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The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Cambria County, Fayette County, Somerset County and Westmoreland County.[1] It has a population of about 600,000 people.
Approximately fifty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh, the Laurel Highlands center around 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 hiking, mountain biking, hunting, trout fishing, wildlife viewing, leaf peeping, and downhill skiing.
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[edit] Amusement Parks and Resorts
[edit] Architecture
[edit] Historic Sites
- Bushy Run Battlefield
- Flight 93 National Memorial
- Fort Ligonier
- Fort Necessity
- National Road
- Friendship Hill
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial
- Heritage Discovery Center
- Compass Inn Museum
[edit] Parks and Outdoor Recreation
- Forbes State Forest
- Kooser State Park
- Laurel Caverns
- Laurel Hill State Park
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (part of Laurel Ridge State Park)
- Laurel Mountain State Park
- Laurel Summit State Park
- Linn Run State Park
- Loyalhanna Gorge
- Ohiopyle State Park
- Youghiogheny River
- James Mayer River Walk
- Ghost Town Trail
[edit] Ski Resorts
[edit] References
- ^ "Laurel Highlands - visitPA". Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. http://www.visitpa.com/laurel-highlands. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
