Laurel Highlands
Region in Pennsylvania
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The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Fayette County, Somerset County, Westmoreland County, and parts of Cambria and Bedford Counties.[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 mountains making up the Laurel Highlands are the highest in Pennsylvania, with Mount Davis in Somerset County the highest point in the state at 3,213 feet (979 m). Because of the elevation, weather in the Laurel Highlands is generally cooler and wetter than in most other parts of the state.
The Laurel Highlands is a popular area for camping, hiking, mountain biking, hunting, whitewater kayaking, trout fishing, wildlife viewing, downhill (and cross-country) skiing, and golf.
Amusement parks and resorts
Architecture
National parks and historic sites
National Parks
- Allegheny Portage Railroad[11]
- Flight 93 National Memorial[12]
- Fort Necessity[13]
- Friendship Hill[14]
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial[15]
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Sites
- Bowman's Castle[17]
- Bushy Run Battlefield[18]
- Compass Inn[19]
- Fort Ligonier[20]
- Historic Hanna's Town[21]
- Heritage Discovery Center[22]
- Johnstown Flood Museum[23]
- Johnstown Inclined Plane[24]
- National Road[25]
- Quecreek Mine Rescue[26]
- Route of the Lincoln Highway[27]
- Somerset County Courthouse
- Somerset Historical Center[28]
- Staple Bend Tunnel[29]
- Uptown Somerset Historic District[30]
- Wagner–Ritter House & Garden[31]
- West Overton, Pennsylvania[32]
Parks and outdoor recreation
State Parks and Forests
- Forbes State Forest[33]
- Gallitzin State Forest[34]
- Keystone State Park[35]
- Kooser State Park[36]
- Laurel Hill State Park[37]
- Laurel Mountain State Park[38]
- Laurel Ridge State Park[39]
- Laurel Summit State Park[40]
- Linn Run State Park[41]
- Mount Davis (part of Forbes State Forest)
- Ohiopyle State Park[42]
- Prince Gallitzin State Park[43]
- Quebec Run Wild Area (part of Forbes State Forest)
- Roaring Run Natural Area (part of Forbes State Forest)
- Youghiogheny River
Trails
- Coal and Coke Trail[44]
- Ghost Town Trail[45]
- Great Allegheny Passage[46]
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail[47] (part of Laurel Ridge State Park)
- Jim Mayer Riverwalk[48]
- Westmoreland Heritage Trail[49]
- Five Star Trail[50]