miles (8,140 km) by foot ...
From the 4.6 mile point on the main loop (see above), a short cross-connector trail departs to the south and crosses a long suspension bridge over Clear Shade Creek and enters Clear Shade Wild Area. [10] The cross-connector trail is just one-tenth of a mile long, and the listed length of the south loop includes two completions of the cross ...