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“Somerset County commissioners and GO Laurel Highlands are excited to be able to award almost $610,000 in tourism grants to our businesses and nonprofits to promote, advertise and market tourism ...
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 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.
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 ...
Roaring Run Resort, a former Boy Scout camp dating back to the 1920s, is a private-membership recreational campground and RV park located in the Laurel Highlands area of Southwestern Pennsylvania, between Seven Springs and Hidden Valley Golf & Ski Resort. [5]
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Laurel Mountain State Park: Somerset and Westmoreland Counties: 493 acres (200 ha) 1964: None: Opened in 1939 by Richard K. Mellon and Rolling Rock brewery as one of the state's first ski areas, donated to the state in 1964: Laurel Ridge State Park: Cambria, Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties: 13,625 acres (5,514 ha) 1967
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2), all land. Smithton lies within the Laurel Highlands [12] of the Allegheny Mountains [13] ("the Alleghenies," colloquially). The Highlands are recognized today for their popularity among tourists, who travel from across Pennsylvania and ...