Laurel Ridge State Park
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| Laurel Ridge State Park | |||||||
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 One tree grows from the rotting stump of another at Laurel Ridge State Park | |||||||
 Interactive map of Laurel Ridge State Park | |||||||
| Location | Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°24′31″N 79°00′20″W / 40.40858°N 79.00557°W (Northern Terminus)[1] | ||||||
| Area | 13,625 acres (5,514 ha)[1] | ||||||
| Established | 1967 | ||||||
| Administered by | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | ||||||
| Website | Official website  | ||||||
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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.
The park is made up of several non-contiguous tracts, separated by various state game lands and state forest districts, on top of the Laurel Hill geologic formation. The park was approved by Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer on July 10, 1967.[2] The park lies within the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion.[3]
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.[1] All of that trail's overnight shelter areas are within the grounds of the state park. Uniquely among Pennsylvania hiking trails, that trail is protected as a linear state park, coordinated by personnel at Laurel Ridge State Park.[2]
