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Laurel Mountain State Park

State park in Pennsylvania, United States

Field	Value
name	Laurel Mountain State Park
photo	Laurel Mountain State Park.jpg
photo_caption	Near the entrance to the ski area
photo_alt	Road
photo_width	280
location	Westmoreland and Somerset counties, Pennsylvania, United States
coordinates
coords_ref
area	492.6 acre
elevation	2723 ft
established	1964
administrator	Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
website
map	USA Pennsylvania#USA
label	Laurel Mountain State Park
label_position	top
map_caption	Location in Pennsylvania
relief	1
embedded	Pennsylvania State Parks

Laurel Mountain State Park is a 493 acre Pennsylvania state park in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County and Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Geography

Laurel Mountain State Park is 2 mi south of U.S. Route 30 near Jennerstown. Several communications and broadcast towers are located on the top of Laurel Mountain, which serves the eastern Pittsburgh area and Greater Johnstown.

History

The park was opened as a private ski area in 1939 by General Richard K. Mellon for his private club.

It was one of the first ski areas in Pennsylvania and although World War II caused the ski resort to be temporarily closed, in the years following the war, it was the "Ski Capital of Pennsylvania". General Mellon leased the land to the state in 1963 and gave it to the state in 1964, when it officially became "Laurel Mountain State Park".

This state park is a ski resort that closed for business in 2005. The ski assets of the park were purchased by Seven Springs Mountain Resort in November 2008 with the goal of reopening the slopes. They would be operated under contract with PA-DCNR by the management of Seven Springs. Seven Springs signed a 10-year lease with PA-DCNR in November 2009. This allows the ski company to move ahead with plans to renovate and reopen the ski slopes.

References

(October 2010). "Seven Springs acquires Laurel Mountain ski assets".
Faher, Mike. (2009-11-11). "Seven Springs signs lease to operate Laurel Mountain". The Tribune-Democrat.
Forrey, William C.. (2017). "History of Pennsylvania’s State Parks 1984 to 2015". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

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